Six

I completed and submitted my sixth short story of the year this evening, a 4,800-word bit of crime fiction. This one's for an invitation-only anthology of stories inspired by the songs of a well-known rock group.

Five

I completed and submitted my fifth story of the year. This one's a 5,900-word bit of crime fiction inspired by an incident at an Italian restaurant.

8

The story I submitted this morning has already been accepted, making it my 8th acceptance of the year.

Four

I completed and submitted my fourth short story of the year, this one a 2,000-word bit of crime fiction written for an invitation-only anthology.

6, 7

Earlier this month I received my 6th acceptance of the year (for an essay,) and today I received my 7th acceptance (for a reprint).

Three

I finished and submitted my third short story of the year. This one's a 3,600-word bit of crime fiction I began writing on May 28, 2017.

5

I received my 5th acceptance of the year this morning, this for a reprint of a story first published in 2012.

Two

I finished and submitted my second story of the year this afternoon, this one a 5,700-word bit of crime fiction I began writing November 16, 2020.

4

I received my 4th acceptance of the year this evening, this for a 4,900-word mystery.

3

I received my 3rd acceptance of the year this evening, this time for a bit of crime fiction written by invitation for a crime-stories-inspired-by-the-songs-of anthology.

One

I submitted my first new story of the year this evening. It's a 5,100-word bit of crime fiction written in the style of now-defunct confession magazines such as True Story, True Confessions, True Love, and others. I don't know when I started writing the story—maybe as far back as the 1980s—and a few months ago I found the almost-finished ms. on my hard drive when I was looking for something else. I added an ending and tinkered with the rest of it repeatedly until I finally decided to push it out of the nest to see if it could fly.

2

I received my second acceptance of the year, this time for a 4,600-word PI story. Two sales year-to-date, both PI stories. Am I sensing a trend? 

1

I received my first acceptance of the year yesterday, this for a 14,100-word private eye story.

Nine

Finished and submitted my ninth story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 2,500-word bit of crime fiction.

72

 I received my 72nd acceptance of the year this morning, this time for a 5,800-word private eye story.

Eight

I was cruising my computer files this evening, looking for a story I'd roughed out a while back that I thought might fit an open call I'd seen. Instead, I found a nearly complete story I'd written in January 2006. With only a couple of minor tweaks and the addition of a title, I just completed my eighth story of the year. This one's a 1,300-word horror story, but I'll have go hunting for a place to submit it.

Seven

I finished and submitted my seventh story of the year this evening. This one's a 3,100-word historical private eye story with an unusual (for me) setting.

69-71

I'm a bit behind on posting. I received my 69th acceptance of the year on October 26, my 70th acceptance on October 27, and my 71st this evening. The first is a ghost story reprint and the other two are crime fiction, one accepted by a popular magazine and the other by an open-call anthology.

Six

I finished and submitted my sixth short story of the year. This one's a 3,750-bit of crime fiction, intended for an open-call anthology.

Five

I finished and submitted my fifth short story of the year this afternoon. This one's a 1,900-word bit of crime fiction inspired by an Independence Day weekend mini-vacation Temple booked for us.