Last week I got a letter I was really hoping to receive, notifying me that the Xeric Foundation Distribution Committee had awarded me a grant to publish my upcoming collection, A Few Perfect Hours (and Other Stories From Southeast Asia and Central Europe). I’m incredibly gratified that the Xeric Foundation believes in me and my project enough to give me this generous award. I’m excited to have this opportunity to share my work with a wider audience and I look forward to the process of self-publishing and giving my book the best possible presentation. Let’s hear it for Peter Laird!