Sale: "Rust" to Analog

Very pleased to announce that I've sold short story "Rust" to Analog! This is the story of a small group of intelligent sign-language-using chimpanzees who have been left to fend for themselves for years in an abandoned undersea base, and the two humans who stumble upon them and have to figure out what to do with them.

The story is told in the unique voice of the eldest chimp, who is named Alpha -- in honor of the Alpha SFF workshop for young writers, where I developed with the plot while teaching an "idea to outline in an hour" workshop back in 2011.

This is my first short story sale since 2022 and I'm very excited about it!