Let’s call this an experiment of sorts. I’ll be in your inbox (or RSS feed) on the last Friday of the month. At minimum, I’ll share any news/updates and chat about a few things I’ve been loving lately. We’ll see what the maximum is! I’ve long wanted to launch a Proper Newsletter™—and rather than coming out the gate hot, I’m giving myself the space to grow into it.
I have two recommendations for you this month. But first, some updates.
Locus List triple-header
My novella Redundancies & Potentials made Locus Magazine’s 2025 Recommended Reading List! I’m amped to see R&P getting so much love.
Two anthologies I’m featured in (Amplitudes: Stories of Queer & Trans Futurity edited by Lee Mandelo, and The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, Vol. 1 edited by Michael Kelly) are also on the list.
This means that all three books—R&P and both anthologies—are nominated for the Locus Awards. Voting is open until April 1. You can vote whether or not you’re subscribed to Locus Magazine.
“The Last Lucid Day” narrated by Wil Wheaton
“The Last Lucid Day” was featured on It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton. This short story was originally published in Lightspeed in 2024 (and included in Best Weird Fiction!). Opportunities like these put my work in front of new readers, in new formats, which is always super exciting.
Will I see you at AWP?
Who’s gonna be at AWP next week? My business partner C. J. Linton and I will be repping Sly Robot Games on the panel “Story Game Presses: Pitching, Submissions & Publishing.” That’s Saturday March 7th, 10:35 a.m., Room 323!
May I recommend …
reading Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer? A tense account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, written by someone who survived it. I’ve loved Krakauer’s other work (Under the Banner of Heaven and Into the Wild) and have long been fascinated by mountaineers—what motivates them to seek out such extreme life-or-death situations? What personality traits or neuroses does the pursuit select for?
At one point in their descent (yes, their descent—most of Mount Everest’s casualties occur on the way down), Krakauer and his companions began to wonder if the mountain hates them. I think she does—as is her right! (I would also like to recommend staying the hell away from Mount Everest.)
listening to Hilary Duff’s new album luck…or something? Earwormy synth-driven pop with deceptively anxious and introspective lyrics. Sonically, it’s summer day with the windows down music. Emotionally, it’s realizing how much I’ve grown up—and how much growing up I’ve yet to do music.
Dominique Dickey 