More publication news! When it rains, it pours, as they say, so forgive me for inundating you with news.
My story “The Florentine Exchange” is now available in Fiction River Special Edition: Spies.
“The Florentine Exchange” is not the first story I submitted to the anthology. The first story was a YA set in the 1980s based on experiences I had in middle school. But editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch already had a solid YA story. She charged me with writing “a thrilling action/adventure spy story, something pulpy and fast-paced, filled with intrigue and double-cross.”
To say I was a bit daunted is an understatement. But I surprised myself with the double-crossiness, as I dug into memories of my visits to Italy and had so much fun in the process.
Of my story, editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch (aka Edgar award-nominated author Kris Nelcott), says,
“‘The Florentine Exchange’ was nearly the volume’s opening story, because it seems traditional, although it does subvert traditional spy story gender norms. But, surprisingly to me, I didn’t get many other stories like it, so I decided that as the lead-off, this story would lead readers to think they’d find more stories like it…and there are no stories like this one.”
And…
“…highly suspenseful twists and turns and some fascinating spies.”
I can live with that. I hope you enjoy the story too!