Tom Joyce's chamber of the bizarre

Looking for a good St. Patrick’s Day gift for that special someone? No, you’re probably not. OK, that was an awkward lead-in. Anyway, I’m pretty psyched. An anthology featuring one of my short stories is out. The anthology is titled Speculations from New Jersey and it features one of my stories called “The CyberKnights.” It’s the first science fiction story I’ve ever written, which is kind of weird because I’ve been a science fiction geek ever since I was a kid. Even then, it’s more a parody of William Gibson-style cyberpunk than a straight-up science fiction story. And for the record, I’m a big fan of cyberpunk in general, and William Gibson in particular. I kid because I love. The anthology was put out by the Garden State Speculative Fiction Writers, and a lot of really talented writers are affiliated with that group. In fact, I’m currently reading another anthology put out by that group in 2008, when they were called the Garden State Horror Writers. That anthology is called Dark Territories, and I’m blown away by how good it is.