2024 came and went, and it feels like I was one my backfoot throughout most of the year. I was sitting down to do a sort of summary of how the year went and what I plan for the new year, but then I realized I hadn't even cought up on my latest publication news. … Continue reading Publication News – January 2025
Category: Short story
Writing and Non-Writing News – January 2024
To say the blog has been quiet lately is something of an understatement. I have excuses, of course! Plenty of them. The latest addition to our family taking up time. Work draining me of all the energy I need to write, yada, yada, yada. It's not all true, though. Life has been busy, but I … Continue reading Writing and Non-Writing News – January 2024
Writing and Non-Writing News – August 2023
July somehow slipped by without me noticing. I didn't even manage to post anything on the blog. Looking back, the last time that happened was July '22, so maybe I should just accept that summer is not a time where I have the mental energy or spare time to be all that active online. I … Continue reading Writing and Non-Writing News – August 2023
New Publication
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
Real Fake
The below is another piece of flash fiction which I don't think will find a home at any pro-paying magazine, but which I none the less liked enough that I decided to share with the world. Real Fake Thousands of people are marching through the streets of Washington DC today, protesting what some call … Continue reading Real Fake
Love Demon (flash fiction)
I have a new old flash fiction piece I'd like to share with you. It failed to find a home at magazines after a few close but not quite submissions. I still like it, though, which I can't say about many of my stories from back then; as I'm writing it's turning three years old … Continue reading Love Demon (flash fiction)
Professional Publication
So, yeah, Grievous Angel Magazine, a SFWA pro-paying market, decided to publish my flash fiction story After the Dragon. You can read it for free here. I got the acceptance letter some months ago, and I've been smiling ever since. It still seems too good to be true that after just three years dedicated practice, … Continue reading Professional Publication
Dennis Danver’s Penelope Waits
I just read a great short story over at Apex magazines site. Dennis Danver's Penelope Waits is perhaps a bit slow and on the long-winded side of where I like my short fiction, but man does it have voice. The narrative voice is excellent, and I was completely pulled in by all Cindy's trivial problems. … Continue reading Dennis Danver’s Penelope Waits
The House No One Build
This is a flash fiction story written and edited in just two days to as part of the challenge posted by Chuck Wendig on his awesome blog Terribleminds: Take one of the five word headlines he posted and write a short story at about 1.500 words. The house was a shabby thing, walls leaning … Continue reading The House No One Build
Toby Backman 