Two stories sold

I just got an email from Orson Scott Card, saying he’s buying two of my stories for his new online magazine, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show.

One of the stories is “Salt of Judas,” which was my Writers of the Future workshop 24-hour story back in 2004. (I’ve since revised it.) The story is a fantasy about an oil painter in the Middle Ages who gets some rather unusual supplies from the new apothecary.

The other story is “Taint of Treason,” a very short fantasy story about a teenager who is supposed to execute his innocent father in order to prove his blood is not tainted by treason.

OSC’s magazine will launch this fall. I’m not sure if my stories will be in the first and/or second issue.

Published Wednesday, August 31, 2005, at 4:35 pm|

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7 Comments Leave a comment.

  1. On August 31, 2005 at 9:00 pm danithew Said:

    Congrats EJS. This sounds like a very nice development. I look forward to reading these stories at some time.

  2. On August 31, 2005 at 9:41 pm Kaimi Said:

    Congrats! I always liked Salt of Judas.

    Taint of Treason wasn’t really one of my favorites — he shoulda picked up Death Shades instead, IMO — but in any case, congrats on the double sale.

  3. On August 31, 2005 at 9:51 pm Eric James Stone Said:

    He hasn’t seen “Spectacles of Death” yet, because it was out at another market at the time.

  4. On August 31, 2005 at 11:52 pm David H. Sundwall Said:

    Congratulations. I’ll have to look for the magazine when it comes out.

  5. On September 1, 2005 at 3:40 pm RoAnn Said:

    I thought both “Taint of Treason” and “Salt of Judas” were top-notch. But, I vote for “Spectacles of Death,” too. Hope you can submit that in the future, if it isn’t accepted for a print magazine.

  6. On September 2, 2005 at 10:59 am JKS Said:

    Sweet!

  7. On September 3, 2005 at 6:12 am Jonathan Stone Said:

    Congrats! That’s fantastic.

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