Well, considering the fact that they were talking cancellation last week, and then popped up with, "Oh, we got funding, everything's peachy keen, come on down!" ... this was hardly unforeseen. But to cancel it at this late hour when it's too late to cancel the hotel room without penalty is so not on.

The BeagleFic is as good as I can make it. If WotF doesn't want it, it's going to SF&F magazine next. They've been complaining that they don't get enough humor fics.