Finally, after years of sub-par submissions and dreadful attempts at stories, Daily Science Fiction took pity on me and published one of my pieces, When Jimmy Hendermann Wore a Dress to School. Those of you who've been following a long for a while now probably realize that this is a big deal for me. DSF … Continue reading New Publication
Category: Daily Science Fiction
2019.02.01 – Story Recommendations
My focus the last couple of weeks has been on finishing my Daily Science Fiction backlog, which I did today (yeah!), finishing the Intergalactic Medicine Show anthology, going through a bunch of Anton Checkov stories, and reading stories from relatively new flash fiction magazine (as in it's only just over a year old as far … Continue reading 2019.02.01 – Story Recommendations
Short Story Recommendations – 2019.01.07
All right. It's 2019 and the year's first short story recommendations are long overdue. I'm still catching on the Daily Science Fiction backlog in my inbox, which is definitely showing. But that doesn't make today's recommendation any less deserving. These Fine Vistas by Sandra McDonald (DSF): The story was mostly just okay. Solid sentence level … Continue reading Short Story Recommendations – 2019.01.07
Story Recommendations: 2018.11.11
I turned to catching up on my Daily Science Fiction (DSF) backlog this week, so they once again wheigh heavy on the list. As alway, any suggestions of your own are welcome in the comments. The Future of Parenting by Jules Jensen (DSF): The story puts a new twist on the familiar trope of a … Continue reading Story Recommendations: 2018.11.11
Short Story Recommendations 2018.11.04
The weekly short story recommendations are long overdue (more than a week), so here they are even though I don't have as many stories to recommend as I would like. This is despite having read quite a fair deal of short stories the last couple of weeks and from a wider variety of magazines than … Continue reading Short Story Recommendations 2018.11.04
Toby Backman 