Samuel Mae lives near the bottom of the world, in Auckland, New Zealand, but spends a lot of time traveling the universes of his imagination—–which sounds corny, but has resulted in him selling short fiction to such places as Electric Velocipede, Stupefying Stories, Wily Writers, and elsewhere.
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In the spirit of supporting speculative fiction writers in New Zealand, we held a short story contest that was judged by the inimitable publisher and writer Nathan Crowder. We always get a brilliant array of stories from our New Zealand brothers and sisters, so he had quite a challenge ahead of him when he approached that slush pile. Nevertheless, he managed to choose two stories that rose to the top.
FIRST PLACE goes to A.J. Fitzwater for the story "The Mary-Jane Effect." Congratulations on a superb work of speculative fiction, A.J.
2ND PLACE: The runner-up position, no small feat, goes to M. Darusha Wehm for "Modern Love," a story that creeps up on you and takes you by surprise before you even know what's stalking you. Bravo, Ms. Wehm. 
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