2022 Awards Eligibility

My first time making one of these posts! I’m proud to have published two short stories and two novellas this year, all starring queer characters.

Short Fiction

“Different Ways” in Prismatic Dreams (anthology), June 2022 – fantasy – 3,800 words
Dockworker Dane goes to Syro to learn magic, but their relationship ends up yielding something entirely unexpected…

“Blood Play” in Unthinkable: A Queer Gothic anthology, October 2022 – urban fantasy/gothic – 6,500 words
A lonely grad student meets a vampire at a bar… what could go wrong?

Novellas

Structural Strain (Structural Integrity series #2), June 2022 – fantasy/romance – 39,000 words
Yaan and Kel work to build a better relationship, but Yaan’s growing discontent with his government job leads to a major upheaval of their lives.

Dirt-Stained Hands, Thorn-Pierced Skin, October 2022 – fantasy/romance – 26,000 words
Heron feels stuck in an unhappy relationship–until a job tending the magical garden of a mysterious, reclusive man opens eir mind (and heart) to new possibilities.

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