Since publication round-ups from writers have been popping up all over the place now that awards season has begun, I figure it’s time I did the same — especially since more stories of mine were released in 2022 than any year since my first was published 41 years ago, and the earliest of them could easily get lost. I published 10 stories this year, breaking my previous annual record of seven, which I accomplished in 1992 and 2009.

The genre breakdown of the stories is four science fiction, four fantasy, and one horror — and one that I think of as science fantasy, but I’ll list it under science fiction below.

Here they are, some with links so you can read them for free right now.

First up, those five science fiction tales—

“The More Loving One”

My 6,950-word otherworldly science fantasy — which some of you might consider science fiction and others fantasy — went live in the second issue of Proton Reader during the waning hours of the final day of 2022, and is free for all to read here. Another one of my strange love stories, which is what I think all of my stories are at heart.

“Learning to Accept What’s to Come”

My 6,350-word robot apocalypse love story appears in Apex #134, the November issue. You can buy an electronic copy of the entire issue or read the story online. Lesley Connor, in her editorial, described the story as “brutal” and “heartbreaking and disturbing,” while I see it as a bittersweet love story. So I look forward to learning what you think of it. (more…)