Aside from novel stuff, I also wrote a bunch about six new short stories:
Word of Mouth
Flake
Cold Hands
Thirst Trap
Burn Beside Me
Table for One (this one has already sold!)
Newfoundland Gothic (working title)
All these were pieces of flash fiction–it’s all I can really fit in around writing novels, and honestly, I really enjoy writing micro-fics. In 2022 my goal is to write even more of them; I have a challenge going on with my old Clarion West classmates where we write a short story every month based on the Flame Tree Press newsletter prompt (Jan.,2022’s prompt is ‘bioengineering’ and I feel like I’ve already had my fill of that topic thanks to the panini, but hopefully I can think of something new).
In 2021 I had a handful of short stories published (all at Daily Science Fiction):
March 2021, ‘Murky Waters‘
A mermaid/angler fish parable.
July 2021, ‘Eat You Up’
The longest story on this list (by which I mean it’s a whopping 1,500 words rather than 250-350 like the other stories). It’s also the one I’m most proud of. A sci-fi story about a young woman going to her job and then eating a meal with her family.
August 2021, ‘Meat Off the Bone’
Uhh, yet another mermaid story. I swear I don’t usually write about mermaids all that much.
November 2021, The Red Queen
A revenge story featuring a queen and her unicorn friend.
I promise I will someday soon update the recent works widget to include these stories…and update the general works tab…and post about the books I read in 2021.