My short story, "Roadkill" is one of twenty tales of urban legends with alien explanations to be featured in the upcoming Close Encounters of the Urban Kind anthology from Apex Publications. This is an exciting milestone for me as a writer. I've been published in a print anthology for charity, and I've had a sale to a paying online market, but there is still a thrill to getting a story accepted for a paying in-print collection.

Close Encounters of the Urban Kind is edited by Jennifer Brozek. Other writers whose stories appear in the anthology include Alma Alexander, Nathan Crowder, Carole Johnstone, Pete Kempshall, Jennifer Pelland, Erik Scott de Bie, Bev Vincent, and Ivan Ewert.

The book is scheduled for release on April 4, 2010.

Apex is currently taking pre-orders at a special discounted price.

You can order place our order from Apex Publications here.

This is a big step, and it was a fun book to write for. I'm looking forward to more milestones in my writing career as 2010 continues.