"Floaters" is now live at Fantastic Stories of the Imagination

My story, "Floaters," is now live at Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. Check it out! http://www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com/short-story-floaters/

-RLR

"Operation Round Orange" is now live at the Saturday Evening Post!

My story, "Operation Round Orange," is live at the Saturday Evening Post! Check it out.

-RLR

Won't someone help the children? Back the Kickstarter for Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things. You know you want to.

There are precious few paying middle grade short fiction markets out there so I really think it's worthwhile to chip a few bucks towards this Kickstarter. I did. You should too, because of peer pressure. All the cool kids are doing it.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brian-james-lewis/ember-a-journal-of-luminous-things

-RLR

Two sales: "Operation Round Orange" to the Saturday Evening Post's NFF series and "Floaters" to Fantastic Stories of the Imagination

I'm happy to report that my story, "Operation Round Orange," will be appearing soon (this Friday, 11/28 I think) in the Saturday Evening Post's new New Friday Fiction online series. I'm particularly pleased by this sale since it's the first time I've sold a humorous story outside the speculative fiction markets, plus SEP's circulation, even its online content, probably dwarfs the circulation of all my other story sales combined.

I'll post a link when it goes live.

I'm also happy report a reprint sale to Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. My story, "Floaters," which originally appeared in Digital Science Fiction's Heir Apparent anthology will see new life with Fantastic Stories. "Floaters" was my first full length pro sale and Fantastic Stories will provide the story with a much wider audience. 

I'll post a link to it, too, once it goes live.

-RLR

Fireside #18 with my story, "Twenty Parsecs East of the Earth Bypass, Closed on Sundays," is now live!

My story, "Twenty Parsecs East of the Earth Bypass, Closed on Sundays,"and several others are now lives at http://www.firesidefiction.com/issue18/.

Check out the issue!

-RLR

Got a hankerin' for a western, pardner? Read "Leave the Stone" and other stories in The Big Adios Western Digest

Got a hankerin' for a western, pardner? Read "Leave the Stone" and other stories in The Big Adios Western Digest. If you don't, you may be a yella-bellied Yankee or a no-good varmit.

-RLR

"Cat Tail" by Bert Lowe (hey, that's ME!) has been accepted by Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things

I'm very pleased to announce that my middle grade story, "Cat Tail," has been accepted by Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things. This marks my first official children's story sale and the first time I will be published under my pen name, Bert Lowe.

Looks like I'll need to add some content to my Bert Lowe website. :-D

And for no particular reason, I'll also mention that Ember is currently running a Kickstarter campaign. 

Big yay!

RLR (aka Bert Lowe)
 

Please consider "Scents of Life" for your Nebula nominations

Please consider "Scents of Life" for your Nebula nominations.
http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/biotech/robert-lowell-russell/scents-of-life
I received a number of emails and comments telling me how much people liked my story, some even saying it was the best Daily Science Fiction story they'd ever read. My story has yet to be reviewed by any of the major review sites, so you'll have to take my word that it's pretty darn good.

-RLR

My story, "Teaching Hospital," is live at Lakeside Circus!

My story, "Teaching Hospital," is live at Lakeside Circus!

-RLR

I'm in Penumbra's "spotlight"

Penumbra is doing follow up interviews with some of its past authors and I just noticed that my own "spotlight" popped up recently. It offers a bit of insight about my writing process and what I've been up to lately.

-RLR

"Twenty Parsecs East of the Earth Bypass, Closed on Sundays" will appear in Fireside Magazine.

Now that the cone of silence has been lifted, I can announce that my humorous, flash length story, "Twenty Parsecs East of the Earth Bypass, Closed on Sundays," will appear in Fireside Magazine. This is my ninth pro sale and twenty-eighth sale overall. Approaching big round numbers is cool.

-RLR

"Scents of Life" is up today at Daily Science Fiction!

Here's "Scents of Life" of which I am very proud.

-RLR

A decent Diabolical Plots review of my Daily Science Fiction story, "If She Pushes the Button, Turn to Page 116"

Diabolical Plots is really the only site that regularly reviews Daily Science Fiction, and even though they didn't care for my first DSF story, "Blessed Are the Sowers," their review of my second DSF story (and all the other Feb '14 DSF stories), "If She Pushes the Button, Turn to Page 116" is considerably better.

If She Pushes the Button, Turn to Page 116 by Robert Lowell Russell (debut 2/11 and reviewed by James Hanzelka)

Susan and Phil are exploring their basement, now cluttered with images generated by the paperback manual in Phil’s hands. Susan is amazed at how personal and detailed the text is. Following the text they explore the clutter of Phil’s grandfather that now populated their basement, right down to the dust the images carried in with them. The two follow the path the manual leads them on, flipping from page to page, watching their movements captured on the page. They follow the manual down to the hidden cavern the manual has created under their basement where they find the box housing Phil’s evil twin from the same dimension as the manual.
This story takes a little effort to get into, but if you let it carry you along it can be fun. The plot twists and turns like the ladder the couple follow to the cavern beneath their house (or their make believe house, I was never really sure). The author does a good job using the reflection of the characters off their opposites in the story to build the storyline. Overall a pretty well done effort, give it a read.

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I'll take it, and I'm looking forward to what they think of my longer story, "Scents of Life," upcoming from DSF, and sadly maybe one of the last longer stories Daily Science Fiction publishes, since DSF has announced they're focusing solely on work 1500 words or less.

"One Man's Trash" is live at Untied Shoelaces of the Mind!

My hard science flash fiction piece, "One Man's Trash," is now live at Untied Shoelaces of the Mind. It features a space cat!  Read, rate, enjoy.

RLR

"The Flittiest Catch" has been reprinted by Voluted Tales.

"The Flittiest Catch" has been reprinted by Voluted Tales. This the second story of mine to appear in Voluted Tales, and it appears with some other excellent stories. A subscription doesn't cost much, so why not take a look?

RLR

"Water Finds Its Path" is now live at Perihelion Science Fiction!

"Water Finds Its Path" is now live at Perihelion Science Fiction!

Check it out and the great stuff from the other writers in the issue.

-RLR

"The Question" makes Diabolical Plots' The Best of Dunesteef 2012-2013+ list

My updated version of "The Question" made Diabolical Plots' The Best of Dunesteef 2012-2013+ list. "The Question" was my first published story, and I couldn't help tweaking it a bit when I was shopping it to audio markets. I think my updated version (with an ostrich) is the best version, but more importantly, the Dunesteef people who voiced my story were FANTASTIC! The only knock I had on their work is that they used seagull sounds in place of a ostrich noises, but who the heck has ostrich audio clips? Thanks again Dunesteef and I'm glad that David Steffen of Diabolical Plots liked the story.

-RLR

An excellent review for Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse

Check out this kick ass review for Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse, featuring my story, "Gorlack the Destroyer's All You Can Eat Adventure," plus a ton of other great stuff.

-RLR

"Mikey Frick Finds a Flower" reprinted by Story Shack and it includes FANTASTIC art by Alankrita Jain

Yikes! I've been so bogged down in my studies that I neglected to mention that my story, "Mikey Frick Finds a Flower" (originally appearing at Kazka Press) has been reprinted by Story Shack. One of the very cool things that Martin Hooijmans, editor of Story Shack, does is link writers to artists.The work done by Alankrita Jain is FANTASTIC and really captures my story perfectly. Even if you don't feel like reading my story again, it's worth following the link just to see Alankrita's artwork.

-RLR

"Water Finds Its Path" sells to Perihelion SF, and "The Flittiest Catch" to appear in Voluted Tales.

The Easter Bunny brought me an acceptance from Perihelion Science Fiction for my story, "Water Finds Its Path."  I've always liked this story, and I'm excited to appear for the first time at Perihelion. I've always admired their e-zine.

In other news, Voluted Tales will be reprinting my IGMS story, "The Flittest Catch." This will be my second reprint to appear with VT, and the first time "The Flittiest Catch" will appear outside of a firewall.

RLR