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December 1, 2023

Awards Eligibility 2023

It’s December, which means people are reading for the next round of literary awards. I have three publications this year eligible for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Stoker, Ignyte, Shirley Jackson, and more. Regardless of your vote, I always love hearing from readers and fellow writers! So, please enjoy.

Promotional cover for “Where the God-Knives Tread” by A.L. Goldfuss. An aerial view of a person in a spacesuit shining their headlamp over a huge floor mosaic of a spider-crab creature with a large purple gem for an eye. Art by Sou Alexander.
Promotional art by Sou Alexander

“Where the God-Knives Tread” (14,607 words)

Lightspeed Magazine, issue 161

Novelette or Long Fiction, depending on the award

A voidborn deckhand scavenges the ruins of the imperial pleasureship Thousand Dancing Beetles and uncovers an ancient horror.

Serialized in two parts with a full audio version performed by Paul Boehmer.

READ Part 1

READ Part 2

LISTEN Part 1

LISTEN Part 2

“Beasties Forever” (3,450 words)

Hexagon Magazine, Summer 2023

Short story

Two daughters caught in a time loop must seek help from the one person they should avoid at all costs: their mother.

READ HERE

“Between the Stones and the Stars” (1,291 words)

Lightspeed Magazine, issue 152

Flash

Rival treasure seekers meet atop a remote mountain and discover something greater than mere gold.

READ HERE

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