A few links of interest from around the web:
- Writer and Strange Horizons fiction editor Vajra Chandrasekera advises new writers to stay away from The Writers of the Future Contest, given its ties to Scientology.
- From BBC Radio 4: “Tom Shakespeare on why we need to rethink our use of the mental illness metaphor.”
- A haunting poem over at Uncanny: Fran Wilde’s “The Sea Never Says It Loves You.” (Actually, this is just one of the many haunting poems in the issue, all worth reading.)