A week or so ago, Sarah (our newest slush monkey: hi, Sarah!) and I headed to Seattle for Norwescon. We had a really great time, but it took days for me to feel well-rested again! Hence the belated and brief trip report.

The highlight was hanging out with Ken Scholes, author of Action Team-Ups Number Thirty-Seven in the Winter 2006 issue, and our first Featured Author. He is a funny funny guy, and he reads well. I got to hear him read two stories: one about a golden Mayan yak, and one about monkeys. I am pretty fond of monkeys but even after you adjust for my biases, that’s a really good story.

I went to hear Jay Lake read, too. He’s the author of The Black Back-Lands, a cheery story about pumpkins from our Winter 2006 issue.

Perhaps my favorite reading was Ray Vukcevich’s upcoming Night Train story. If you haven’t read Ray yet, you should – he’s amazing.

Lots of other readings and panels and parties and new friends. I hung out with Bridget Coila and Miki Garrison a lot in the wee hours of the morning, helping Bridget get her story right and discussing superpowers. There was also a lot of chicken-related foolishness and dancing.

Good times.