I was preparing this months short story recommendations, which included trying to get through the massive backlog of Daily Science Fiction (DSF) stories in my inbox, when some truly sad new hit me. The editors of DSF have spoken openly about how much time and energy goes into running the magazine and how tough it … Continue reading Sad News In Short Fiction Publishing
Category: Daily Science Fiction
Story Recommendations – February 2022
It's February, the shortest month of year, and what better way to celebrate than with a bunch of short stories. Right. My lame attempt at a cool intro aside, it is time for another short story recommendation post. This time, I got started on my Daily Science Fiction backlog and have some goodies from David … Continue reading Story Recommendations – February 2022
Story Recommendations – November 2021
For the November edition of my monthly short story recommendations, I've finally started to work through my backlog of Daily Science Fiction stories. I took a month or two away from DSF stories, for not apparent reason really. Getting back to them, though, I was reminded just why I love that particular magazine so much. … Continue reading Story Recommendations – November 2021
Story Recommendations April 2021
Most of my short story reading lately has focused on the value pack of Asimov's magazines I got for Christmas and my old favourite, Daily Science Fiction. So, not surprisingly, April's recommendations are all from those two magazines. I hope you'll enjoy the stories as much as I did. The End of the War by … Continue reading Story Recommendations April 2021
2021 Nebula Award Nominees
SFWA recently announced the nominees for the 2021 Nebula Award, and the lists look very exciting. Susanna Clarke and N.K. Jemisin who've published some of the best books I've read in recent years are both nominated in the best novel category. And for once only half the nominees in the novella category were published at … Continue reading 2021 Nebula Award Nominees
Story Recommendations February 2021
I've gone back to an old favourite of mine and read a bunch of flash fiction these last couple of month. So all the recommendations for February comes from Daily Science Fiction. I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I did. Fragments of a Falling-Out by Florijs M. Kleijne (DSF): This is a story … Continue reading Story Recommendations February 2021
New Publication… Finally
After a bit of a dry spell, I finally have another publication to boast of. The Monsters Which Must Be Slain To Save The Kingdom And Set Things Right was published in one of my favourite magazines, Daily Science Fiction, 2019.01.19.
Story Recommendations – December 2020
Minority Report by Philip K. Dick (Minority Report and other stories): This is an older piece, and it does show in the writing. However, the premise and the plot was interesting enough that it was worth recommending regardless. Like all of the best Philip K. Dick stories, the premise isn't just original but also strongly … Continue reading Story Recommendations – December 2020
My 2019 as an Author
It's that time a year, or rather, it has been that time a year already and I'm just late to the party. Anyways, it's time for recaps and summaries and lists of how things went throughout the year. 2019 wasn't exactly the year I had my big break through, finally sold a ton of short … Continue reading My 2019 as an Author
2019.06.01 – Story Recommendations
I can't believe how far behind I am with my story recommendations. It's been more than a month since I posted the last batch, and the ones served today have been sitting in my inbox for far too long. Unfortunately, this also means I've only had time to read Daily Science Fiction short stories lately … Continue reading 2019.06.01 – Story Recommendations
Toby Backman 