I’ll be doing my usual recommendations for short stuff other people have read at the end of December, when I’ve had a chance to read the things that are still coming out in December, but I think I’ve seen the last of my new publications for the year, so here’s what I’ve been up to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…a year turns out to be a long time. One of the reasons I think it’s good to do these year-in-review posts is that the sense of “oh wait, was that this same year???” is strong<\/em>. I feel like my tendency to put things I’ve accomplished in the rearview and focus on the next thing is generally really useful to me, but it does tend to lead to a “what have you done lately” mindset. When it turns out that what I have done lately is a pile of stories. There were more SF than fantasy stories, which surprised me, it didn’t feel that way…more on why I think that is in a minute. In any case, here’s the 2025 story list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Year the Sheep God Shattered<\/a> (Diabolical Plots)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her Tune, In Truth<\/a> (Sunday Morning Transport)<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the Weather Holds (Analog)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Disconnections<\/a> (Nature Futures)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Things You Know, The Things You Trust<\/a> (If There’s Anyone Left)<\/p>\n\n\n\n All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt<\/a> (Lightspeed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Things I Miss About Civilization<\/a> (Nature Futures)<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Shaky Bridg<\/a>e (Clarkesworld)<\/p>\n\n\n\n What a Big Heart You Have<\/a> (Kaleidotrope)<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Every Galatea Shaped Anew (Analog)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Crow’s Second Tale<\/a> (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Advice for Wormhole Travelers<\/a> (The Vertigo Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n She Wavers But She Does Not Weaken<\/a> (The Vertigo Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Torn Map (The Vertigo Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n So yeah! Stories galore! And with a very satisfying variety of publishers, with the exception that The Vertigo Project was a focus of a lot of my attention this year. Which makes sense! It’s a pretty big deal. All the poetry I had published this year was with The Vertigo Project as well, although I have a couple of poems ready to come out in 2026 from other places. Here’s the list of poems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Club Planet Vertigo<\/a> (The Vertigo Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Greetings From Innerspace<\/a> (The Vertigo Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the Way Down<\/a> (The Vertigo Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Preparation<\/a> (The Vertigo Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Nature of Nemesis<\/a> (The Vertigo Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n I only had one piece of nonfiction out this year, The Stranger Next Door: The Domestic Fantastic in Classic Nordic Children’s Literature<\/a> (Uncanny). But it’s a topic that’s very close to my heart, and I’m glad I had the chance to wallow in it. Er, I mean, share it with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n