dawn.vogel | April 16, 2026
I’m so excited to reveal the cover for my next novelette, Bounty of the Atoll! The artwork was created by Kloudinthesky, who did an exceptional job of translating my “I dunno, a wrecked Spanish galleon?” into this stunning work of art! Far from Spain, there are rumors of a beautiful princess held prisoner by a witch […]
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dawn.vogel | April 9, 2026
I had four new pieces out in March this year, which definitely deserves its own post! My story “Give Me Back My Moon,” which was inspired in part by a song from my favorite female K-pop idol, was published in the spring issue of The Colored Lens. It’s a short fantasy story in which a […]
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Tags: And No One to Hear It, drabble, fantasy, flash fiction, Frank, Give Me Back My Moon, Guzzle Sputter Whoosh, publication, science fiction, short story
dawn.vogel | April 7, 2026
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 40 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 25 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 22 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 36 My March submissions were in decent shape for the month, especially given that I was traveling for almost a full […]
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dawn.vogel | March 5, 2026
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 33 Acceptances received: 2 Rejections received: 14 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 23 New Submissions: 0 Stories out at the end of the month: 40 February turned out pretty good on the resubmissions front, as I managed to send out more pieces than I received […]
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Tags: drabble, february, publication, recap, submissions, This Book Has Ghosts in It
dawn.vogel | January 6, 2026
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 30 Acceptances received: 3 Rejections received: 12 (+2) Stories withdrawn: 1 Resubmissions: 20 New Submissions: 6 Stories out at the end of the month: 38 My December numbers are up a little from November, as I worked on getting some submissions out into the […]
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Tags: Butterfly Effect, december, flash fiction, publication, recap, roleplaying games, Safe as Houses, short story
dawn.vogel | December 4, 2025
By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 43 Acceptances received: 4 Rejections received: 15 (+6) Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 11 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the month: 30 October and November wound up being very chaotic for me, with a lot of traveling, K-pop events, a wedding, […]
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Tags: Bicycle Built for Two, drabble, flash fiction, Monster Under the Bed, november, october, publication, recap, roleplaying games, short story, Three Yellow Flowers
dawn.vogel | October 2, 2025
I had a couple of new drabbles out in September, both from Reach Your Apex! The first was “Aurora Dolofonos,” in which the appearance of the aurora comes with something a bit more sinister. The second was “Anti-Icarus,” in which a promising invention doesn’t account for a key factor!
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Tags: Anti-Icarus, Aurora Dolofonos, dark contemporary fantasy, dark sci-fi, drabble, publication, september
dawn.vogel | September 4, 2025
I had one new story out in August this year. “Damage Abatement” appeared in the August 2025 issue of Utopia Science Fiction Magazine. This is my fifth appearance in this magazine, with two flash fiction pieces and two poems previously included, but this is my first short story there! “Damage Abatement” is also a Cobalt City […]
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dawn.vogel | August 5, 2025
I had several pieces published in July, all on the shorter side of things! My drabbles “Jrrrr the Summoner” and “Modern Iso Onna” appeared in Shacklebound Books’ Short Fantasy Stories. The former portrays an outcast getting revenge on their gaming group, while the latter shows a Japanese yokai adapting to life in the modern world. Next, […]
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dawn.vogel | July 1, 2025
I had two publications in June 2025, but one of them was a BIG one for me! My story, “Last Dam Standing,” appeared in the July/August 2025 issue of Analog Science Fiction & Fact, which is available now! Analog has long been on my list of markets to which I’d love to sell something, so I was […]
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