Forum Members' Published Stories of 2016

Postby **Ishmael** » Sat Dec 10, 2016 9:01 am

Last December Stewart initiated this thread after enjoying a good year. I thought this time, (though I didn't win WotF,) I'd take the weighty responsibility upon myself!

Original Short Stories of 2016 (Philip Brian Hall)

TIME'S WINGED CHARIOT
February 20th in It's Come to Our Attention (Third Flatiron)

LAST OF THE SPICE SCHOONERS
Wednesday, 27 April 2016 on Gallery of Curiosities (podcast)

THE WILD HUNT OF SLIABH MANNAN
June 14th in Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores

THE TRIAL OF MONSIEUR LAZARE
June 28th in AE The Canadian Science Fiction Review (*website temporarily unavailable)

THE ULTIMATE TEMPORAL PARADOX
July 11th in Sci Phi Journal

ALL OF THE PEOPLE, ALL OF THE TIME
September 9th in Stupefying Stories Showcase

A BRAW SONG FOR BURNS NIGHT
September 15th in Ritualistic Pompadour (Recompose)

THE HARD STUFF
due out before Christmas in Unbound II, Changed Worlds

Postby **Rebecca Birch** » Sat Dec 10, 2016 11:45 am

Oh, hey, cool! I'll play!

(Looks like you had a great year, Philip! Congratulations!)

Original Short Stories of 2016 (Rebecca Birch)

DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
April 2016 in Abyss & Apex

SAFE WORD
August 2016 in Every Day Fiction

SILVERBIRD RISING
September 2016 in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show

THE WREN AND THE CLOCKWORK MAN
September 2016 in T. Gene Davis's Speculative Blog

SIMPLE THINGS
October 2016 in Nature Magazine's Futures Feature

MY SECRET THORNS
October 2016 in Silent Screams: An Anthology of Socially Conscious Dark Fiction

BOYS' NIGHT
November 2016 in Cast of Wonders

SONGS IN THE KEY OF CHAMOMILE
November 2016 in Galaxy's Edge

A BREATH OF APHRODITE
December 2016 in Perihelion Science Fiction

emilymccosh · Postby **emilymccosh** » Sat Dec 10, 2016 1:29 pm

Hey, this is my first year with anything published, so I get to post something! wotf049

Original Short Stories of 2016 (Emily McCosh)

AFTER THE GIANT'S WAR in New Realm Magazine

OUR PLACE AMON THE STARS in AE Micro 7 (the site is down, but you can read the story here)

BETWEEN FIRST DAWN AND LAST DUSK in Perihelion

WINGED in Myriad Lands Beyond the Edge

A SOUND LIKE GLASS RAINDROPS in Unsung Stories

THESE ARE THE RULES OF BEING A HERO in Daily Science Fiction (my favorite)

...And I have a story scheduled to come out later this month in Nature Futures, so I'll post that when it comes out. wotf007

preston · Postby **preston** » Sat Dec 10, 2016 2:24 pm

Wow! Very impressive, guys! I too had a very good year. My best ever, in fact.
My goal was to published one story per month, and I did it!

Original Short Stories of 2016 (Preston Dennett)

"Reflection" 4Star Stories, 2016
"Valerie" Frostfire Worlds, Feb 2016
"Tulpa" Haunted by the Past Anthology, 2016
"Stars Are Wild" The Colored Lens, Spring 2016
"No Good Deed" Alternate Hilarities: One Star Reviews of the Afterlife, 2016
"The Great Empty" Visions IV: Space Between the Stars, 2016
"The Long Way Home" Strange Mysteries 7, 2016
"Freshly Brewed" Perihelion, June 2016
"Footprints on the Moon" Collidor Stream Collection, 2016
"Those Robot Eyes" Dark Magic--Witches, Hackers & Robots, 2016
"Shadow Vision" CIrsova, Winter 2016
"Forbidden" Sci-Phi Journal, Nov 2016

And one more pending!

hlf · Postby **hlf** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:38 am

I, too, had a really great year - better than last year's! (As long as the last original story makes its appearance later this month.)
In 2015 I had 11 acceptances & pubbed 10 stories (9 originals, 1 reprint).
For 2016, I've had 15 acceptances & pubbed 13 (10 originals, 3 reprints).

2016 Publications:
Sober Kevin is a Bitch, Triptych Tales
Last Sunset for the World-Weary, Writers of the Future antho
First of Frost, Lackington's
When an Angel Molts, Triangulation: Beneath the Surface antho
Suggestive Thoughts, Flame Tree's Crime & Mystery antho
Too Poor to Sin, Mysterion antho
Art's Chair, Persistent Visions
Churchill's Black Dog, DarkFuse's Horror d'oeuvres
Grandma Was a Time Machine, ChappyFiction's Time Travel Tales antho
And We Shall Inherit the Sea, Helios Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 2 (forthcoming, fingers crossed)

And the Reprints:
A Mary Shelley Moment, QuickFic
Devil Got You on Speed Dial, Flash Fiction Online
The Abbott's Tussock, QuickFic

6 of this year's pubs went to themed calls; 5 to anthologies. So for 2017 I think themed anthos might be my target market.

It's nice to everyone's successes lined up like this. There was a couple I must have missed seeing posts about but now I get the chance to go read the ones I missed. Yay! Stories!

Cheers, all!

Postby **amoskalik** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 9:27 am

My year wasn't as impressive as all that, but still some publications to be proud of:

Ghosts in the Machine – 940 words, Nature, vol. 529: Jan. 7, 2016
Harold’s social security check is late again. Can he prove he’s still alive?

The Last Words of the Platonic Form Circle While Trying to Compute Its Own Diameter – 5 words, The Last Word Series – Infomancy.net: Mar. 14, 2016
Happy Pi Day!

The Starfarer’s Dilemma – 950 words, Scarlet Leaf Review, March 15, 2016
The solar system faces an existential threat and Ana-tol finds little comfort in the cold logic of game theory.

Final Thoughts – 1000 words, Mad Scientist Journal, Fall 2016
The chances were infinitesimal at first, but love proves inevitable at the end of the world.

Independence Day – 6000 words, Perihelion Science Fiction, Nov. 12 2016
Lexi’s parents give her a one day time machine for her birthday which didn’t seem as practical as the car she needed to hold down a summer internship, but proves invaluable when the Earth is threatened by an extinction-level comet.

J'nae Rae · Postby **J'nae Rae** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:21 am

Productive year for a lot of you! Does self publishing something count? Is so, I released my eBook novelette,

Naidin's Song: Blood Bound was published via Kindle and Smashwords in August.

Amazon Page · Postby **george nik.** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:37 pm

I have 10 publications so far this year, including reprints (mostly reprints, in fact), but I also have 9 stories (4 originals, 5 reprints) pending to be published -- and at least 2 are supposed to come out in December, so I might update (and I might reach one a month, too).

ORIGINALS
The Game of Lives, Sci Phi Journal (website March 21, anthology October 3)
Breathe, Little Greel, Unsung Stories (website, April 1)
A Human's Life, Galaxy's Edge (website & magazine, September 1)
REPRINTS
A Rise to the Surface, Up and Coming – Stories by the 2016 Campbell-eligible Authors (anthology, March 4)
Razor Bill Vs Pistol Anne, Up and Coming – Stories by the 2016 Campbell-eligible Authors (anthology, March 4)
A Rise to the Surface, Scarlet Leaf Review (website, March 15)
A Rise to the Surface, 9Tales from Elsewhere #5 (anthology, April 8)
Harnessing Hotters, Manawaker Studio’s Flash Fiction Podcast (podcast, April 21)
Breathe, Little Greel, Digital QuickFic (website, July 29)
Razor Bill Vs Pistol Anne, AntipodeanSF (website November 1, magazine November 7)

ETA:
4th original story (well, drabble) out:
Prisoner in Stone, Helios Quarterly Vol.I Issue 2 (magazine, December 13)

Dr.Bob · Postby **Dr.Bob** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:54 pm

I've 1 reprint and 3 new stories published this year, three novelettes and one short story (about 35,000 words in all). And the short story is a collaboration with the talented and gracious WOTF 1st place winner and 2015 Hugo nominee Ms Kary English (I was so thrilled to work with Kary). wotf008

Reprint:
And The Ends of the Earth For Thy Possession (novelette), July 2016, 2nd And Starlight (the annual anthology of stories by Finalists and Winners of WOTF) edited by Dustin Adams. This was my 1st Writers of the Future contest Finalist (Q1 2013) originally published in Giganotosaurus July 2015. See: http://giganotosaurus.org/2015/07/01/and-the-ends-of-the-earth-for-thy-possession/. On occasion, I am still getting nice comments for this story on Goodreads .
-- "In an alternate universe, anti-Semitism has resulted in the expulsion of Jews from the planet after a bloody religious war that destroyed most of the Jewish communities of Palestine. The survivors are being transported to a new planet, when a series of unexplained deaths among the crew bring to the surface old fears and prejudices. A deeply moving story of guilt, revenge, and the nature of the soul." https://bibliogramma.dreamwidth.org/170642.html

New:
Shattered Vessels (short story co-written with Ms Kary English), March-April 2016, Galaxy's Edge Magazine #19 -- "Shevirah's purpose as an assassin falters when he falls in love with an incarnation of Chesed (Kindness). English and Finegold's deftly woven kabbalist tale pits destiny against love through multiple reincarnations of the characters, spanning thousands of years. The narration brings these large themes down to a personal level so that readers will identify with the protagonist's plight despite the large time-span. Readers do not need to be familiar with the Kabbalah to enjoy this story." [Michelle Ristuccia, Tangent On-line]
If anyone wishes to read "Shattered Vessels" for this award nomination season, please contact me: rfinegold.rf@gmail.com

Of Thine Impenetrable Spirit (novelette), 31 August 2016, Mysterion: Rediscovering the Mysteries of the Christian Faith (anthology). This was my 2nd Writers of the Future contest Finalist story (Q1 2014).
-- "The son of a tech mogul specializing in transhumanism falls deathly ill, and his father is desperate to save him. Transhumanism is a good theme in any SF work, and the author makes the argument that the morality of a person cannot be transferred merely by creating a copy of the mind into a new body." [Ben Wheeler, Tangent On-Line]
If anyone wishes to read "Of Thine Impenetrable Spirit" for this award nomination season, please contact me: rfinegold.rf@gmail.com

Laila Tov (novelette), 18 October 2016, Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores.
-- "The small sward of earth and patchwork hut where the crippled tailor and his demon bride once lived was shunned for its evil, or so the villagers would claim; but whether it was for the evil that once dwelt there or the evil that was inflicted upon it none would say."
This story was added to the SFWA member 2016 Nebula recommended reading list for novelettes, which I thought was very kind. Editor Fran Eisemann has made it available to read for free. The illustrations and pictoral web design she provided in presenting the story are quite lovely (best appreciated on larger screen devices -- IPads, laptops, or desktops). Worth a look for this alone. I was very pleased with the result. See: http://cosmicrootsandeldritchshores.com/fiction-all/myths-legends-and-fairy-tales/laila-tov/

Respectfully,
Dr. Bob

FictionMuse · Postby **FictionMuse** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:38 am

FictionMuse · Postby **FictionMuse** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:43 am

I count at least 4 writers with sales to Galaxy's Edge.

Beth Powers · Postby **Beth Powers** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:47 am

This was an interesting exercise for me because I usually only pay attention to stats I have control over (mostly stories written and submitted, rather than those accepted or published), but it looks like I've had 4 stories published this year, which is the most I've had in one year:

"The Day the Future Invaded" in Daily Science Fiction
"Claimed by the Sea" in Deep Magic
"Running Into the Rain" in Aurealis
"A Small Kindness" in FrostFire Worlds

I have two more stories that have been accepted (one reprint, one new) with unclear publication dates, so I suppose they could still be published in 2016, but it seems unlikely at this point.

EDIT: As it turns out, one of them managed to come out before the end of the year--"Retirement" (reprint) in The Best of Both Worlds

In semi-related news, I recently successfully defended my dissertation, and I graduated from my PhD program last weekend! This is related to fiction writing successes because being done with grad school means (hopefully) having more time to write other things wotf007

Postby **amoskalik** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:31 pm

Beth Powers wrote:In semi-related news, I recently successfully defended my dissertation, and I graduated from my PhD program last weekend! This is related to fiction writing successes because being done with grad school means (hopefully) having more time to write other things

Congrats! Finishing and defending a dissertation is turning a millstone into a milestone wotf009

Amazon Page · Postby **george nik.** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 4:11 pm

Finally, my 12th publication of the year:
Daughter of the Sea, Truancy Issue 3

Postby **Tamlyn** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:39 am

I had one original pub this year. And one reprint.

But, hey, that's better than none, right?

Original:
'Watercress Soup' in Andromeda Spaceways, December 2016

Reprint:
'Reflections' in Year's Best YA Spec Fic 2015, August 2016

rharp · Postby **rharp** » Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:55 am

Well, last year was a great year for my writing, with three published stories (these first two are my SHM stories from WOTF!!):

Skinners at Perihelion: http://www.perihelionsf.com/1611/fiction_7.htm

Ghosts To My Fingertips in the 2nd and Starlight Anthology (it's free to read on Amazon if you have KindleUnlimited)

On Trial on StarShipSofa: http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2016/0 ... elle-harp/

And a sale to Galaxy's Edge, publication TBA. wotf007

Muri McCage · Postby **Muri McCage** » Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:15 am

I only had one, but it feels like more all by itself. wotf008

"Mom in the Moon" -- Analog October 2016

Dustin Adams · Postby **Dustin Adams** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:37 am

Muri McCage wrote:I only had one, but it feels like more all by itself.

"Mom in the Moon" -- Analog October 2016

Analog!?
That's a great "one"!

Muri McCage · Postby **Muri McCage** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 3:07 pm

Thanks, Dustin. My trajectory seems to follow the feast or famine model. When something hits it's worth the wait, though.

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