• 1. I have just been made (I know, very Sopranos) Artist Spotlight Editor at Outsider Ink, an online magazine of subversive fiction, poetry and artwork.Come and play at www.outsiderink.com and tell your friends!



  • 4. My story "Envelopes and Other Human Remains" won second place in a literary contest and was published in the online version of Maisonneuve magazine, recently awarded the President's Medal for best magazine in Canada.To read the story: a) visit www.maisonneuve.org. b) click on the magazine cover. c) scroll down to my name and story. d) log in (upper right corner) with joeblow at joeblow.com and password bazooka


  • 6. Here's a stocking-stuffer! "Episodes" got a good review by Thieves Jargon honcho Matt DiGangi, and I still have a few copies left: "It's called "Episodes of Deflated Magic," and it weighs in at nine stories and 42 pages. It's full of monsters and magic, peculiar endings, gaudy characters, and tons of people facing all sorts of fears, usually in search of dangerous kicks. From answering the telephone to creating comic books characters to grabbing on to some electrified copper wire to planning a perfect date for a perfect lover. It's a neat and diverse collection of short stories, so here I am, telling you about it."

  • 7. Black Heart magazine, a gritty Montreal publication devoted to lust gone wrong, will be publishing my piece "Tumble Dry (Or How many Quarters it Takes to Stay in Heat)" in their Valentine's issue. For more information, visit www.blackheartmagazine.com

I have other kittens in the boiler, and hopefully the next newsletter will break the 8 bullet-point mark.



Thanks for reading and stay warm! Daniel Cox