My hard science fiction piece “War of the Roses” is in the current issue of Nature (Volume 467 (7316), 7 October 2010). At least, that’s what their website says and I’m going to believe them.
It looks like the story is available online at the moment, but I don’t know how long that’ll last as they’re not primarily an online market: War of the Roses
Back when I was studying for my ecology degree, Nature was one of those places trainee scientists wanted to get published in. Perhaps a paper about some amazing research into the sort of things ecologists research*. I probably wouldn’t have believed time-travelling future me if I said I’d get a piece of fiction published there.
At least fiction doesn’t need citations**.
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* Usually stuff like measuring lichens and wading out into swamps to take insect samples. Ecologists are the hardy branch of biologists.
** Blake, Polenth, A Bunch of Random Stuff about Roses, Polenth’s Brain, 2010
It's wonderful to be published by such a prestigious magazine.
The line I loved best was:
“Fairies aren't real yet.”
Great stuff!
Thanks! There's been much yaying through all this. When they sent me the page proofs, it took awhile to settle enough to read them.
Awesome story! I'd love to have some jingle jigglers or moonglow roses for my garden. 🙂
Well done. So much in so few words.