In Her Element: February 2002 Edition
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In this edition:
News and Previews
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NEWS

* Tippi's poem "A Star is Born" has been nominated for the 2001
Rhysling. This is the award of the Science Fiction Poetry
Association for the "best science fiction, fantasy and horror poetry
of 2001". The poem appeared in a recent issue of The Magazine of
Speculative Poetry and will appear in the Rhysling Anthology.

* Galleys have been turned in for Tippi's half of the Dreams of
Decadence Presents collection of vampire fiction and poetry. No word
yet on an exact publication date but you'll hear it here for sure.

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Preview!

From "Half Light", by Tippi N. Blevins

Swain loved the sea at dawn. It was different at dusk somehow.
Watching the sun slip back into the ocean made him think of
surrender. Like the light had given up and night had won. He
preferred to see the sun pressing up through that silvery shroud of
distant waves, escaping into the sky higher and higher. He could
only watch it for a few moments before seeking shelter, though, and
that wasn't enough. Not by a long shot. That would change, though.
Eventually.

He reached for the remote control and turned off the TV. The image
of the rising sun seemed to linger on the screen for a moment before
fading. He rewound the tape for its next viewing and crossed the
room to the apartment's one window.

The apartment was crap. Much too small, and there lingered a smell
of Thai food from a restaurant that had once occupied the first floor
but went out of business a year ago or more. The odor of peppers and
fish sauce haunted the building like a restless ghost. But the place
had a window, and a lovely one at that. It faced east over the
Mississippi, which wasn't the sea but it was about as close as a
river could get.

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That's it for the February 2002 edition of In Her Element. Thanks
for reading! Stay tuned for more news and previews next month.

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