I am happy to say that my story submitted to the "Space Bats" contest, Caretaker Poinciana, was accepted to be published in After Oil 4: The Future's Distant Shores. It will be my second published story.
In a few days, I will remove the original Caretaker Poinciana post, so anyone wishing to read it thenceforth will have to buy the book. I know; I'm so mean.
Congrats also to all the other winners. I did not read all of the submitted stories, but my favorites of the ones I did read all made it in.