My Writing – Aidan Doyle Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:16:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 7544570 White Noon /2020/02/19/white-noon/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:16:37 +0000 / My Nordic Western story White Noon is now available in audio and text at PodCastle.

PodCastle 614: White Noon

]]> 5275 2018 Eligibility Post /2019/01/10/2018-eligibility-post/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:07:32 +0000 / 2018 Eligibility Post Read More »

]]> I only had one original piece of fiction published in 2018, my story The Greatest Leader, which was published in The Cackle of Cthulhu, an anthology edited by Alex Shvartsman.

E. Catherine Tobler, Rachael K. Jones and I edited an anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories, Sword and Sonnet. It includes 23 stories featuring a battle poet main character and the stories are eligible for award nominations.

Words in an Unfinished Poem by A.C. Wise
A Subtle Fire Beneath the Skin by Hayley Stone
As for Peace, Call it Murder by C.S.E. Cooney
She Calls Down the Future in the Footprints Left Behind by Setsu Uzumé
Candied Sweets, Cornbread, and Black-eyed Peas by Malon Edwards
El Cantar de la Reina Bruja by Victoria Sandbrook
The Other Foot by Margo Lanagan
Eight-Step Kōan by Anya Ow
The Firefly Beast by Tony Pi
Her Poems are Inked in Fears and Blood by Kira Lees
The Words of Our Enemies, The Words Of Our Hearts by A. Merc Rustad
Labyrinth, Sanctuary by A.E. Prevost
Heartwood, Sapwood, Spring by Suzanne J. Willis
The Bone Poet and God by Matt Dovey
And The Ghosts Sang With Her: A Tale of The Lyrist by Spencer Ellsworth
Dulce et Decorum by S.L. Huang
The Fiddler at the Heart of the World by Samantha Henderson
She Searches for God in the Storm Within by Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
A Voice in Many Different Forms by Osahon Ize-Iyamu
Recite Her the Names of Pain by Cassandra Khaw
Siren by Alex Acks
This Lexicon of Bone and Feathers by Carlie St. George
Dark Clouds & Silver Linings by Ingrid Garcia
]]> 5134 2014: The Year in Numbers /2015/01/03/2014-the-year-in-numbers/ Sat, 03 Jan 2015 00:14:48 +0000 / 2014: The Year in Numbers Read More »

]]> 2014 was a great year for me.

Number of story submissions: 150

Number of stories brought to justice (acceptances): 13

Number of languages I was published in: 4

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Number of jellyfish swum with: 10,000+

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Number of dragons vanquished: 7

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Number of giant sheep defeated in single combat: 2

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Number of superheroes caught up in Murdoch phone hacking scandal: 1

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Number of ice cream toast banquets: 1

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Number of chocolate terrariums consumed: 1
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Number of nights stayed at the library hotel: 1

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Number of giant donuts consumed: 0 (for health reasons I didn’t finish it)
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Number of famous astronauts I met at NASA: 1

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]]> 3818 The Sweet Life /2014/09/09/the-sweet-life/ Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:45:16 +0000 / Are you bear aware?

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My new Japanese bear story, The Sweet Life has just been published in Every Day Fiction.

]]> 3695 Fantasy Magazine Interview /2010/09/09/fantasy-magazine-interview-2/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:36:05 +0000 / Fantasy Magazine interviewed me about my story Stone Flowers

http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2010/09/aidan-doyle-children-sometimes-notice-things-that-adults-dont/

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