2026 in Review

November 2026

This year I've made more sales than ever before, with most of them to appear over the next two years! Here are the two original pieces eligible for award consideration, and reprints of three stories you may have missed the first time around.

Son of the Sea (Sci-Fi, 2697 words)

Published in Gavagai

A black-and-white photograph of the silhouette of a pregnant person standing against a bright, cloudy sky, looking down and gently cradling their stomach.

I'm proud of this story for many reasons, among them that it's the first time I've published a piece in the same universe as a prior story (with this being a prequel to my first published story, "In the Teeth of the Gale"). It's my first appearance in Gavagai, and was generously received by the readership.

You can also read Emmie Christie's exceedingly kind review in InkFoundry.

Pomegranates for Kangaroos (Sci-Fi, 3482 words)

Published in Utopia Science Fiction

Cover of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Volume VII June, 2026, featuring an illustration of an astronaut looking out from behind a plant stem where an orange caterpillar crawls.

Nothing is ever discarded in my country of birth. When something breaks down, parts get replaced, damage is repaired, and a useful life is extended again and again. Even when its original function, whatever it may be, is no longer viable, the whole is disassembled into its constituent parts, each of which is carefully stored, waiting for the day when it finds purpose again. Sometimes, that purpose is a fruit heist!

For an incisive review, check out Chuck Rothman's take in Tangent Online.

The other three pieces published this year are reprints and ineligible for consideration, but if you missed them the first time around, this is the perfect opportunity to catch up!

Life According to Tabeeb (Sci-Fi, 3979 words)

Published in Reckoning (It Was Paradise Special Issue)

Cover of Reckoning: It Was Paradise, featuring an intricate, symmetrical illustration of a horned, green, and white mythological monster mask with striking red eyes and an open mouth on a plain white background.

First appeared in "Learning to Be Human" from Flame Tree Press, and subsequently adapted as a podcast by Cast of Wonders.

Triangles Are Forever (Sci-Fi, 2380 words)

Published in Home Constellations from Manawaker Studio

Cover of Home Constellations: A Speculative Anthology of Unconventional Bonds, featuring an illustration of a domestic kitchen scene where a diverse family—including humans and anthropomorphic, fox-like characters—interact, with one young fox child looking out a large window into a starry nebula.

First appeared in Tree and Stone Magazine.

Never Again, Yet Again (Sci-Fi, 3058 words)

Published in Parsec Ink Annual Triangulation Anthology for 2026: Bad Romance

Cover of Bad Romance: The 23rd Annual Triangulation Anthology featuring dumpster fire against a brick wall with a rat and a raccoon fight over scraps beneath it.

First appeared as "Redemption for the Unseen" in Translunar Travelers Lounge.