Temporal Anomaly Looked Like a Foraging Chipmunk

Unremembrances like a rocket into the pond. Water splashed The Fiction of Norwescon 39 his giggling boy. He rose and paddled to- ward Nimo, his cheeks puffed out oddly. He Temporal Anomaly looked like a foraging chipmunk. Slinder Flies Nimo met him at the side of the pond, Daily Zine for Norwescon 39 • Friday, March 25 worried about how his face bulged. At the by H.M. Jones bank, Slinder opened his mouth. A gush of smoke and water poured from his maw. Guest of Honor Schedules The nippy, dense fog did not deter Nimo When the haze cleared, Nimo saw six fat For the most up-to-date sched- from his morning fishing expedition. Noth- fish slapping their tails against the muddy ule, as well as maps and other useful ing could keep him from fishing, now he had Tanya Huff, writer bank. information, check out the Guidebook Slinder to protect him. His friend wouldn’t Writing a Series “Oh, Slinder! You smart boy! Are these app available on the Android, Apple let him sleep through fishing, anyway. Evergreen 3&4 12 - 1pm for ma and me?” Slinder inclined his head. and Windows platforms. Or visit Slinder’s appetite grew daily. Lately, Nimo “I’m gonna have to take you to the ocean Q & A http://guidebook.com/g/NWC39 only ever brought back a meager meal. His next time. Our fishing hole’ll be empty at Grand 3 2 - 3pm from any web browser. stomach growled. Pangs stabbed his belly. this rate!” If he didn’t give Slinder the first few fish, Nimo chuckled and slipped Slinder the the little dragon was unbearable. He would fattest fish. Slinder looked awfully proud sulk, stomp and burn bushes, small trees Janny Wurts, artist as he scooped the fish delicately into his Writing a Series Science Fiction and flowers until Nimo gave in and fed him mouth and shot into the air. until he was full. They had to stay out later Evergreen 3&4 12 - 1pm Some consider science fiction to orig- inate with the American pulp magazines every day. * The high sun sank. Dusk turned the em- Q & A of the 1920’s and 30’s. However, the more Grand 3 1 - 2pm commonly cited origin of science fiction is erald water orange. Slinder’s appetite would H.M. Jones is a fantasy, sci-fi, speculative Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by not be satiated. The silly creature waited at fiction and poetry author. Her debut dark fantasy, water’s edge, body low, tiny talons sinking Mary Shelley, first published in London in Monochrome, is a B.R.A.G Medallion honoree William K. Hartmann, science into black mud as he made ready to pounce. 1818. and is an Honorable Mention Book for the Los Science and Religion in Space Nimo yanked his last catch from the water Angeles Book Festival. She is also a prolific blogger Cascade 10 10 - 11am hard, to throw Slinder off. Now his catch and has been featured on Huffington Post, among and his fishing line were stuck in a tree. He Science Fact other notable cites. At Norwescon, she is a panel- Q & A stared in dismay at the thin branches, his ist for several fun panels and is selling her books Grand 3 3 - 4pm The visible universe contains about 50 throat tightening. His line wound tightly in Author’s Alley. She will also be reading from billion galaxies. There are between 100 around a few small, finger-like twigs. Monochrome Saturday, 9-9:30 in Cascade 1. From the Moon to Mars billion and 1 trillion stars in the aver- He turned on Slinder. Tears spattered She posts geeky tidbits and free short readings at Evergreen 1&2 4 - 5pm age galaxy. In the Milky Way alone, there his cold cheeks. “Slinder! Naughty drag- her website, www.hmjones.net. could be as many as 100 million planets. If on! Look what you made me do! You know humanity is indeed alone, those are some that fish is the only thing ma and I have to Betsy Wollheim & Sheila Gilbert, pretty ridiculous odds. eat. She can’t find anymore berries. Roots publisher are scarce. It’s autumn now. I have to bring DAW Books Live something back. Without da, it’s all we Grand 3 12 - 1pm Contribute to the Zine have. I’m glad you found me. I do love you, but you’ve had eight fish! Please help me The editorial staff of Temporal Anom- Why Editors Pass aly, your daily zine for Norwescon 39, with the line, and don’t eat the only fish I Cascade 9 3 - 4pm will be able to bring home.” invites you to submit content to appear Slinder dipped his narrow head, his body within our pages! If you overhear some- low, ears tilted back in shame. Then, he If You Please... thing interesting in the halls, want to rant leaped up, flitting his wings and hovering or rave, or if you’d like to submit a 50- unsteadily. He gently untangled the line When you are attending a panel, 600 word microfiction story to our daily with a sharp nail. The fish fell with a smack. please silence your cell phones and other anthology Unremembrances, contact us at He pumped his thin wings until he was glid- mobile devices. [email protected] or drop us a note at ing unsteadily over the pond. If you must take a call, please leave one of the boxes at Information or in the Nimo clapped and hooted. “Good boy, the panel room before starting your Convention Office. Slinder! You can fly like a proper dragon!” conversation. The panelists and your fellow We accept submissions from all attend- If Slinder could smile, he would have. His audience members thank you. ees, staff and guests. Submissions must be boy was proud of him. He pulled his wings made by 9pm the day prior to publication. back when he was high enough, and dove All bylined content remains the property of the author. Temporal Anomaly Edited by Matthew Buscemi Typeset by Matthew Buscemi in Iowan Old Style with Alternate Gothic No3 and Almaq Display Word Search Attending Pro Changes Art in Action Session Adjustments All words are related to the Norwescon 39 conference location and its denizens (or are Body Horror (HOR07): Arinn Dembo (M), Theresa Halbert they?) Can you catch find them all? Jeremy Zimmerman, Jason Bourget, Lisa Table F 9:30am - 2:30pm Bolekaja. Cascade 9 7 - 8pm Liv Rainey-Smith G A M I N G R O O M G N V M R Y U X C W Table B 9:30am - 12:30pm Stitch & Bitch (COS22): Tammie L. Dupuis B V D D E A L E R S R O O M D E G G O A (M), Joy Day, Deborah Strub, Julie Zetter- John Alexander berg, Camin Bradbury Table F 4:30 - 6:30pm K X K O C A I M H Q Q O V U H U N P S N Olympic 1 9pm - 12am L Q W U R T T W X V R O S C C X I D P D Costume Foundations II: Building the Base If You’re Reading This, it’s Probably (COS25): Carmen Beaudry (M), Julie R B M O Y N O T N N L S A J S H M O L E Zetterberg, Margo Loes, Tammie L. Dupuis Too Late Cascade 10 3 - 4pm Grab your morning bagel and OJ, then O V E E W H N F E U I F F T H Y M U A R head down to Grand 3 for Keith and Alan’s Size Acceptance Is For Everybody (CUL02): Jen Movie News and Previews. From 10 to N Q S V S W A E N N E O A Q S A A B Y I K (M), Ogre Whiteside, Frog Jones Noon, then it’s over. So much genre stuff Cascade 7&8 4 - 5pm to talk about; movies, TV, theme parks, the O I F T X H R T N T D F S N Z S R L A N whole gamut. Grab your seat early for all Blasts from the Past (POP07): Dan Murphy the latest! H Q R J O G E Z E V F I O X Z U G E U G (M), John Lovett, Brian Oberquell, Wendy Murphy F A Q U F E K R Q D F I N T Z J O T T Z Cascade 13 4 - 6pm Adventure Time: Card Wars O G G G R H I M A V T A N G U L R R H I Cold Exobiology (BIO04): Pat MacEwen (M), Now you can play the actual Card Wars Stephen L. Gillett, Marguerite Reed. game from the show! Based on the origi- T Y D C D A V C J A D A X V P S P E O N Cascade 10 8 - 9pm nal Adventure Time episode featuring “Card Wars,” where Finn and Jake battle against S W O C A A A W R H R J D U G R M E R E each other to decide who will be the Dweeb Gaming Adjustments and who will be the Cool Guy. E L J G E L I T Z U K Q A D O E O R S E Maxi’s Ballroom 2 - 8pm Magic: The Gathering Tournament (added!) Maxi’s Bar 2pm U E N A O L S L A Z C M Y O H H U G A D In the Hotel Cafe G N Z I O I S T Y Y G I D X E X Y T L I No Honor Among Thieves (added!) Maxi’s Ballroom 6 - 8pm A delectable dish has been spotted in the hotel cafeteria.

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