It\u2019s that time of year again! Old snow, down coats, tenderly nascent blooming new year\u2019s hopes which will inevitably be both fulfilled and disappointed\u2026 and year-end \u201chere is what I wrote this year\u201d posts.<\/p>\n
This is both a list of my recent work, and also a list of my pieces that are eligible for the various awards like the Hugo and the Nebula.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m really glad to be writing more again. I mean, for one thing I\u2019m writing at least twelve pieces of poetry and\/or flash fiction a year, because of Patreon. (Obligatory plug: You can get one new piece of my work each month for $1<\/a>!) Some of my work has been noveling, and some isn\u2019t out yet, so it\u2019s not all visible in this list– but I am really happy to enjoy prose again.<\/p>\n This year, I\u2019ve been thinking a lot, and writing a lot, about disability. I feel like my interests right now are moving into this really internal, psychological place.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve written that is eligible this year:<\/p>\n Short Story: Read the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bella and her sister stood awhile in silence, toeing the dirt. Her sister crossed her arms over her chest. She kept trying to smile, but awkwardness wiped it from her face.<\/p>\n Bella\u2019s sister spoke first. You didn\u2019t make her sick.<\/em><\/p>\n Bella snapped back. You\u2019re the one who said I did.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Novelette: The story is not online, but Trace and I did a Q&A about our collaboration here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cRed, what are you doing out here in the dark? How did you get out? Is the calf in trouble? Get back to the barn so I can look at you.\u201d <\/p>\n I\u2019ve also been posting short stories, flash fiction, and poetry on Patreon<\/a>. Anyone who pledges $1 a month gets new words every month and access to all the previous content. The stories I\u2019ve posted in 2018 include:<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I Sit on the Fish Tank\u201d Parts One<\/a> and Two<\/a>: A cat and her obsession.<\/p>\n \u201cLove Is Hot and Brief<\/a>\u201d: The star-crossed romance of coffee and cup.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Diary of a Woman Outside Time<\/a>\u201d: Life, fragmented.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Stubborn Granny<\/a>\u201d: Sometimes the Grimm fairy tales are too grim. A rewritten tale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s that time of year again! Old snow, down coats, tenderly nascent blooming new year’s hopes which will inevitably be both fulfilled and disappointed… and year-end “here is what I wrote this year” posts. This is both a list of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a> Continue reading
\n“Birthday Girl” (2,800 words) in Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction<\/em><\/a>, Sept 2018.
\nA bipolar woman attends her niece\u2019s birthday party a year after her sister cut off contact.<\/p>\n\n
\n\u201cSeven Months Out and Two to Go\u201d with Trace Yulie (8,400 words) in Asimov\u2019s<\/em><\/a>, Feb 2018.
\nA pregnant rancher mourning the loss of her husband has an alien encounter.<\/p>\n\n
\nBig Red turned toward her, and impossibly, her silhouette morphed and bloated. Legs absorbed into a huge, gelatinous ovoid taller than Kate. Light pulsed within its mucus-like, translucent flesh, rippling and glaring and burning.
\n\u201cHome,\u201d said a voice, or perhaps voices. The strange, distorted sound was an uncanny chorus. Kate\u2019s heart drummed in response.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n