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Content of THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY, VOL.2, edited by Paula Guran

I am shocked and delighted that my short story "The Book of Unwritten Poems" will be one of 28 works featured in The Year's Best Fantasy, Vol. 2, edited by Paula Guran! Complete TOC is on her website.

And speaking of best things...

ECHO PARK is nominated for Best Fiction Podcast in the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards

ECHO PARK is shortlisted for Best Fiction Podcast in the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards! I co-created this original science fiction serial for Realm, working with producer Rhoda Belleza, and as head writer led the awesome team of Sloane Leong, Millie Ho, Monte Lin, and Jenn Reese. Everyone contributed great things to the story, we found an awesome narrator in Harry Shum, Jr., and I'm glad so many people have discovered and enjoyed the show!

But wait, there's more...

ALIENS VS. PREDATORS: ULTIMATE PREY is eligible for IAMTW's Scribe Awards

I am told that Titan Books is submitting the anthology ALIENS VS. PREDATORS: ULTIMATE PREY for consideration in IAMTW's Scribe Awards, and I've filled out the required paperwork for my story "Better Luck to Borrow." I don't expect it'll get much traction, given what the competition usually looks like, but as Sandra Oh once said...

Anyway. All of the above works are also eligible for any other 2022 awards or honors you may be inclined to nominate for, but mostly I just want people to read and enjoy them. Here's a handy index of where to find each one:

"Better Luck to Borrow" in ALIENS VS. PREDATORS: ULTIMATE PREY (print, ebook, and audiobook available; check your local library)
"The Book of Unwritten Poems" in The Sunday Morning Transport (paid online newsletter; 7-day free trial available)
ECHO PARK from Realm is available wherever you listen to podcasts (free with ads)

Last but Not Least

This will be my final author newsletter of 2022, and I want to thank you, dear reader, for sticking with me through yet another weird pandemic year.

I hope you have things to celebrate this month, people to share happiness with, and adequate free time and emotional resources to remember the good things in this world.

We all have such a brief time here, it's important to cherish what we can, when we can.

And now, cat pictures.

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