{"id":26494,"date":"2019-11-17T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T16:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=26494"},"modified":"2019-11-17T11:05:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T16:05:31","slug":"for-your-consideration-my-2019-short-story-publications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/17\/for-your-consideration-my-2019-short-story-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"For your consideration: My 2019 short story publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Science Fiction &#038; Fantasy Writers of America announced the start of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfwa.org\/forum\/ballots\">nominations<\/a> period for the Nebula Awards yesterday, so it&#8217;s time for me to do what all the cool kids are doing &#8212; remind members of the fiction I published last year. <\/p>\n<p>It was a light year for me, with only two stories seeing print &#8212; both of which are under 7,500 words, and therefore eligible in the Short Story category.<\/p>\n<p>And they are &#8212;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;The Stranded Time Traveler Embraces the Inevitable&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IfThisGoesOnCover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IfThisGoesOnCover-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IfThisGoesOnCover-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IfThisGoesOnCover-768x1187.png 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IfThisGoesOnCover-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IfThisGoesOnCover.png 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m extremely pleased to be part of <a href=\"https:\/\/parvuspress.com\/itgo\/\"><em>If This Goes On<\/em><\/a>, an anthology assembled by Cat Rambo for Parvus Press as a form of resistance against &#8220;a world shaped by nationalism, isolationism, and a growing divide between the haves and have nots.&#8221;  Writing this particular piece helped break me from a period of writer&#8217;s block brought on by the results of the 2016 election, and I can think of no better place for it to have appeared.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d rather listen to me read it than read it yourself, check out this video recorded at last year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/readercon.org\">Readercon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZyjI6zmVGY0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Five Years Later&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TheUnquietDreamerCover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TheUnquietDreamerCover-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TheUnquietDreamerCover-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TheUnquietDreamerCover.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Five Years Later&#8221; appeared in the Harlan Ellison tribute anthology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pspublishing.co.uk\/the-unquiet-dreamer-a-tribute-to-harlan-ellison-hardcover-ed-by-preston-grassmann-4789-p.asp\"><em>The Unquiet Dreamer<\/em><\/a>, edited by Preston Grassman and launched by PS Publishing at the World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>While the anthology is a tribute to Ellison, as is the story, the story was not written to ape his style, or attempt to channel the man. Rather, it&#8217;s one which I hope would not have seemed out of place in <em>Dangerous Visions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it for 2019! As for 2020, I already have four science fiction and horror short stories slated to come out in magazines and anthologies, and I look forward to letting you know about them as they appear.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a voting member of SFWA and would like to receive copies of either of the stories mentioned above, <a href=\"mailto:scott@scottedelman.com?Subject=Short stories for awards consideration\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> send me an mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your consideration!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Science Fiction &#038; Fantasy Writers of America announced the start of its nominations period for the Nebula Awards yesterday, so it&#8217;s time for me to do what all the cool kids are doing &#8212; remind members of the fiction I published last year. 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