Introductions

I've been avoiding blogging so far, because I don't like talking about myself in public. Even having a website feels somewhat counter-intuitive. However, I finally decided it is the easiest way to publicize news, circulate calls for submissions (both for fiction and academic) that I find interesting, and generally keep up with the world. 

So here is a bunch of news: 

• I was pleasantly surprised to see my poem "Blackmare" in the list of nominated poems for the 2014 Rhysling Award (A big thank you to the kind stranger who nominated me!). Also, it so happens that my name is listed (at the moment) under Sofia Samatar's. That, in itself, is humbling and flattering at the same time.

• I recently made my first short story sale to a professional market. "The Eleven Holy Numbers of the Mechanical Soul" is now live in the February issue of Clarkesworld Magazine.