The photo above is of a mural in DC that I finally managed to grab a photo of. I always see it when I’m in a car zipping by too quickly or otherwise unprepared, but this time I was ready. There’s a magic to it, yes, but also a message: hold on.
2020 was hard for me personally like many of us, but as a writer and editor, it wasn’t too shabby.
Original Stories:
“La Camaraderie du Cirque” in Shift: A Journal of Literary Oddities #2 (which will be reprinted in Podcastle in 2021)
“Sterling” in the Sana Interactive app (which will have an interactive novella sequel coming out in 2021)
“Fracture” (co-written with Marianne Kirby and Tessa Fisher) in Fireside Fiction
“A Flash of Light in the Darkness” in Fireweed: Stories from the Revolution
“Safe, For Now” in House of ZOLO’s Journal of Speculative Literature
Reprints:
I also put out a story game zine: An Imminent Spark.
Over at Neon Hemlock, I served as an editor for four novellas:
Stone and Steel by Eboni Dunbar
Queens of Noise by Leigh Harlen
Cradle and Grave by Anya Ow
Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling
I edited Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die, with these works:
“Apocalypse” by Saida Agostini (reprint poem)
“Dream Askew” by Avery Alder (reprint game)
“Champions of Water War,” by Elly Bangs
“The Dreadnought and the Stars,” by Phoebe Barton
“Didn’t Our Lord Deliver Daniel,” by Christopher Caldwell
“When the Last of the Birds and the Bees Have Gone On,” by C.L. Clark
“The Valley of Mothers,” by Josie Columbus
“The Last Dawn of Targadrides,” by Trip Galey
“When She Nothing Shines Upon,” by Blake Jessop
“The Limitations of Her Code,” by Marianne Kirby
“The Black Hearts of La Playa,” by Jordan Kurella
“The Currant Dumas,” by L.D. Lewis
“Soft,” by Otter Lieffe
“Venom and Bite,” by Darcie Little Badger
“Imago,” by A.Z. Louise
“For the Taking, For the Making,” by V. Medina
“The Bone Gifts,” by Michael Andrew Milne
“Wrath of a Queer God” by Anthony Moll (poem)
“Note Left on a Coffeetable,” by Mari Ness
“Be Strong, Kick Many Asses,” by Aun-Juli Riddle
“A Party Planner’s Guide to the Apocalypse,” by Lauren Ring
“A Sound Like Staying Together,” by Adam Shannon
“Safe Haven,” by A.P. Thayer
“A Future in Color,” by R.J. Theodore
“The Descent of Their Last End,” by Izzy Wasserstein
“You Fool, You Wanderer,” by Brendan Williams-Childs
And co-edited Issue One of Baffling Magazine with Craig L. Gidney:
“Velvet,” by Nino Cipri
“Merida, Yucatan: 2060,” by Jewelle Gomez
“From the Deep, the Music Rises,” by Izzy Wasserstein
“Cellars, Caskets, and Closets,” by Maxwell I. Gold
I also edited V O I D J U N K, A Formal Invitation, and the incredible winners of the OutWrite chapbook competition. All in all, despite everything, a respectable year!