Thank you for doing this! My list can be found here:
adrianwardwrites.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...

Glad to hear that you enjoyed it!

I'm also in my first year of eligibility for the Astounding Award and other new writer awards.

Thanks to everyone who reads!
I might have a thing or two out next year, we'll see. I'll keep working hard in the meantime.

One warlock has been bounced from the warlock club, and he wants back in. The other is the unfortunate representative of the club who has to deal with his requests.

It's also available in audio!
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/audio/bcs-35...

And the big one: "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon" was published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 443! It's an 1,800 word fantasy piece that follows the correspondence between two warlocks.

www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/my-s...

"All That I Am, A Failed Dream" placed 2cd in Apex Book Company's Pocket Hell microfiction contest and was published on their blog! It's a 275 word fantasy piece about an artist stuck in their personal hell.

www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...

I'll let the opening introduce it:
“Girl-Next-Door wears shorts and a t-shirt with a faded logo on the front. She’s lying on a towel on her balcony, which wouldn’t be a big deal except that it’s January, and January in Worcester is freezing more often than it’s not.”

"Alien Girl On the Balcony" was published this spring in Windhover Volume 59. It's a 2,000 word literary fiction written from the perspective of a kid whose new neighbor isn't quite normal.

orgs.ncsu.edu/windhover/20...

Thank you! Glad to hear that you enjoyed it!

Glad to hear that you enjoyed it!
For "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon", I wanted to capture that roundabout, just-barely-still-polite style of insult, streamlined a bit for modern audiences. I'm very happy to hear that it worked for you!

"Alien Girl On the Balcony": orgs.ncsu.edu/windhover/20...

"All That I Am, A Failed Dream": www.apexbookcompany.com/blogs/frontp...

Both very different vibes from "My Sincere Apologies For the Demon", but interesting enough.

Glad to hear that you enjoyed it!
This was my first pro sale, but I have two other pieces out: "Alien Girl On the Balcony" in Windhover magazine (literary fiction) and "All That I Am, A Failed Dream" on Apex's blog (speculative microfiction). I should have a piece or two in the future as well!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Are there any trends you're seeing in submissions that you're excited and/or worried about?

Wouldn't miss it for the worlds!