Scheduled to publish February 7th, my story “To Be a Mother,” is in this one. Young Junichi Wakizashi suddenly finds himself at the center of his mother’s top secret project to build the giant robot Ryujin, named for the Japanese Lord of Dragons, their lost colony’s only hope to save itself from the planet’s native megafauna.
has already done Giant Freakin’ Robots, (check it out. It’s got some awesome stories in it, including a steampunk take on Civil War ironclads. Seriously, what’s more awesome than ironclads that get up and walk around?)They’ve done Giant Stompin’ Robots, which includes my story “In Cat We Trust,” quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve written.
They’ve done Giant Counting Robots, for the nippers in your life.
Now, it’s Giant Squeeing Robots. What’s a squeeing robot, you ask? They’re named for the noise
, our editor, made when she learned her story had been picked for Giant Freakin’ Robots. Communing with dolphins.But these are the cute robots. Cuddly robots. Robots that want to hug you and squeeze you and call you George. They’re still giant, and you might not survive, but it’s the thought that counts, right?