My first Hugo Award nomination . . thank you . . thank you . .

 . . . but let me set the record straight.  While I appreciate the congratulations, I had nothing to do with it.

Stephen H. Segal and Ann VanderMeer are the editors of Weird Tales, John Betancourt is the publisher and George Scithers is the editor emeritus.  Yes, you see me each year at the World Science Fiction Convention with Stephen; this doesn't mean I'm his publisher, I'm his father (and his fan), and at the conventions I'm his support staff. 

I may admit to subjecting the poor impressionable boy to a house full of Doctor Who and Star Trek, and bookshelves full of Heinlein, Verne, Norton and Asimov when he was a child; perhaps I'll even admit to taking him to conventions.

But the congratulations for the Hugo nomination should go to Stephen and Ann and the team at Weird Tales.  They've done an amazing job.

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