Since all the cool kids are making eligibility announcements, so shall I!

I published four stories this year — three science fiction and one fantasy.

Here’s how you can find them. Note that two of the stories have links so you can read them for free right now.

“A Man Walks Into a Bar:
In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father’s Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street I Finally Understand What Needs to Be Done”

First up — my most personal story ever, a valentine to my father which was published in the January issue of Lightspeed — “A Man Walks Into a Bar: In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father’s Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street I Finally Understand What Needs to Be Done.” If you’ve ever wondered how I got to be the person you’ve come to know, this will explain it all for you.

“The Letters They Left Behind”

My second 2023 publication also appeared in Lightspeed —this time the August issue. “The Letters They Left Behind” is the tale of a deep-space encounter with aliens which I understand caused some readers to shed a few tears — but in a good way.

“The Lessons Only a Jelly Bean Can Teach”

“The Lessons Only a Jelly Bean Can Teach,” a short story from the point of view of an Artificial Intelligence, appeared in Pulphouse #22.

“An Invitation for the Uninvited”

“An Invitation for the Uninvited,” my only 2023 fiction which crosses over from short story to novelette territory, appeared in the anthology Qualia Nous 2. This alien invasion story, though new, took me several decades to figure out how to write.

Barring any last-minute surprises, those four are it for my 2023.

Thanks for reading!