Category: Acceptance

  • Things With Feathers

    Here it is! The Things With Feathers anthology. 🐦 My quirky little steampunk-esque story, Dream Eater, was accepted for this earlier this year by Third Flatiron Publishing. And the cover art? It’s from my own story! Ahhh! My story has art on the book’s cover and is leading the anthology!…

  • Beyond the Stars!

    I’ve been holding onto this news for a while, now I’m so happy to announce it. My space opera novelette, ‘Imperatrix, Tertius’, third in the Imperatrix series, has been accepted to Beyond the Stars: Across the Universe, the latest in the Beyond the Stars series (the ones which are going…

  • Story Announcements

    Two pieces of news. 1.) My little Victorian-esque horror story ‘Routes Best Left Untaken’ has gone live today! It’s appearing in issue 10 of Love Letters to Poe. You can now read it for free over at their website along with my little interview, or if you feel so inclined,…

  • Writing Summary 2020

    This year has been my best so far for short story sales, and I’ve hit a few significant ‘level ups’, including adding several new markets to my repertoire. So here is my progress report. List of acceptances/publications: 7 stories published, 8 accepted, 10 new written (2 of which sold), 7…

  • Beyond the Stars 2020!

    Beyond the Stars 2020!

    This is one I’m absolutely thrilled about. My space opera short story, ‘Imperatrix, Redux’, is making its debut in Beyond the Stars: Infinite Expanse! The anthology has been released TODAY! And already it’s hit #1 on New Releases for SF Anthologies on Amazon! Eee! I’m beyond thrilled about this story…

  • March 2020

    Well, writing-wise so far 2020 has been very productive. I can now announce 2 professional level short story acceptances. Both will appear in publications later this year. And there is a third piece of news… that for now will have to remain under-wraps. But I hope to announce it soon.…

  • Beyond the Stars: Rocking Space!

    I’ve been sitting on this news for a while, and it’s been so hard not to say anything. Earlier this year I had one of my all-time favorite short stories, a space opera, Imperatrix, accepted into Beyond the Stars: Rocking Space! And today is Release Day! I’m so very proud…

  • The SLF $1000 Working Class Writers Grant 2018 WINNER!!!

    This just in!!! I am beyond thrilled to be reporting that, this year, I have been selected as the WINNER of the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Working Class Writers Grant, with the first chapter of my new in-progress science fiction novel, I, Phoenix. Read more here. Press release below… ‘The Speculative…

  • December Summary 2018

    December Summary 2018

    Ho ho ho, it’s Christmas month! And it’s started out merry indeed, because Santa sent some early Christmas presents – these landed on the doorstep. Chicken Soup for the Soul‘s ‘The Wonder of Christmas’ contains my short real-life story, Solved, which is about my feisty feline, Cas, and how she gets…

  • August 2018

    Big piece of news this month! Now the forms have been sorted and final edits signed off on, I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that my story, ‘Mystery of the Disappearing Decorations’ (renamed by the editors ‘Solved’), will be appearing in Chicken Soup for the Soul’s ‘The Wonder of Christmas’ later…