First a small update:

My website’s redesign is done now, and the site is back up. I also changed hosting companies from Webfaction to Dreamhost. I decided to make this a fresh start which means old posts did not get imported. But not to worry, they were mostly brief news on short story publications, and you can find links to my stories on the Published Short Fiction page.

Speaking of publications, I’ve had a few new stories come out:

“Merry Christmas With A Little Celestial Help” was published in Lit Up in mid-December and “Beneath Her Sweet Roots” came out in The Mad River this month.

You can read both stories on Medium.

What I like about Medium is how much feedback the writer gets from readers. Readers can highlight, comment, and clap on stories. I also see some behind-the-scenes stats: how many times a story has been viewed or read, and how many people have clapped on it.

The numbers themselves don’t matter that much, but it’s nice to know that even older stories still get viewed/read. For example, “Mother?”, which was published as a reprint a year ago, in January 2018, is still getting almost daily views plus regular reads.

-Sylvia