This update is 6 months late and I do apologize for this severe delay. Last year was an ordeal in more ways than one, but it’s a new year, and one of my resolutions is to get back to sending this newsletter out every two months. Thanks so much for still being here and reading this!
- As always, you can support me on Patreon and get access to special content there. (If you’re not familiar with Patreon, find out more here: What Is Patreon?)
- You can also find me on Curious Fictions and support my work there.
My latest roundups & reviews
- My Recommended Reading List for 2020 is on my website.
- My 2020 Eligibility Post (listing my own stories published in 2020) is also on my website.
- My third Short Fiction Treasures column was published at Strange Horizons in September. (Another one is coming at the end of January.)
- My June short fiction roundup at Curious Fictions.
- My July short fiction roundup at Curious Fictions.
- My August short fiction roundup at Curious Fictions.
- My September short fiction roundup at Curious Fictions.
- My October short fiction roundup at Curious Fictions.
- My November short fiction roundup at Curious Fictions.
- My December short fiction roundup at Curious Fictions.
- The audio versions of my monthly roundups are available on YouTube!
Stories in the wild
- My story TONY ROOMBA’S LAST DAY ON EARTH is now available to read for free at Diabolical Plots. Read it / support DP.
- My story IT’S EASY TO SHOOT A DOG is available in the anthology Footsteps in the Dark from Flame Tree. Buy it from Flame Tree / buy from Amazon. (Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.)
- My story DEEPSTER PUNKS is available at Escape Pod, wonderfully narrated by S. Kay Nash. Listen / Support Escape Pod on Patreon. Originally published in the anthology A Punk Rock Future.
- My story DOWN TO NIFLHEL DEEP is available to read free online in Kaleidotrope. Read it. / Support Kaleidotrope on Patreon
Three of my stories written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast are available to read on my website:
Reviews & Mentions
- My story “Tony Roomba’s Last Day On Earth” was included in TOR.com’s Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: December 2020. Huge thanks to Alex Brown for including my story.
- Charles Payseur reviewed my story “Tony Roomba’s Last Day On Earth” from Diabolical Plots at Quick Sip Reviews.
- A.C. Wise included my story “Down To Niflhel Deep” from Kaleidotrope in her list of favourite short fiction from 2020.
- Vanessa Fogg included “Down To Niflhel Deep” in her list of recommended short fiction from September and October.
- Vanessa Fogg also included my story “Tony Roomba’s Last Day On Earth” in her list of recommended short fiction from November and December.
- At Track of Words, my story “The Jagged Edge”, set in the Warhammer 40K universe, was mentioned as worthy of its own series!
Maria Haskins 