I took a bit of a step back from short fiction in 2023, writing little more than a few drabbles after April. However, I had plenty of stories from 2022 queued up for publication, along with a healthy dose of reprint acceptances. Of the few stories I did write this year, all have been accepted but few have been published yet—I’ve already got 19 stories scheduled for publication in 2024.

If you’re interested in my submission stats, as well as my awards-eligible stories and podcasts, please read on.

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Stats

Several people have asked about my submission and acceptance stats, so here is some data compiled from Duotrope as well as my own tracking spreadsheet. (Not every market to which I submitted was available in Duotrope, hence the numbers not quite lining up with the pie charts.) Surprisingly, I had almost as many submissions and acceptances this year as last year, despite writing far fewer stories. Click through the slideshow below to see all the stats.

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My Top Stories of 2023

In my opinion, these are the best stories I published in 2023. Most are available to read here on my website, but a few are still within their windows of exclusivity and can’t be reprinted yet. If you’re interested in reading any of those, contact me and I’ll get you a free copy. For a full list of everything I published in 2023, including reprints, drabbles, and audio productions, please visit the Publications page.

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Podcasts

I’ve been very fortunate to have had audio productions of my stories appear on some of my favorite podcasts, including The NoSleep Podcast and Horror Hill. Here is a complete listing of podcasts from 2023.

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