I missed this review earlier, but my story is still online (here) — which is why I love webzines as markets.

"Michael Canfield contributes “A Flavor of Quark.” This story is a tale within a tale, told by an old woman to her “grandiekids” at bedtime. It is a most un-bedtime-like story of a man and monkey who are attempting to destroy the universe. In doing so, they create a new one. I didn’t fully buy into this story; the grandma’s authorial voice felt uncomfortable in its shift between homespun dialect and scientific detail, while of the two other central characters, Byrne’s logic and motivation seemed deeply flawed and hard to believe. Finnigan the monkey was the most likeable character to me, but ultimately his presence didn’t save the story, which has some intriguing ideas in it but which seemed to me to have no real central focus." — Ben Payne. Link: Tangent Online Review of Lenox Avenue #5, March/April 2005.

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"Write as if it’s your last words. Because then you can be sure that you don’t wonder, ‘Will the agent like this? Will my publisher say, ‘Well, couldn’t we punch it up a bit more or make it more fancy?’ What will my family think?” All the things that constrain people. "

From: Stop Smiling Magazine: The magazine for high-minded lowlifes.