Now available at your local bookstore — or on the "shop" page of this website — the just-released anthology: THE BEST OF THE FIRST LINE, EDITORS’ PICKS 2002-2006. "Dulce Domum," by M. M. De Voe represents the Editors’ Pick for Fall 2006.
Editor David LaBounty writes in his wonderful introduction to the story: […]

The veil of secrecy is lifted…
The three editors of THE FIRST LINE picked one story from each of the issues for which they created a sentence (recall–TFL is a journal which gives a first line and then authors must finish the story) beginning with Vol 4 Issue 1 and ending with Vol 8 Issue 4. […]

Sojourn, the literary journal of the University of Texas at Dallas, has awarded the story Keep Watch its Editor’s Choice Award for 2007. Each editor (prose, poetry, nonfiction) makes the selection for his or her genre.
The story was also nominated for a Pushcart Prize. This marks the third Pushcart nomination for M. M. […]

“From the Leaf Lore,” first published in Fickle Muses: an online journal of legend and myth, has been nominated for the 2007 Best of the ‘Net anthology. If selected, it will be reprinted in the online anthology, which also publishes finalists. The Sundress Best of the ‘Net Anthology is similar to the Pushcart Prize […]