Awards Eligibility – 2023

Somehow, we’re coming to the end of 2023, so I’m looking back at my year of writing. I’ve so far published 25 new short stories and flash, one essay, and my first short book. I’ve been really proud of the work I’ve published this year, in some amazing magazines and anthologies. Below are details of the stories over the year that may be eligible for various award categories. If you’re reading for the Nebula, British Fantasy Awards, BSFA, Hugo, or others, I’d be honoured if you considered my work in the mix! This is also my second/ final year of eligibility for the Astounding Award.

I’m very happy to provide review copies of any of the below, please contact me here – thank you for reading!

THREE FAVOURITES – (If you’re looking to just read one thing, check these ones out!)

• NOVELETTE: ‘Have You Decided on Your Question’ (12,781 words) dark SF novelette from Shortwave Publishing, April 2023. On the Nebula Reading List.
• SHORT FICTION: ‘The Loneliness of Water‘ (3,587 words) Fantasy/SF in Issue 12, Hexagon Magazine, March 2023, with Reprint in Shadows on the Water, Flame Tree Press. Reviewed and recommended by Charles Payseur in Locus Magazine.
• SHORT FICTION: ‘The Constellations of Daughter Death’ (1,000 words) Fantasy in Flash Fiction Online, October 2023

OTHER SHORT STORIES

Free Online:

• ‘To Catch the Dual-Sunrise‘ (1,051 words) SF, in The Commuter, Electric Lit, July 2023
• ‘The Gathering’ (1,514 words) SF/horror in Shortwave Magazine, June 2023
• ‘To Replace a Broken Heart’ (972 words) SF/Horror in Seize the Press, January 2023
• ‘Sugarspun‘ (2,090 words), SF/horror in Issue 14, Hexagon Magazine, September 2023
• ‘Sleep Well, My Prince‘ (4,974), SF in Luna Station Quarterly (September 2023)

Not Free Online – can be requested as above:

• ‘Every Part of You’ (907 words), Horror in OOZE: Little Bursts of Body Horror. Reprint forthcoming in PseudoPod
• ‘Hush, Little Sister‘, (4,043 words), dark SF in OBSOLESCENCE, Shortwave Publishing (May 2023)
• ‘To Gut a Fish, First Gather its Bones‘ (2,684 words) Fantasy/Horror, in Monster Lairs, Dark Matter INK, October 2023
• ‘The Medium’s Assistant’ (3,463 words) dark SF in BFS Horizons #16, July 2023. Story was also 2nd Place winner in BFS Short Story Competition.
• ‘The Botanist of Sky City Celeste‘ (4,487 words) SF in The Dérive, Air and Nothingness Press, July 2023
• ‘The Bee Bearer‘ (3,528 words), SF in Shoreline of Infinity Magazine, March 2023

ESSAYS

‘Seeing Death: Exploring Dark Omens from Scottish Folklore‘ (1,745 words) The Deadlands, August 2023