The following works are eligible for the Nebula, Hugo & BSFA Awards in the short story category.NOTE: REPRINTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE OUTSIDE THEIR PUBLICATION YEAR.To make life a bit easier for myself (and you), I’ve added what genre they are in brackets.
I’ve made 327 submissions. 310 rejections. 20 acceptances.1 story being held.
SALES & ACCEPTANCES:-Sidekicks was accepted by A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Oct 6th ’21. (Not included in the above total) Bag Of Bones was accepted by 206 Word Stories, Feb 12th ’22 Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up was sold to Synthetic Reality Magazine, Feb 15th ’22 PROVISIONAL SALE IF MARKET GOES AHEAD, TO BE LOGGED. Father, Are You Sleeping? was sold to Dark Recesses Press, Mar 5th ’22. Dragon Bait was sold to Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Mar 20th ’22. I Hide Behind Cardboard Cliffs And Polystyrene Rocks was sold to Fission, Apr 3rd ’22. Dawn of Time Episode 1, Time Flies With Time Pies (Co-Author) was sold to Stupefying Stories, Apr 8th ’22. Dawn of Time Episode 8, When things look dark…. was sold to Stupefying Stories, Apr 8th ’22. A Fine Body was sold to The Lorelei Signal, May 9th ’22. Ask For Slim was sold to HyphenPunk, May 17th ’22. Total Immersion was sold to The Society of Misfit Stories, Jun 22nd ’22. A Monster Under Every Bed was sold to It Came From Under The Bed, Jul 15th ’22. The Age Of Chivalry was sold to The Lorelei Signal, Jul 17th ’22. Unannounced sale to redacted market, Jul 23rd ’22. Spun Yarn was sold to Bullet Points, Aug 8th ’22. The Man Who Borrowed My Clock was sold to The Colored Lens, Aug 24th ’22. Breaking Down A Cursed Sandwich was sold to Never Cheat a Witch, Aug 29th ’22. The Dragon Readers was sold to 99 Fleeting Fantasies, Sept 5th 22. I Made A New Friend Today was sold to Eidetic, Sept 16th 22. The War Machines was sold to Utopia Science Fiction, Oct 4th 22. Idiots Of The Underworld was sold to Tales From The Moonlit Path, Oct 6th 22. You Have Summoned A Demon was sold to 34 Orchard, Nov 13th 22. Unannounced sale to redacted market, Dec 11th 22.
CAVEAT:-Be aware, I am now adding stubs for titles which have sold, but I’ve not yet received official permission to announce as sold yet. These are just an aide memoire for me, and my increasingly terrible short-term memory.
There are currently 35 stories out in submission:-
PUBLISHED THIS YEAR: Stranding Room Only was released at Abyss & Apex, Jan 1st ’22. Bag Of Bones was released at Bag of Bones – 206 Word Stories: A Horror Anthology, 26th Feb ’22. (POEM) Father, Are You Sleeping? was released at Dark Recesses Press, 16th Mar ’22. Dawn of Time Episode 1, Time Flies With Time Pies was released at Stupefying Stories, 8th April ’22. (Co-Author) Call Back, Any Time! was released at Grandpa’s Deep-Space Diner, 20th Apr ’22. Dragon Bait was released at Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, May 2nd ’22. Dawn of Time Episode 8, When things look dark… was released at Stupefying Stories, May 27th ’22. Ask For Slim was released at HyphenPunk, Jun 15th ’22. A Fine Body was released at The Lorelei Signal, Jul 3rd ’22. The Age Of Chivalry was released at The Lorelei Signal, Oct 2nd ’22. The Man Who Borrowed My Clock was released in The Colored Lens, Oct 8th ’22. Breaking Down A Cursed Sandwich was released in Never Cheat a Witch, Oct 10th ’22. Idiots Of The Underworld was released at Tales From The Moonlit Path. Oct 28th ’22. Where They Fear To Tread was released at Trees:An Anthology. Nov 18th ’22.
LESSONS LEARNED:-(This is a new segment, I’ll be adding tips for myself for future blogs.) Add sales as stubs as soon as those are received. Temp entries until announced then replace with official info. Add releases when info is received to Shape Of Things To Come, so I don’t forget. Add stubs to Shape Of Things To Come for unannounced sales. Create entries for the Submission Challenge each day, as they come in or go out. I removed the Stories On Hold section as I didn’t want any markets to feel pressure to buy stuff. I moved the entry for Tuck & Roll because I’m tired of working around its constant delays.
THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME! A Monster Under Every Bed will be released in It Came From Under The Bed, Jan 1st 2023. I Made A New Friend Today will be released in Eidetic, Jan 1st 2023. The Dragon Readers will be released in 99 Fleeting Fantasies, (DTBC). Sidekicks will be released in A Hero Of A Different Stripe, Feb 2023. (DTBC) Total Immersion will be released in The Bards and Sages Quarterly, April 2023. (DTBC) The War Machines will be released at Utopia Science Fiction, April 2023. (DTBC) Spun Yarn will be released in Bullet Points, 2023. (DTBC). I Hide Behind Cardboard Cliffs And Polystyrene Rocks will be released in Fission Vol #2. (DTBC) Madam Midnight Fucks Shit Up will be released in Synthetic Reality Magazine, Issue 9. (DTBC) Unannounced sale to market. (DTBC) Unannounced sale to market (not listed in sales yet). (DTBC) You Have Summoned A Demon will be released at 34 Orchard, 2024. (DTBC). Tuck & Roll will be released. (DTBC). There’s some other stuff coming, I can’t officially talk about it yet. Just know it IS coming. When I get more solid dates on the date to be confirmeds, I’ll announce them. Publication of Madam Midnight was pushed back due to illness of the Synthetic Reality Mag editor. That may be delayed by at least 2 months. A few publications have been pushed back. Some stuff I can’t talk about because they aren’t announced yet.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS:-I’m not setting any resolutions for 2023. I just want to write, submit, and hopefully sell stuff.
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