Awards season

This is more by way of a "what's *not* eligible" post, because last year's output was not only minuscule, the fiction was 2/3 reprints. I'm not even going to try to name names re awards, because some of my stuff falls under all of sf&f, romance and erotica. Both Spindrift books were nominated by someone for the Spectrum a few years ago, so presumably some people do have an interest in this.

Also, I as an individual am eligible for the Ditmar. I'll bet a lot of you didn't know that. :-) (And some of you will have to Google "Ditmar".)

2013

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Cross-genre novella, 35,000 words, science fiction, m/m erotic romance set in present-day UK. Re-released by Loose Id, 23 January 2013.

Single title reprint of a novella which was published some years ago in an anthology. Reprint by pretty much everyone's rules, thus not eligible for most awards.



A Sparrow Flies Though.
Erotica short story, 1,500 words, contemporary m/m, published in The Mammoth Book of Quick and Dirty Erotica, by Constable & Robinson in the UK on 18 April 2013 (ISBN: 9781780337913), and Running Press in the US on 25 June 2013 (ISBN: 9780762448135).

This is the only new one. :-/



One Size Fits All
Erotic romance short story, 3000 words, m/m, mild D/s. Reprint self-published through SmashWords 09 November 2013.

Previously published some years ago in a webzine.




2012

And if I offered thee a bargain.
Short story, published as an ebook by Musa Publishing's Erato imprint 7 September 2012. Contemporary fantasy with m/m content, 5,500 words.

Reprint of a story that was originally published in a webzine some years ago, so again out of contention.

Book log 2014 - 1) Charles Stross -- Overtime

I have not abandoned the book log for last year, but I'm going to get caught up with this month's while I can still remember them.


Cthulhu Christmas-themed novelette set in the Laundryverse, a couple of books into the series timeline. There's just about enough backstory that I think someone completely new to the Laundryverse could enjoy this, but you'll get a lot more fun out of it if you already know at least a little about the world it's set in.

Bob Howard works for a branch of the British secret service which is devoted to putting off for as long as possible the forthcoming invasion of our universe by the eldritch horrors from beyond time and space. Except it's still the civil service, with all that implies about audit trails and HR...

Being confined to a hospital bed by your last field assignment is no excuse for not putting in your annual leave request on time, so Bob's left minding the office phone over Christmas as Duty Officer. The upside is triple pay. The downside -- sometimes you have to earn that triple pay. It's Christmas Eve, and the Bringer of Gifts will be visiting all the boys and girls, even the ones at work. And especially the ones who work in the Laundry.

Lovely satire of the office Christmas party and life in the civil service under austerity measures, with a large helping of geeky jokes, and good fun to read. It was a Hugo nominee for good reason.

Originally published and still available as a free read at Tor.com, but also now available formatted as a cheap DRM-free ebook.

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