Award eligibility post (2026)

The end of the year approaches, so that means it’s time for award eligibility posts! Making these posts a yearly obligation does reduce the embarrassment of flogging one’s work. Like a lot of authors, I love flinging my work out into the world. Doing backflips to get it noticed and read is…less fun. Corners of the Deep Dark (approx. 53,600 words) is a space opera novel published by Cryptic Plumage Press (September 2026). Cover art by Addison Smith. “Femme Prédatrice” (approx. 5,000 words) is a furry noir short story published in Animal Noir, ed. Elizabeth Mitchell, Little Key Press (February 2026). Cover art: Elizabeth Mitchell. Cover photo: Morica Pham. I also have some forthcoming 2026 publications; I’ll update links when the publications go live: “Tower,” “Chalk,” “Circle,” “Call,” and “Needful.” The five linked fantasy drabbles (100 words each) will appear in Witches & Warlocks, ed. Eric Fomley, Shacklebound Books, November 2026. Cover art: Grand Failure. “The Rotting World”…

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