Since January 1st falls on a Wednesday, as did Christmas of course, I'm splitting the difference this year.
Let's do a little wrap up for the year.
This year I published the below:
Short stories:
So twelve short stories works out to one a month averaging out. Not too bad. My story "Sleep Rough" published last year was also nominated for a Derringer Award. Sadly, I did not win, but who knows what next year will bring?
Two crime stories and a supernatural mystery (one NOT featuring Azuma Kuromori) scheduled to be published this year haven't yet, so fingers crossed it won't be long into 2025 before they are.
I also had published the first Sam Harrigan novel And Of Course, There Was the Girl back in the spring and just this month, a romance novel I wrote from someone else's notes was published (under a joint pen-name I chose)--Pucked Over.
Let's do a little wrap up for the year.
This year I published the below:
Short stories:
- “What Goes Around”, short story reprint, Say It Again (Murderous Ink Press), January, 2024
- “Interview,” short story, Guilty Crime Story Magazine #10, February, 2024
- “Personal Business,” short story, Guilty Crime Story Magazine #11, April, 2024 (Sam Harrigan story)
- “Push Back,” short story, JOURN-E, April, 2024
- “Come Back,” flash fiction, Weird Fiction Quarterly, May, 2024
- “The Madness of Arthur Malbrey,” novelette reprint, Occult Detective Magazine Presents: The Mythos Special Volume 2, July, 2024
- “Take the Shot,” short story, Guilty Crime Story Magazine #12, September, 2024
- “Anything For You,” short story, JOURN-E, October, 2024
- “So You’re Stuck in a Time Loop,” short story reprint, Ruth & Ann’s Guide to Time Travel, November, 2024
- “Dance With Me,” flash fiction, Weird Fiction Quarterly, November, 2024
- “Linger,” flash fiction, Shotgun Honey, December, 2024
- “The Good, the Bad, And the Other,” flash fiction, Guilty Flash, December, 2024
So twelve short stories works out to one a month averaging out. Not too bad. My story "Sleep Rough" published last year was also nominated for a Derringer Award. Sadly, I did not win, but who knows what next year will bring?
Two crime stories and a supernatural mystery (one NOT featuring Azuma Kuromori) scheduled to be published this year haven't yet, so fingers crossed it won't be long into 2025 before they are.
I also had published the first Sam Harrigan novel And Of Course, There Was the Girl back in the spring and just this month, a romance novel I wrote from someone else's notes was published (under a joint pen-name I chose)--Pucked Over.
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There were some things I hoped to accomplish this year---find a publisher for my western novel GUN-SMOKE COUNTRY as well as a story collection and a mystery novella, for example---that I wasn't able to.
And on a personal level, this has been one of the most difficult--one of the worst--years of my entire life. But I'm still here and I'm still trying, so here's hoping 2025 will be even more productive.
And on a personal level, this has been one of the most difficult--one of the worst--years of my entire life. But I'm still here and I'm still trying, so here's hoping 2025 will be even more productive.
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