A mermaid's map floats by on the rolling green

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On the brighter side, the table of contents for the inaugural issue of Stone Telling has been announced and it is, as they used to say in the days when cars were pop culture, a doozy.

You know, I am perfectly aware that Jack London was the writer's birth name, but it makes him sound like a genius of place. I wonder if he would have liked that. He was born in San Francisco.

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[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Which leads me to wonder whether San Francisco is twinned with Assissi...

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Which leads me to wonder whether San Francisco is twinned with Assissi...

Apparently, yes. No idea of the rationale for the others, though.

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Ha, I never heard his name as place. (I'm really bad with names that way; I don't hear them as regular words, just sounds of a person's name). But now, as I imagine it, Jack London does not feel like what he writes at all. My immediate image was a London street at night, shiny with rain and a man with a top hat and cane and less than noble intentions. I think there's a melding of London and Jack the Ripper in that.

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My immediate image was a London street at night, shiny with rain and a man with a top hat and cane and less than noble intentions. I think there's a melding of London and Jack the Ripper in that.

It may be unavoidable . . .

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

Oh, neat! You are in a thing with LeGuin!

That is full of win, that is!

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That is full of win, that is!

Makes me happy!

[ron-drummond.livejournal.com]

Congratulations; Stone Telling looks like it will be a winner, an elegant and thougthtful journal. The only thing I couldn't find conclusively stated on its website is whether it is a print journal. I dearly wish I'd known of its window of submission for the first issue, I would have sent three little pieces; when they reopen, I will.

I've been starting my day for the last month or so listening to Le Guin reading from her Tao Te Ching, with soundscapes by Todd Barton: evocative, profound, and quite witty; her voice is like magic.

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Congratulations; Stone Telling looks like it will be a winner, an elegant and thoughtful journal.

Thank you! I am certainly looking forward to reading it.

The only thing I couldn't find conclusively stated on its website is whether it is a print journal.

No, it's mentioned in the guidelines; online-only.

I dearly wish I'd known of its window of submission for the first issue, I would have sent three little pieces; when they reopen, I will.

Best of luck then!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

That looks a wonderful magazine. I'm looking forward to reading it.

Interesting point, there, about Jack London.

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That looks a wonderful magazine. I'm looking forward to reading it.

Thank you, although I can take no credit for anything besides my contribution.