Jeff Ford is one of the nicest people I’ve met since I started working in science fiction and fantasy.  He’s an incredible writer, and it’s worth traveling to wherever World Fantasy might be each year just to get to hang out in the bar for a while. I’ve been incredibly lucky over the past few years, and he’s written wonderful stories for me for Eclipse One and The Starry Rift (he’s also writing a space opera for me for Eclipse Two that I can’t wait to see).  I was thrilled when he decided to make “The Drowned Life”, his story for Eclipse One, the title story for his new collection. Even now, the thought makes me smile.  Anyhow, Jeff has just posted in his blog that there’s a reading online of the story and an interview about it, both courtesy of Rick Kleffel’s The Agony Column.  Check ’em out, and if you’ve not, think about checking out Jeff’s collection.