I don't know how to think about this year. I'm still alive at the end of it. I kept my website up to date and commented with my AO3 account. I was the Poet Laureate of NecronomiCon Providence 2019. I wrote a long short story which has not yet found a home and a bunch of poems likewise.
I had one new piece of fiction published:
"Where the Sky Is Silver and the Earth Is Brass" in Machinations and Mesmerism: Tales Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann (ed. Farah Rose Smith), Ulthar Press, July 2019.
More in the way of new poetry:
"The Watchword" in Uncanny Magazine #26, January 2019.
"Epic Cycle" in Else (ed. John Benson), Not One of Us Publications, January 2019.
"Female Figure of the Early Spedos Type, 1884–" in GlitterShip #68, March 2019.
"From Lima to Beijing" in Not One of Us #61, March 2019.
"Punic War IV" in Through the Gate #32, May 2019.
"Maudit" in Not One of Us #62, September 2019.
"Without Prayer or the Place in the Forest" in Uncanny Magazine #31, October 2019.
"And a Sleep Full of Sweet Dreams" in The Cascadia Subduction Zone 9.3, November 2019.
"Uncle Sonya" in The Cascadia Subduction Zone 9.3, November 2019.
A couple of poems reprinted in a nice context:
"Dive" in NecronomiCon Providence 2019 Memento Book (ed. Victoria Dalpe and Justin Steele), Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council Press, August 2019.
"After the Red Sea" in NecronomiCon Providence 2019 Memento Book (ed. Victoria Dalpe and Justin Steele), Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council Press, August 2019.
A couple of short stories ditto:
"A Wolf in Iceland Is the Child of a Lie" in Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends (ed. Paula Guran), Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, May 2019.
"The Face of the Waters" in Transcendent 4: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction (ed. Bogi Takács), Lethe Press, October 2019.
Under miscellaneous nonfiction, a book review:
The Penguin Book of Mermaids (ed. Cristina Bacchilega and Marie Alohalani Brown) in Publishers Weekly, August 2019.
And I was interviewed for NecronomiCon:
"NecronomiCon Guest of Honor Interview: Sonya Taaffe" by Jordan Smith at The Dark Crusade, August 2019.
I performed as part of the 29th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, which was extremely fun. It is also heartening to me that a year after its publication, Forget the Sleepless Shores (2018) is still receiving reviews.
Mostly I wrote for Patreon:
Andrei Rublev (1966), January 2019.
The Black Book (1949), January 2019.
The Ancient Law (Das alte Gesetz, 1923), January 2019.
Reunion in France (1942), January 2019.
Penguin Pool Murder (1932), February 2019.
Gabriel Over the White House (1933), February 2019.
Boston Sci-Fi Marathon 44 [Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953), Innerspace (1987), Dr. Cyclops (1940), Rollerball (1975), Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon, 1929), Annihilation (2018), The Andromeda Strain (1971), "Soldier" (1964), Destination Moon (1950)], February 2019.
Million Dollar Legs (1932), February 2019.
Trial (1955) and Shack Out on 101 (1955), March 2019.
Simon (1980), March 2019.
a very slow noir marathon [The Tattooed Stranger (1950), Scene of the Crime (1949), Violent Saturday (1955), The Sellout (1952), Scandal Sheet (1952), While the City Sleeps (1956), Blackmail (1929)], March 2019.
-30- (1959), March 2019.
The Naked Kiss (1964), April 2019.
on cathedrals and shared contemporaneity, April 2019.
The Land of Steady Habits (2018), April 2019.
The Juniper Tree (1990), April 2019.
Sea Devil (2014), April 2019.
The Rusalka (2018), April 2019.
The Big Steal (1949), May 2019.
A Night at the Garden (2017) and Who Will Write Our History (2018), May 2019.
Fear in the Night (1947), May 2019.
The Colour of His Hair (2017), June 2019.
Only Angels Have Wings (1939), June 2019.
Knight Without Armour (1937), June 2019.
Craig's Wife (1936), June 2019.
Count Three and Pray (1955), July 2019.
Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ, 2008), August 2019.
Fitzcarraldo (1982), September 2019.
Bedlam (1946), September 2019.
The Leopard Man (1943) and The Ghost Ship (1943), September 2019.
Zazie dans le métro (1960), October 2019.
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933), October 2019.
No Greater Glory (1934), October 2019.
I Walked with a Zombie (1943), October 2019.
Woodwoo (2013), November 2019.
Daughter of Shanghai (1937), November 2019.
The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935), November 2019.
Master of the House (Du skal ære din hustru, 1925), November 2019.
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), December 2019.
Johnny Belinda (1948), Deception (1946), The Living Idol (1957), December 2019.
The Tall Target (1951), December 2019.
Cash on Demand (1961), December 2019.
Rust Creek (2019), December 2019.
It is very difficult for me not to read this past year in terms of things I didn't do, but I know that this year-end summary is not nothing and neither is being alive. I don't know what to wish for 2020. I would just like, really, one of these years, for myself and for everyone I know, which includes the planet, a better year.
I had one new piece of fiction published:
"Where the Sky Is Silver and the Earth Is Brass" in Machinations and Mesmerism: Tales Inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann (ed. Farah Rose Smith), Ulthar Press, July 2019.
More in the way of new poetry:
"The Watchword" in Uncanny Magazine #26, January 2019.
"Epic Cycle" in Else (ed. John Benson), Not One of Us Publications, January 2019.
"Female Figure of the Early Spedos Type, 1884–" in GlitterShip #68, March 2019.
"From Lima to Beijing" in Not One of Us #61, March 2019.
"Punic War IV" in Through the Gate #32, May 2019.
"Maudit" in Not One of Us #62, September 2019.
"Without Prayer or the Place in the Forest" in Uncanny Magazine #31, October 2019.
"And a Sleep Full of Sweet Dreams" in The Cascadia Subduction Zone 9.3, November 2019.
"Uncle Sonya" in The Cascadia Subduction Zone 9.3, November 2019.
A couple of poems reprinted in a nice context:
"Dive" in NecronomiCon Providence 2019 Memento Book (ed. Victoria Dalpe and Justin Steele), Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council Press, August 2019.
"After the Red Sea" in NecronomiCon Providence 2019 Memento Book (ed. Victoria Dalpe and Justin Steele), Lovecraft Arts & Sciences Council Press, August 2019.
A couple of short stories ditto:
"A Wolf in Iceland Is the Child of a Lie" in Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends (ed. Paula Guran), Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, May 2019.
"The Face of the Waters" in Transcendent 4: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction (ed. Bogi Takács), Lethe Press, October 2019.
Under miscellaneous nonfiction, a book review:
The Penguin Book of Mermaids (ed. Cristina Bacchilega and Marie Alohalani Brown) in Publishers Weekly, August 2019.
And I was interviewed for NecronomiCon:
"NecronomiCon Guest of Honor Interview: Sonya Taaffe" by Jordan Smith at The Dark Crusade, August 2019.
I performed as part of the 29th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, which was extremely fun. It is also heartening to me that a year after its publication, Forget the Sleepless Shores (2018) is still receiving reviews.
Mostly I wrote for Patreon:
Andrei Rublev (1966), January 2019.
The Black Book (1949), January 2019.
The Ancient Law (Das alte Gesetz, 1923), January 2019.
Reunion in France (1942), January 2019.
Penguin Pool Murder (1932), February 2019.
Gabriel Over the White House (1933), February 2019.
Boston Sci-Fi Marathon 44 [Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953), Innerspace (1987), Dr. Cyclops (1940), Rollerball (1975), Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon, 1929), Annihilation (2018), The Andromeda Strain (1971), "Soldier" (1964), Destination Moon (1950)], February 2019.
Million Dollar Legs (1932), February 2019.
Trial (1955) and Shack Out on 101 (1955), March 2019.
Simon (1980), March 2019.
a very slow noir marathon [The Tattooed Stranger (1950), Scene of the Crime (1949), Violent Saturday (1955), The Sellout (1952), Scandal Sheet (1952), While the City Sleeps (1956), Blackmail (1929)], March 2019.
-30- (1959), March 2019.
The Naked Kiss (1964), April 2019.
on cathedrals and shared contemporaneity, April 2019.
The Land of Steady Habits (2018), April 2019.
The Juniper Tree (1990), April 2019.
Sea Devil (2014), April 2019.
The Rusalka (2018), April 2019.
The Big Steal (1949), May 2019.
A Night at the Garden (2017) and Who Will Write Our History (2018), May 2019.
Fear in the Night (1947), May 2019.
The Colour of His Hair (2017), June 2019.
Only Angels Have Wings (1939), June 2019.
Knight Without Armour (1937), June 2019.
Craig's Wife (1936), June 2019.
Count Three and Pray (1955), July 2019.
Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ, 2008), August 2019.
Fitzcarraldo (1982), September 2019.
Bedlam (1946), September 2019.
The Leopard Man (1943) and The Ghost Ship (1943), September 2019.
Zazie dans le métro (1960), October 2019.
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933), October 2019.
No Greater Glory (1934), October 2019.
I Walked with a Zombie (1943), October 2019.
Woodwoo (2013), November 2019.
Daughter of Shanghai (1937), November 2019.
The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935), November 2019.
Master of the House (Du skal ære din hustru, 1925), November 2019.
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), December 2019.
Johnny Belinda (1948), Deception (1946), The Living Idol (1957), December 2019.
The Tall Target (1951), December 2019.
Cash on Demand (1961), December 2019.
Rust Creek (2019), December 2019.
It is very difficult for me not to read this past year in terms of things I didn't do, but I know that this year-end summary is not nothing and neither is being alive. I don't know what to wish for 2020. I would just like, really, one of these years, for myself and for everyone I know, which includes the planet, a better year.
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