Overall, 2010’s been a much better year than 2009, although it’s had its less pleasant moments, such as special assessment convulsions in my condo complex, my Grandmother’s death in November, and the usual array of rejections implicit in being a writer and sending stuff out. 🙂
On the bright side, my collection was a 2010 Endeavour Award finalist and I had fourteen stories published in 2010. Here’s the list, with a notable reprint and two podcasts to boot:
- 2020 VISIONS, edited by Rick Novy. Therapy Buddha.
- CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 3, 2010, edited by Mike Allen. Surrogates.
- TRIANGULATION: END OF THE RAINBOW, 2010, edited by Bill Moran. In Order to Conserve.
- M-BRANE, January, 2010. Fire on the Water’s Heart.
- MOOT MAGAZINE, April 2010. Biosapiens.
- MOOT MAGAZINE, April, 2010. The Strange Case of Maya Andaluz.
- EXPANDED HORIZONS, June, 2010. Coyote Barbie.
- EXPANDED HORIZONS, July, 2010. Swamp Gas.
- EVERY DAY FICTION, August, 2010. The Investigation.
- PODCASTLE, August, 2010. Sugar.
- LIGHTSPEED, September, 2010. Amid the Words of War. (Kindle version)
- DAILY SCIENCE FICTION, September, 2010. Seeking Nothing.
- CROSSED GENRES, September, 2010. Centzon Totochin.
- EVERY DAY FICTION, September, 2010. Love Affair.
- TOR.COM, October, 2010. Clockwork Fairies
- REDSTONE SCIENCE FICTION, November, 2010. Not Waving, Drowning
A dark story of data herds and contraband foods, edited by a fellow Codex writer.
An R-rated absurdist story telling of Belinda and Bingo’s love.
A reprint from the collection, which also appeared as a podcast on Podcastle. A slim little political fable.
Far flung tragedy of alien species interacting and sparking a doomed romance.
Who is V-man, what does he want, and why does he glow under certain conditions?
Graduate student and artist Maya is abducted by a strange alien light, leaving behind a fishbowl filled with desiccated fish and half-melted glass pebbles.
Contains a favorite line of mine, “Barbies who run with the wolves”.
This was originally written for the Apex magazine contest asking writers to combine urban legends with UFOs – it’s my version of the vanishing hitchhiker.
Flash fiction detailing events in a mythical location that I think of as vaguely French.
A Tabat story that originally appeared in the first Fantasy Magazine sampler and was later reprinted in my collection.
One of my Clarion West stories, the first set at the brothel The Little Teacup of the Soul.
2010 was a year for dark SF, and here’s another example of that.
Horror set in a small Mexican town.
Written during my grad student days at Indiana University.
Perhaps my favorite of the 2010 publications, this is my attempt to talk about some of the problems implicit in the steampunk genre. I -love- the accompanying artwork by Gregory Manchess.
A final dark story of a marriage between telepath and non-telepath to finish out the year.
In 2011, I have stories coming out from ABYSS & APEX (Bots d’Amor), BENEATH CEASELESS SKIES (Love, Resurrected), BULL SPEC (The Coffeemaker’s Passion), GIGANOTOSAURUS (Karaluvian Fale, which Armageddon players should note is set in Allanak), DAILY SCIENCE FICTION (Pippa’s Smiles), LIGHTSPEED (Long Enough And Just So Long), SHADOWS AND LIGHT II (Aquila’s Ring, another story that Armageddon players will be interested in, since it takes place in Allanak and Tuluk). Podcastle will be doing an audio version of my collaboration with Jeff VanderMeer, The Surgeon’s Tale.
I got a Kindle and discovered the joys of e-readers, and even converted my collection, EYES LIKE SKY AND COAL AND MOONLIGHT, into a Kindle version, as well as one for other e-readers.
There are two impulses. One is to leave a legacy. Maybe it’s children or creations, good works, discoveries, or even a legacy of kind acts. There are other things to be remembered for, but those seem the most important.
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“Clockwork Faeries” was great, but I’m hard-pressed to decide which comes in second: “Sugar” or “Not Waving, Drowning”.
All in all, damn fine work!
Thank you!