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…)

This episode’s guest is Randee Dawn, whom I first met — in the flesh anyway — at last year’s D.C. Worldcon, where she impressed me by emceeing an entertaining afternoon of Fannish Pictionary in which I participated. After our paths crossed again during another round of Pictionary at the Chicago Worldcon, and I saw she’d also be at Maryland’s Capclave, I invited her to break bread with me there.

Our schedules were so tight the only time we had without a conflict was a Saturday morning breakfast. When Randee suggested we start the day with dim sum, we decided to head over to A & J Restaurant at 10:00 a.m. just as it opened.

Randee Dawn’s debut novel, the humorous pop culture fantasy Tune in Tomorrow, was released in August by Rebellion Publishing. She’s a former editor at The Hollywood Reporter and Soap Opera Digest, and these days covers show business for Variety, The Los Angeles Times, Emmy Magazine, and Today.com. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and online publications such as Stories We Tell After Midnight, Even in the Grave, Another World: Stories of Portal Fantasy, and more.

She co-edited the anthology Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles. Her love of all things Law & Order led her to appear in one episode and later co-author The Law & Order: SVU Unofficial Companion. Once a month she hosts Rooftop Readings at Ample Hills Creamery in Brooklyn.

We discussed the way her soap opera and gaming backgrounds led to the creation of her fantasy debut novel Tune in Tomorrow, what made her decide it was time for her to write funny, why her first instinct is always to turn her ideas into novels rather than short stories, how Law & Order fan fiction conquered her fears of showing her writing to others (and eventually led to her appearing as extra on the franchise), the reason she doesn’t read her reviews, and much more.

Here’s how you can join us — (more…)

… as explained by Tom Gauld.