Showing posts with label publication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publication. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

List of Publications as of the End of 2022

 


(All publications listed newest-oldest.)


PUBLISHED SHORT STORIES:

o   "Old Roots, New Soil," Once Upon an Ever After; Kaye Lynne Booth, Wordcrafter Press, August 2022.

o   Monologue from “Have You Ever Heard a Goldfinch Sing?”, 2022 Best Women's Monologues; Smith & Kraus, August 2022.

o   "Spinoza's Garden," Brave New Worlds; Zombies Need Brains, LLC, August 2022.

o   “The Last Seven Tribes of Ketchari,” REPRINT, A Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One; The Author's Hand, June 2022.

o   "When the Dust Settles," Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Fiction; Dark Ink Books, June 2021.

o   "When Apple Woke," Upon a Twice Time; Air & Nothingness Press, May 2021.

o   "Footsteps on the Floor," parABnormal Magazine, December 2020.

o   “The House on Blaubart Street,” Of Fae & Fate: Lesser Known Fairy Tales, Retold; Beth Buck, Immortal Works, September 2019.

o   “The Last Seven Tribes of Ketchari,” On Fire; Transmundane Books, 2017.

o   "The Night the Stars Fell," Pantheon Magazine, May 2017.

o   "The Fragrant Feast," Dragons & Witches; CBAY Books, April 2017.

o   "The Keepers of Madleen," Dystopia Utopia; Flame Tree Publishing, September 2016.

o   "Jar of Pickles," One Thousand Words for War; CBAY Books, April 2016.

o   "Fire on the Mountain," Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America; Ice Cube Press, February 2016.

o   "Hold the Door," The Northlore Series, Volume 1: Folklore; Nordland Publishing, May 2015.

o   "The White Sisters," What Follows; Steenburgh & Lennox, Sep 2014.

o   "Of Roots and Rings," Elf Love; Pink Narcissus Press, February 2010.

PUBLISHED NON-FICTION ESSAYS:

o   COMING SOON: "From Fin to Feet."

o   “When Something Awful Happened,” Against Death: 35 Essays on Living [Non-fiction]; Elee Kraljii Gardiner, September 2019.

PLAYWRIGHT FESTIVALS WON:

o   (staged reading) “Have You Ever Heard a Goldfinch Cry?,” Playwright Festival winner, KNOW Theatre, 2020.

o   (staged reading) “Randall & Sons,” Playwright Festival winner, KNOW Theatre, 2019.

PLAYS PRODUCED:

o   Because Women Were Created to Carry Two Hearts, Performing Arts Company, SUNY Fredonia, November 1998.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Winning Monologue Published

Happy Day!! My copy of Best Women's Stage Monologues 2022 arrived this afternoon!

I am thrilled to be part of this collection that Debbie Lamedman put together, with a monologue from my winning play Have You Ever Heard a Goldfinch Sing?, from KNOW Theatre's Playwright Festival 2020.

I am equally happy to be sharing the pages with work from my friend and playwright John Mabey, who was my co-winner in the same festival in 2019.




https://smithandkraus.com

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Womens-Stage-Monologues-2022


Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Brave New Worlds Has Been Released


My latest story, "Spinoza's Garden," has been printed in a new anthology, Brave New Worlds, published by Zombies Need Brains, LLC. I am so proud of this story.

It's not always easy. I originally finished this story on October 31, 2015. That night was an accident that left me in a coma for weeks and then recovering in the Burn ICU for months.

This story sat untouched until last year, when I pulled it out to read it again and then began to edit it down. This may be one of my favorite acceptance letters to date.

Want to read the story? It talks about the lengths we go to for survival, and what we think that might look like. You can buy a copy from the publishers at:

https://zombies-need-brains-llc.square.site/#OcyuVT

Thursday, June 30, 2022

A Guest Blog Revisited


My story "The Last Seven Tribes of Ketchari" is now available in this new anthology Summer of Sci-fi & Fantasy: Volume One. When it was initially printed in Transmundane Press' anthology On Fire, I was invited to do a guest blog for their website about my personal story with fire and how my accident affected my writing.

If you would like to read it, the blog is still available on their website.

What Burned Away by Sarah Lyn Eaton

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One is Now Available


I was excited to have my first reprinted story accepted for publication, and grateful to my friends and family who pre-ordered a copy of the book to help raise the authors' pay. The books are in the mail and on their way!

I have a fantasy story in this anthology. It was the first story I wrote after my accident and is special to me. If you didn't read it in the collection On Fire from Transmundane Press, you have a chance to catch it in Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One.

Buy Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One on Amazon


Thursday, April 28, 2022

The Brave New Worlds Anthology Promotion

I have a science-fiction story in this amazing collection! It is available for pre-order on kindle now, and is due for a summer release!

Here is the copy from the back jacket of the book:

"What happens when a computer glitch sends eighty-nine copies of the same scientist (and no one else) to settle a new planet? Or a privateer gets stranded on a slow ship he tried to hijack that’s still years away from its destination and has no food?

BRAVE NEW WORLDS presents fifteen original stories that follow humanity’s long dream of traveling to the stars, from heart-wrenching departures from Earth, through the unknown dangers of the long flight through the cold vastness of space, to the immigrants’ final arrival on an alien world. Perhaps your father has signed you up for life on a gen ship before you’ve even graduated high school. Or maybe you’ve arrived at a gloriously green new planet…only to have it shoot you out of the sky when you try to land. Or worse yet, your attempts to terraform your new home have all failed. What do you do then?

Join Jamie Boyd, Gini Koch, Mike Jack Stoumbos, Stephen Leigh, A.M. Giddings, Auston Habershaw, Sarah Lyn Eaton, Ian Tregillis, Jack Nicholls, Willa Blythe, Chaz Brenchley, Ari Officer, Eric Choi, Jacey Bedford, and Juliet Kemp in the latest anthology from Zombies Need Brains, BRAVE NEW WORLDS, as they explore the infinite challenges of humanity’s race to the stars!"

Monday, March 7, 2022

Second Story Announcement for 2022


I am pleased to announce that my science-fiction story "Spinoza's Garden" will be published this year in the anthology Brave New Worlds by Zombies Need Brains, with editors Joshua Palmatier and S.C. Butler. I am thrilled to have my story included in this collection. I grew up reading most of my science-fiction from anthologies like this and the theme of Brave New Worlds is one I would have stayed up late reading by the light of the streetlamp outside my bedroom window.

You can click on the link below if you want to pre-order the e-book or order one of the special Kickstarter paperbacks, but these paperback quantities are limited.

Click here to go to the Zombies Need Brains store.

E-books and trade paperbacks will be available later on. I can't wait to share this story with you.

Thursday, March 3, 2022

First Story Announcement for 2022


My story "The Last Seven Tribes of Ketchari," previously printed with Transmundane Press in 2017, will be my first reprinted story, which is terribly exciting, is going to be published in the anthology Summer of Sci-fi & Fantasy, edited by Dustin Bilyk.


The contract has been signed! Now the publisher is running a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to pay each author a full professional rate. And you could help with that!


If you would like to patron my art, you can pre-order an e-book or paperback version of the book, due out this summer by meeting one of the donation tiers of the campaign. If you haven't read this fantasy story of mine, the first I finished after my accident, this collection will be a great place for you to read it. 

Click here to go to the Kickstarter project for this Anthology!

Thank you for all of your support.

Monday, February 28, 2022

Two More Contracts Signed

 

More good news for my 2022. I just signed two more contracts for stories due to be published this year!


Both are original tales, one science fiction and one fantasy. I look forward to posting more information when the editors green light us to promote them.


Don't self-reject. Put your art out there. Your audience is waiting.

Monday, January 17, 2022

A New Writer Milestone


I've experienced some personal writing milestones along this journey.


I had my first story published.

I had my first story published by someone who didn't know me.

I reached 100 rejections! Which meant I was sending my stories out.

I won a spot in a playwright festival.

I sold my first story at a professional rate! 

I was interviewed about a story for my first podcast.

This year I will have my first reprinted story.

And I just received word that my story, "When Apple Woke," from Upon a Twice Time by Air & Nothingness Press, is ELIGIBLE to be nominated for a Hugo Award. This is my first time being eligible. (Which is not even close to nominated for anything, but it is still really cool.)

This is definitely the right momentum.

air and nothingness press 2022 Hugo Awards eligible stories

Sunday, December 5, 2021

A Story Sale


Exciting (and brief) news! I just received an acceptance letter for one of my stories. As usual, I will wait to share details until after the contract has been signed but I am excited because this story, due out in 2022, will be my first reprinted story! It is thrilling to see a story find more than one new home. It never gets old.

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Reviews for "When the Dust Settles"

Reviews have come in for the anthology Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Fiction. Here's what some people are saying about my story. Full disclosure, two other reviewers mentioned my story as the one they didn't care for but I already know I'm not everyone's cup of tea.

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“When the Dust Settles” by Sarah Lyn Eaton (short story) - A story of bodily autonomy as the survivor of a cave-in adjusts to a new robotic arm and leg that don’t seem to be integrating well. The piece is intense and looks at the line between the human machine and less biological machines, and the feeling of invasion and disconnection that comes from traumatic injuries. A fine read! 

~ from Charles Payseur, editor of We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020

Full review here.

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"When the Dust Settles" by Sarah Lyn Eaton: 4.5 Stars!

"Now, this is an interesting story, one I definitely wish was a full-length book. I could vividly picture it and while I may not be a huge fan of Sci-Fi it definitely gave off a cool RoboCop/Terminator kind of vibe for me."

~from crazybookfanatic, Bayou Book Junkies

Full review here.

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"Sarah Lyn Eaton creates a chilling tale of off-world horror in “When the Dust Settles,” where an injured asteroid miner is recovering from her wounds, but does not remember her accident. She has been fitted with some prosthetic limbs which she is still learning to control, or are they learning her?" 

~from Candace Nola, author of Breach

Full review here.

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"I also enjoyed Sarah Lyn Eaton’s “When the Dust Settles,” an interesting SF/horror story about an asteroid miner’s accident and the replacement limb she receives as a result. "

~from Jerry L. Wheeler, Out of Print

Full review here.

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"Shifting gears to science-fiction realms, "When the Dust Settles" by Sarah Lyn Eaton takes us off-world, where mining laborers are as expendable as the automated body parts they require after accidents. But where does the human end and the robotic appendage begin?"

~from Jim Provenzano, Bay Area Reporter

Full review here.

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Monday, June 7, 2021

Listen to Me on My Spooky Gay Family Podcast

I was recently interviewed by Pissi Myles and Sam Baxter of the podcast My Spooky Gay Family about my story in Unburied. It was a great time and we talked about writing, pride month, coming out, and ghost stories. Find links in the link below. 

My Spooky Gay Family's information on Facebook.

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Buy Unburied Now

Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Fiction is available for purchase! My story "When the Dust Settles" is a tale of science fiction horror where a group of injured asteroid miners discover that something is wrong with their treatment when they start dying off.  

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For any sales made during the month of June, all editor proceeds will be donated to the Railroad House, a Canadian organization dedicated to helping LGBTQ+ peoples being persecuted in their home countries get to safety.

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Order it here in paperback, hardcover, or audiobook!




Friday, May 21, 2021

You Can Order Upon A Twice Time Now


My story "When Apple Woke" is available for sale in Upon a Twice Time with Air & Nothingness Press right now. My tale is a science fiction mash-up of the fairy tales Rapunzel and The Princess and the Pea. I'm very excited to share this story.


Order from Air & Nothingness Press here.

Thursday, April 8, 2021

A List of Published Works


PUBLICATIONS (in order of release, recent to oldest):

14) "When Apple Woke," Upon A Twice Time; Air & Nothingness Press, June 2021.

13) "When the Dust Settles," Unburied; Dark Inc. Press, June 2021.

12) "Footsteps on the Floor," parABnormal Magazine; December 2020.

11) “The House on Blaubart Street,” Of Fae & Fate: Lesser Known Fairy Tales, Retold; Beth Buck, September 2020.

10) “When Something Awful Happened,” Against Death: 35 Essays on Living [Non-fiction]; Elee Kraljii Gardiner, 2019.

9) “The Last Seven Tribes of Ketchari,” On Fire; Transmundane Books, 2017.

8) "The Night the Stars Fell," Pantheon Magazine; May 2017.

7) "The Fragrant Feast," Dragons & Witches; CBAY Books, April 2017.

6) "The Keepers of Madleen," Dystopia Utopia: Short Stories; Flame Tree Publishing, September 2016.

5) "Jar of Pickles," One Thousand Words for War; CBAY Books, April 2016.

4) "Fire on the Mountain," Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America; Ice Cube Press, February 2016.

3) "Hold the Door," The Northlore Series, Volume 1: Folklore; Nordland Publishing, May 2015.

2) "The White Sisters," What Follows; Steenburgh & Lennox, September 2014.

1) "Of Roots and Rings," Elf Love; Pink Narcissus Press, February 2010.

Thursday, December 10, 2020

New Paranormal Story Published!


I am happy to announce that my story "Footsteps on the Floor" is available for purchase in the December issue of parABnormal Magazine. This story is exciting for me because it was inspired by a moment that happened during my college years at SUNY Fredonia in New York. 

What spooky moments have you encountered in your lives? Have you ever wondered what might have happened? Have you ever wondered what those noises on the other side of the door were? Do they keep you up at night?






Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Retold Fairy Tale Anthology Release!


I'm very proud of this story. It was the first fiction story I finished years ago. It was rough and done before I had begun to hone my craft. The characters were so vivid to me that I understood I had not done them justice yet and I tucked it away.

It stayed with me over the years. When I pulled it out to take another go at it I could see where it needed to be tightened and trimmed and fleshed out. I breathed new life into it and then I sent it out.

Only two subs before 'The House on Blaubart Street" was accepted. And now it's in print with Immortal Works. I am a proud parent.

From the press information:
“Consider, amigo mío, that all stories begin with some grain of truth.”
“They’re no ordinary horses. They’re kelpies.”
“A strong arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her over the rail of the deck.”
“Cleanse the house on Blaubart Street.”

Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty aren’t the only fairy tales in the world, but they tend to steal most of the glory. It’s time to let others shine for a change. Sixteen talented authors each put their own spin on different fairy tales that you won’t find in animated films.

Trade your pining fair-haired princesses for fire fairies, conquistadors, plucky young men named Jack, and a fisherman’s daughter. You won’t see too many castles, but you’ll visit a haunted house, a mill, and a Russian bathhouse. This book also features not-so-wicked stepmothers, a hungry jackal, a black cat with a mysterious secret, and a ship full of pirates.

Move over, Cinderella. Make room for Mercedes.


Buy it from Immortal Works.
Buy it from Amazon.

Saturday, August 10, 2019

On the Other Side of Opioids


I posted over a year ago about getting back on my feet with writing after my accident. Soon after that post came the death of a dear friend, the death of my doctor, the loss of recovery services, and then new information about long-term opioid use.

I had thought that because I was taking less than half of the recommended daily dose that I was doing well. I discovered that I was still taking a significant dose. And I learned that a small percentage of patients were experiencing a sensitivity to it that created more physical pain instead of diffusing it.

I was in that category. And thinking I was experiencing more pain-- which I was-- led me to take more oxycodone. I was still under my daily allowance. But it didn't matter. I had been on oxy for three years and it only takes 7-9 days for a patient's body to become dependent upon it.

I may not have been addicted but I was dependent. And without a doctor. And scared.

It took me a while to find a doctor who would see me. I found one. No one wanted to take on a patient who was already taking a narcotic that was now being closely monitored and regulated. I was not treated kindly by everyone. I often felt like I had to point out what should have been obvious from my file-- I was burned badly. I almost lost my legs. I needed the pain meds.

I didn't want to need them.

I spent October through December weaning off them, cutting every dose in half for a few weeks and then cutting it in half again until I was taking the smallest sliver. I was told by my doctor to take those slivers and to call the office if I had any issues.

Which of course I did. Always at 3 a.m. when no one was in the office. And there were a few nights that my heart was swollen in my throat and racing so fast I thought I would die. 

The months that followed have been better and harder. My mind is clearer but physically there was some backsliding. So while I am ready for more mentally I can do less than I could. I was visiting with my mom recently and when I complained about my lack of energy, compared to last year she said something that stopped me cold.

That energy level was drug-induced.

So I'm aware now. I'm awake now. I have more pain than I hoped I would. But the stories are coming out. Editing takes too long still but I have learned to carve out the time I need to get deadlines met. I don't have the energy to write all night anymore. I have lost count have how many times I have fallen asleep mid-blink and wake with my hand on the mouse, hovering over a highlighted section. A couple of times I have discovered I deleted passages I meant to cut and paste.

I'm learning a new routine to make my artistic process possible for these new hands and this new body.

Speaking of new things, I have some things to look forward to, to keep encouraging forward momentum. I have a non-fiction story on my near-death moment coming out in five days in Against Death: 35 Essays on Living edited by Elee Kraljii Gardiner. And I have a supernatural urban fantasy story coming out in the anthology Of Fae and Fate in October.

Some of these hurdles have been hard enough to almost convince me that maybe one of the sacrifices of living was going to be my storytelling. I had to consider that maybe my post-trauma brain was different. And maybe it is. But the stories are there, more than just whispers of birdsong. 

I'm listening. And I'm ready.