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Inclusions and Exclusions

My Fantasy story 'The Delivery' will be appearing in the Ardent Dawn/Zasra Press anthology Trials by Tides due out in April 2022.

I have also written a one-off story, genrewise, 'Upon Reflection' which will be published in the Dragon Soul Press anthology Timeless 2 due out in November. It's a book involving twists on Fairy Tales, so needless to say it doesn't fit into my fantasy world. But an idea, surfaced while reading the submissions call, and now there's a rogue tale out there. So, better pick up a copy, because it won't be appearing in any compiled anthologies I'll one day release.

Now for the exclusions... I have removed all the fantasy flash fiction from this site, because eventually I'll compile them into their own flash fiction anthology, though this may be a while because it would be wafer thin otherwise. I've left the update pages that link to the two on Story Pony, but I primarily posted the stories on here for feedback, which never really happened. The two longer stories I posted: 'Blacktooth' and 'Last of the Basiarli' are still listed on the timeline page. I might try and get them published if I see something asking for stories that short, but they'll probably end up on my own eventual anthologies.

Anyway, that's all for now. Hope everyone's well.

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