Six

I finished and submitted my sixth short story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 1,600-word Thanksgiving crime story.

Five

I finished and submitted my fifth story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 5,400-word PI story written for an open-call anthology.

23-27

I've been remiss in updating my sales. Since my last post, I've received my 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th acceptances of the year, all crime fiction. One was accepted by an anthology and four by mystery magazines, including tonight's acceptance for a collaboration with Sandra Murphy. If I've counted correctly, Sandra and I have sold five collaborations.

21, 22

I received my 21st and 22nd acceptances today, both crime fiction stories accepted by the same publication.

20

I received my 20th acceptance today, this for reprint rights to a story first published in 2019.

Four

I finished and submitted my fourth story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 4,900-word cozyish mystery I started August 16, 2020.

19

I received my 19th acceptance of the year this afternoon. This time for a 3,200-word bit of crime fiction. 

Three

I finished and submitted my third short story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 3,200-word bit of crime fiction I started writing in October of last year. 

Two

I completed and submitted by second story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 4,700-word private eye story I started 19 years ago.

15, 16, 17, 18

I've not been doing a good job of keeping up with this. Since my last post, I've sold a reprint and had three original stories accepted for publication. All are some form of crime fiction.

14, plus 2 more for 2012

I received my 14th acceptance of the year this morning, this time for a 7,400-word traditional mystery. And yesterday I received a copy of an anthology published in 2012 that contains reprints of two of my stories.

One

I completed and submitted my first short story of the year, a 5,800-word PI story begun back in February 2017.

8-13, plus one more for 2014

I received an anthology today, published earlier this year, that contains reprints of six of my short stories. I also received an anthology published in 2014 that contains a reprint of one of my stories.

7

I received my 7th acceptance today. In what may be the fastest submission-to-publication timeframe I've experienced, I submitted "The 27 Club" last evening and awoke to find it published in today's Punk Noir Magazine: https://punknoirmagazine.com/2021/05/12/the-27-club-by-michael-bracken/.

5, 6

I received my 5th acceptance of the year back on April 14 for a collaboration with Sandra Murphy.

Today I received my 6th acceptance of this year, this time for a 7,300-word P.I. story.

4

I received my 4th acceptance of the year yesterday. This was an out-of-the-blue request to reprint one of my mystery short stories.

3

I received my 3rd acceptance of the year this afternoon. This one's for a 5,000-word P.I. story.

2

 I received my second acceptance of the year on January 30 but forgot to note it here. It was a piece of crime fiction.

The Eyes of Texas

 

1

 I received my first acceptance of 2021 earlier today. This one's a 5,600-word mystery.