365 tomorrows

It’s a New Year now, as 2007 slips away into our remembered yesterdays, and 2008 becomes both our now and our foreseeable tomorrows.

Happy New Year from all of us at 365tomorrows, and may the New Year be everything you want it to be, and a few things you’ve even not dreamed of yet.

It’s October, and the start of a new month is making me reflective. The first feature of our third year at 365tomorrows has been a great success, both for us, for you as our readers, and for Todd Keisling, author of the novel A Life Transparent.

If you’ve found Todd’s stories engaging, drop by the forums and let us know, or visit Todd on his own website - ToddKeisling.com, and pick up a copy of his book, A Life Transparent.

Let the new month begin.

Mega Flare , by Patricia Stewart is now up on the Voices of Tomorrow Podcast, the official podcast of 365tomorrows.
Mega Flare was written by Patricia Stewart, and read and produced by JR Blackwell.

Hey Rube , by Steve Smith is now up on the Voices of Tomorrow Podcast, the official podcast of 365tomorrows.
Hey Rube was written, read and produced by Steve Smith.

Listen to it Here.

Sam Spade , by TJMoore is now up on the Voices of Tomorrow Podcast, the official podcast of 365tomorrows.
Sam Spade was written by TJMoore, and read by Steve Smith.

Listen to it Here.

The third year of 365tomorrows is now under way, and with it comes new featured writers. For the month of September we’re proud to present the writing of Todd Keisling, author of the novel A Life Transparent.

Todd’s work is fantastic, and we’re very pleased that he’s written eight new stories for us to share with you over the course of the month. We’re sure you’ll enjoy them as much as we do, but drop by the forums and let us know what you think.

Odds are if you’re reading this message, then you’re already subscribed to our RSS feed. If you’re a Mac user, and running OSX 10.4 or later, then you can download our Widget from Apple and view the most recent 10 stories from Dashboard too. There’s a slider on the back that lets you manage how much of the story you want to see, from the entire story down to just the Title and Author, with all stories linked back to the site.

Drop by the Apple site, show them how much you care and let’s see how popular we can make the 365Widget on their list.

As of yesterday, we’ve wrapped up yet another year of 365tomorrows (for a grand total of 730 tomorrows, I believe, but as a liberal arts major, I might be wrong) and today launches us into our third. We’ve got a number of changes to announce, from the new site itself (design provided by Steve Van Rooy and produced by Steve Smith with 3D graphics provided by Moebius) to shifts in staff, and we’re certain we have an exciting year ahead of us.

J Loseth will be leaving us this year, but we’re bringing on three regular contributors as staff members: Sam Clough, Duncan Shields, and Patricia Stewart. All three have made excellent contributions to the site so far, and we’re looking forward to seeing them more often. You can usually find our new staff members (and some of us old ones) milling around the forum, so pop over to get to know them.

As it did last year, 365 runs on both staff writing and user submissions, so please, keep those stories coming! We’ve upped the word count to 600 or fewer words, but while we used to play fast and loose with the limitation, it’s now a firm rule.

We’re all really excited about this coming year, and we’ve got a few more surprises in the works. Thanks to you, we’re the most popular daily flash fiction site on the web. It means a lot to us to see how many people visit the site and to hear feedback from our readers in the forums (hint, hint), and without you, we might not have survived as long as we have. So thank you, from the bottom of our writerly hearts, and we hope you’ll enjoy what we have in store.

-Kathy

The Sea and the Skylark by Sam Clough aka “Hrekka” has been included in the July 15th release of Soundzine. This was first released on the Voices of Tomorrow Podcast, and follows Kathy Kachelries story A Lighthouse Through Time which was included in the premier release of Soundzine after also first appearing on the Voices of Tomorrow Podcast.

Checkout Soundzine for other great prose and poetry reading.

This month, we’re proud to feature another long-term contributer: Patricia Stewart. Patricia’s background in physics makes her an excellent source of hard science fiction, but her audience isn’t limited to scientists: anyone can enjoy the human touch in her stories. You can expect her to make several appearances in June, in addition to our usual blend of staff writers and submission contributions. We hope you enjoy what you see.