Introduction

Welcome, welcome, to the end of the year! I can’t believe it’s another one gone so fast. With that said, it’s time to take a look at the things I’ve created, the creations that have sustained me, the highlights and the goals.

The wall of wrap-up

My creations

This year, I was lucky enough to write and publish a number of stories

Novels

1. GODKILLERS - we had to part, but I will come back some day for my Italianesque epic fantasy

2. EGREGORE - I wrote my first contemporary horror novel!

3. NECROWIP - I plotted out a dark fantasy novel about necromancers

4. BROKEN KINGDOMS - I outlined a Polishesque high fantasy for the future

Short stories (published)

I published 7 short stories and sold 4 more which will come out next year. Click the titles to read them! (If you do, and you don’t hate them, drop a comment.)

1. NO MATTER - Spindle House

2. WILL AND THE HANGED MAN - Skin (Bag of Bones Press)

3. THE REMAKING - Cold Signal

4. I HAD HOPED - The Other Stories (patreon)

5. THE YELLOW CHALICE - Crow & Cross Keys

6. THE CLOWN KILLER - Die Laughing

7. ANY GOOD SACRIFICE - Small Wonders

Short stories (newsletter, available for free)

I started publishing stories and poems on my newsletter! I hope you’ve enjoyed them

1. THE MAGPIE GOD

2. BOOFO BUCKETS

3. TO THE END

4. DARLING

5. HAYMARKET (poem)

My inspiration

These are the things I’ve consumed this year that I’ve enjoyed the most. Let’s say, top 3…ish.

Books

1. THE SPITE HOUSE - Johnny Compton

2. SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN - Shelley Parker Chan

3. THE EMPEROR’S BLADES - Brian Staveley

Short Stories

1. THE RIBBON RULE - Mae Jimenez

2. CANONICAL VICTIMS - Carson Winter

3. THE SHAPESHIFTER’S DAYDREAM - M. Stevenson

Magazines

1. THE DEADLANDS

2. NIGHTMARE

3. SMALL WONDERS

4. SEIZE THE PRESS

Movies

1. DADDY’S HEAD

2. LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL

3. PEARL

4. THE WOMAN OF THE HOUR

Music Albums

1. FROM ZERO - Linkin Park

2. HEAVEN x HELL - Sum 41

3. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT - Taylor Swift

4. TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL - Machine Gun Kelly

Goals

1. CONTINUE writing and submitting short stories

2. FINISH writing two more novels

3. GO ON SUB with another novel if it makes sense

4. MAKE new writer friends and maintain the ones I have

Conclusion

Thank you so much for being a subscriber to my newsletter. If you’re not a subscriber, I hope you’ll consider it. Thanks for reading. I can’t wait for a new year full of new surprises!