[I] am delighted to announce that Issue #45 of InterGalactic Medicine Show is out today, and that my story “Gemma Barrows Comes to Cooperstown” is the cover story for this issue. This is the first time any story of mine has been the cover story. What’s more, the amazing cover art for this issue was done by Eric Wilkerson, who as it happened, also did the cover for my favorite IGMS story, “Sojourn in Ephah” by Marina J. Lostetter.

As Edmund Schubert write in his editorial, this is my 4th story in the magazine, but my very first cover story. Edmund published my very first professional story way back in 2007, and I am so glad to have “Gemma Barrows” appear here.