My tweets

• Tue, 12:24: Writing Year in Review http://t.co/WGJgKTUXRN
• Tue, 13:36: I just ordered some more typewriter charms to make earrings out of. http://t.co/GSBRFkxgio
• Wed, 00:18: That feeling when you realize that as much as you adore the concept of the story you're writing, the actual story sucks. Big time.
• Wed, 10:38: How would the people bleating about "unarmed" this & "unarmed" that react if a woman killed her "unarmed" rapist? Unarmed /= not a danger.
• Wed, 10:49: ...oh, good. All three of us can be sick at the same time.
• Wed, 11:17: @ccfinlay How about a story that GVG/the slush readers have already seen?

More Year in Review stuff

So, I had six stories published this year in various places. Looking at them, I realize that there is no possible way to shoehorn me into any one fixed genre.

Of Were-Critters, Widow Women, and Water Rights is a weird western with a werewolf, a were-bear, and a pair of witches. It's a novelette of a little over 15,000 words.

War of the Were-Mice is a humor flash piece.

Bear Essentials is an unashamed space opera. It's a short story, around 6500 words.

Servile Spirits to Invent is a dark fantasy with steampunk sensibilities that slides into horror on the last line. It's a short story, around 5200 words.

The Road to Hell is a near-future cautionary hard SF tale. It's a short story, around 4200 words.

Habeas Felis is a straight-up secondary-world fantasy. It's a novelette, around 9000 words.

This is the beauty and also the trap of short fiction. There's no "branding" here--but chances are, there's something for everyone.

I guess this also serves as my "these are my stories eligible for awards in 2015" post.