The Forty-Below Project, coming November 2013
I don’t think I’ve ever got an acceptance letter as long and thoughtful as the one I got this week from Jason Lee Norman’s “40 Below Project.” Jason is putting together an anthology of stories and art about life in the city of Edmonton, Alberta during the winters.
Don’t know Edmonton? Well, I’m confident in saying it’s the only metropolitan area with a population of over a million people at this latitude or higher anywhere in the western hemisphere of this planet. Sounds like a blast, eh? A big, icy blast…
The project accepted my submission, a short bit of creative non-fiction called “Bleeders.” There was some talk on Twitter about the vampire story someone submitted. The title notwithstanding, mine was not the vampire story.
The 40 Below anthology is going to be produced in book form and it’s scheduled for release in November 2013. Don’t worry, Edmonton should be well into winter by then.
Jennifer Quist, PhD 