It’s Springtime around here, a time when a writer’s thoughts turn to the dinosaurs of the Jurassic. By which I mean that my story “Jurassic Dinomancy” is in a brand new anthology THE DANCE, put together by astute editor Ira Nayman. Read all about the ways in which chance and choice influence our lives in stories by David Gerrold and others. When I first got wind of this anthology, it seemed tailor-made for a time travel tale to the heyday of the sauropods and allosauruses.
This story also had its own adventures featuring chance and choice before being included in this anthology. I had heard from those working for another outfit who wanted to publish it. Or so they said. They never sent me a contract. They never responded to my emails. So I withdrew it and found another editor and publisher. I wish I could say this never happened to me before but it is actually my fourth time that I had to find a new market for something supposedly “sold.”
Also, you might note that the story appears under my new pen name, “Rosie Smith.”