Twenty-one

I finished and submitted my twenty-first short story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 1,700-word bit of crime fiction.

Twenty

I finished and submitted my twentieth short story of the year this morning. This one's a 3,000-word bit of crime fiction begun on November 23, 2006.

Nineteen

I completed and submitted my nineteenth story of the year this afternoon. This is a 1,660-word bit of crime fiction for an established series, begun November 11, 2019. 

Eighteen

I finished my eighteenth short story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 136-word flash. With no known (or open) market, it goes into my file for submission later.

Seventeen

I completed and submitted my seventeenth short story of the year this evening. This one's a 5,600-word bit of crime fiction I started on August 14.

18, 19

I received my 18th and 19th acceptances of the year this afternoon. Both are for crime fiction. One was written by invitation for an anthology, the other was a slush-pile magazine submission.

Sixteen

I completed and submitted by sixteenth story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 4,700-word bit of crime fiction started on September 22 and written to invitation.

17

 I received my 17th acceptance of the year this afternoon, for a short bit of noirish crime fiction.

16

 I received my 16th acceptance of the year, this for a short piece of dark crime fiction.

Fifteen

I completed and submitted my fifteenth story of the year this evening. This one's a 2,800-word noirish story I started March 22, 2020.

Fourteen

This evening I completed and submitted my fourteenth short story of the year, which ties my productivity for all of last year. By word count I've completed about 7,000 words less than all of last year, but with four months to go, I suspect I'll meet or exceed last year's word count. Anyhow, this story's a 3,200-word bit of crime fiction begun March 26, 2019.

Thirteen

I finished and submitted my thirteenth short story of the year today. This one, a 5,000-word bit of crime fiction begun July 13, is loosely based on a historical event.

Twelve

I finished and submitted my twelfth short story of the year this afternoon. This one's a mystery I started May 13, 2018.

15

I received my 15th acceptance of the year this evening, this time for a 300-word flash, accepted by the same publication as my 14th acceptance.

Note: With this acceptance, I've now had as many acceptances as I did in all of last year (and last year was a particularly slow year).

14

I received my 14th acceptance of the year this evening, this for a 182-word flash. I don't think this is the shortest story I've ever sold, but it must be darned close.

Eleven

I finished my eleventh short story of the year this afternoon. It's a 180-word bit of flash fiction. I'm unsure where to submit it.

13

I just received my 13th acceptance of the year this afternoon. This is to reprint a 2,500-word horror story.

Ten

I completed and submitted my tenth short story of the year this evening. This one's a 2,600-word bit of crime fiction written specifically for an open-call anthology.

12

I received my 12th acceptance of the year this evening, a 4,300-word bit of crime fiction. This one's a bit of a cheat; I'm co-editor of the anthology.

Nine

I finished and submitted the ninth story of the year this evening, a 5,800-word crime fiction collaboration with Sandra Murphy that we began writing September 23, 2018.