As I start my year-end frantic reading of short fiction to put together my Nebula nominations, I really like other people's posts reminding me what stories they've had out this year. (I promise myself every year that I will keep up better and not binge read at the end of the year, but do I keep up? NO. I blame other people for writing too much good stuff.) So here is my 2014 roundup post.
My very favorite of my short stories out this year (and, in fact, my favorite of all the things I've ever had published so far) is "Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion" from the August 2014 issue of Clarkesworld. (If you prefer your fiction in podcast form, Kate Baker did a lovely reading of the story here.)
Short Stories:
Five Stages of Grief After the Alien Invasion – (Clarkesworld, Issue 95; August 2014)
Beneath the Willow Branches, Beyond the Reach of Time (Interzone, Jan 2014)
Flash Fiction:
One Last Night at the Carnival, Before the Stars Go Out (April 2014, FFO)
Current and Still (DSF, April 16, 2014)
Paperclips and Memories and Things that Won't be Missed (Apex, May 6, 2014)
Green Fairies on a Starry Night – (Kazka 713, June 14, 2014)
Pieces of My Body (DSF, June 19, 2014)
Do Not Count the Withered Ones – (DSF, August 12, 2014)
Honeybee (Flash Fiction Online, September 2014)
Carla at the Off-Planet Tax Return Helpline (October, UFO3)