2019 was an exciting and eventful year for me. I was nominated for a Nebula Award, and somehow never got around to mentioning it here—and even gave an acceptance speech,

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For the past few years, I’ve posted year-end recaps of some of my favorite stories, and friends have told me they found my recommendations helpful. I read short speculative fiction—particularly

Continue ReadingSome Terrific Short Stories of 2015

Back in 2012 I put together a year-end list of some of my favorite short speculative fiction of the year. I didn’t bother doing this in 2013, because I didn’t

Continue ReadingSome great short spec fic of the last year or so

In 2012, determined to crack the short story markets, I set out to read every genre short story published in a “professional” short fiction venue (as recognized by SFWA). I

Continue ReadingMy favorite short stories this year