2025 Year in Review. I should have got this out a little earlier (within the actual year would have been nice, I suppose) but I was galivanting up and down the coast, visiting people and playing with dogs and eating like a king (who doesn't need to lose at least 30kg). Anyway... 22 publications this (last) year. Not a terrible effort. I'm proud to have been published in these anthologies, to have been chosen by these publishers, and of course to have been in print along side so many wonderful authors. At this point I would normally talk about the year I had and the challenges I faced, but frankly, it's January, I'm already patting down the dirt atop the shallow grave of 2025 with the back of the shovel so I'll blow past it and just wish everyone a happy new year. PS I also worked on some novels I'll hopefully include in my 2026 YIR.
Short Stories by Barend Nieuwstraten III