How is it November ???

I know, I know, I let this blog gather dust again.

I’ve got news to share! Some are a little old (but can be reheated), and some are brand new. Let’s get into it.

I’ve had some great success with anthologies this year. One of the best indie publishers out there is Air and Nothingness Press, they have put some incredible themed books for as long as I could remember. And I finally sold a story to their Tea or Coffee, Stars and Gravity book that came out in the early summer! If you know how much I love coffee, you know this theme just clicked for me. I did a kind of a Star Trek riff as well with my story, “Tourist Trash.” I am very proud to be a AANPress author now! Please see cover and link to buy below:

Publisher link.

I was also delighed to get a long rejected piece of mine, “Just Endings” in a charity anthology for wildlife. I’ve always loved this story. I originally wrote it for Truancy, the folk-lore themed online magazine run by friend, Anita Harris Satkunananthan (who published a reprint of mine in Truancy many years ago), but sadly the magazine folded before I could submit. It’s been bounced back from so many markets since then I was almost thinking it would never see the light of day, but I was happily proved wrong.

Also, I will be reading this story on my SIXTH appearence on Story Hour next week. I will be reading with my friend, Basile Leibert, who is a young and upcoming French writer having fantastic success lately.

Amazon link: https://a.co/d/00sFrYYU

Now in terms of forthcoming work, I have another reprint from my friends at Bulb Culture Collective. My story, “Stay in Your Homes” was published during covid times but written more as a response to heatwaves in my city of Miami. During some long, hot, days this past summer I revisited the story and sent off to BCC and they liked it enough! It will be online in December.

And, finally, a story sale I am very excited about is a reprint of my time loop story, “End of Line” originally published in Even Cozier Cosmic book, will be featured in OPPORTUNITY WINDOW, an anthology from Merc Fenn Wolfmoor. This is a story I probably had the most fun writing in my 30-ish years of writing fiction. The TOC is incredible, full of the most talented genre writers working today. I am so happy to be in such great company. Look for that release sometime next year and I’ll be back with pre-order info because this is definitely a book you (and I) want to read!

Thanks for stopping by.

Elad