Kij Johnson didn’t really want to be thought of as "a tentacle-porn girl," but she knew her story, "Spar," worked as a story so she sent it off.  Last month, "Spar" was nominated as a finalist for the 2009 Nebula Awards in the short story category. "This is a story I love," Johnson says below, … Continue reading A Terrifying Mix of Honesty and Rigor: A Conversation with Kij Johnson by Jeremy L. C. Jones