Big news of the year so far– recently, Steve Eley of Escape Pod asked me if I would like to come on board as man­ag­ing edi­tor of Escape Pod. I would han­dle story selec­tion for the most part (with his input), and the behind the scenes pro­duc­tion pipeline. He would still host the show and do read­ings and be the aweome guy that he is.

So I jumped at the chance. I con­sider Escape Pod to be the most impor­tant thing hap­pen­ing in SF short fic­tion today. It reaches audi­ences that the print mag­a­zines never reach. I am sad to lose a reprint mar­ket for my own work, but I feel I can make a big impact with Escape Pod on the genre as a whole.

I ask your patience as I sort out the slush pile. It’s fairly deep and back­logged, and I will be tack­ling it as quickly as I can.  If you’re think­ing about sub­mit­ting some­thing, wait 2 weeks, and then fire away.

The pro­duc­tion pipeline is also very short. I am going to be grab­bing and pro­duc­ing a cou­ple of sto­ries within the next sev­eral days. If you are inter­ested in nar­rat­ing and can help with a super-rapid turn­around time while I get ramped up, and have done this before before or even if you just want to get started, drop me a line in the com­ments. Cat Rambo, I’m look­ing  (with plead­ing eyes) at you.… ;)