This one’s a favorite of mine. Mrs. Chriswell has moved in with her son and daughter-in-law after her husband’s death. She pretends to bird watch to get out of the house. While on one of those pretend bird-watching missions, she…
Baen’s Support for Women of Futures Past
I thought I’d share a few photos of the kind of support I’ve received from everyone at Baen on this project. They’ve sent books, they’ve answered questions, they’ve offered expertise. Below is just one of the many care packages I’ve…
Stair Trick by Mildred Clingerman
Clingerman’s short stories often rely on a shift in perception. So if I tell you what the story’s about, I will ruin it. “Stair Trick” centers on Dick the bartender who would entertain his customers by pretending to go down…
Stickney and the Critic by Mildred Clingerman
As I’ve delved deeper into the research for the essay I’m writing for Women of Futures Past, I’m learning a bunch of things about my field that I didn’t know. For example, I didn’t know that James Blish, and the…
Childish Joy
I write a bimonthly column for Eric Flint’s Grantville Gazette. I was getting ready to write the next column, and so I reread the previous column because—y’know—don’t want to repeat myself, and realized that it’s pertinent here. The column discusses…
A Title!
After much deliberation, we have a title for the women in sf anthology that’ll come out of Baen next year. The title is…(drum roll please)…Women of Futures Past: Classic Stories. I think we went through 50 different titles before finding…