Here’s my year-end wrap-up, mostly so I don’t skate over accomplishments: it’s easy to feel like you haven’t done much when you don’t keep track. Of course there are things not on this list because they haven’t come out yet (Hire Idiots, Mangled, My Wandering Uterus) or because they don’t have tangible results (e.g. application for full professor, submissions to various things). But there is more than I thought:
Respectable Horror Fox Spirit Books, 2017.
“Madonna of the Wasps: Ch 3 – Swan.” The Blood Red Experiment vol 3, 31 Dec 2017.
“Do Anything You Wanna Do.” Spelk: 29 Dec 2017.
“Madonna of the Wasps: Ch 2 – Frost.” The Blood Red Experiment vol 2, 30 Nov 2017.
“Madonna of the Wasps: Ch 1 – Love.” The Blood Red Experiment vol 1, 31 Oct 2017.
“Spirits in the Night.” Short story. Spelk Fiction, 2 Jun 2017.
“Copped It.” A Twist of Noir. 27 Mar 2017.
“Repetition.” Short story. Spelk Fiction, 20 Feb 2017.
“Somewhere in Slovenia.” (as Graham Wynd) Short story. Near to the Knuckle, 8 Feb 2017.
“These Toys are for Tough Boys.” Featured short story. Alibi-Fest.com, 5 Feb 2017.
“Bloody Collage.”Short story (as Graham Wynd) Pulp Metal Magazine, January 2017.
“Chaucer and the Art of the Grift.” Empty Mirror 24 Nov 2017.
“Midwesterner in Exile.” Mystery Readers Journal 33.1 (Spring 2017): 51-2.
History Witch for Witches & Pagans:
UPDATE: Also, as I believe Simon reminded me on Twitter, there were the (I think) 34 entries for the serial, The Height of Absurdity, too! A not insubstantial output!
What’s ahead in 2018? More of everything! I have many plans, of course. Not all of them are writing either. One cool thing I should mention: The SpeakEasy dames are happy to announce we’ll be curators for one week [Monday, February 6 – Sunday, February 11] of Ione’s Annual Dream Festival (23rd Annual). Go like their page to get in on the exploration of imagination.
Dream big! Chase that muse wherever it leads you —

Happy Hogmanay to you too, Kate!
I’ve just noticed that our library is closed today but open tomorrow. You gotta wonder what bureaucrats do for brains. The whole point of having a day off at New Year is . . .
Ha! That makes no sense. Enjoy your night.