There's a bear in it.

Good news that put a spring in my step today: two stories that I submitted to the same anthology have both been put on the short list. So, they might publish both. Or one. Or none, as occurred recently in a similar situation.

The bear story is up and running. I’ve laid down the beginning, and have already mapped out the middle and end, so I think it’ll be a reasonably co-operative piece. Hopefully it’ll be ready to send off by the end of the month.