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Presented by Literary Global, the Independent Author Awards celebrate independent voices in writing.
Well, good news today. Nothing Short of Odd is the winner of the 2025 Independent Author Awards in the Short Stories category.
Thank you so much and congratulations to all the winners and finalists!
The contest results are available HERE.
Nothing Short of Odd has been selected as a finalist for the 2024 SPR Book Awards.
It didn’t make the top three, but that’s still a great result!
Congratulations to the first, second and third place winners and all the finalists.
Honored to announce that Nothing Short of Odd is the winner of the Indies Today 2024 Best Collection Award. And I still can’t believe it!
The contest results are available HERE.
Congratulations to all the winners, runners-up, and finalists.
Literally Stories was one of the first magazines to publish a piece of mine in English. After rejecting three of my stories in about six months, in June 2021 they accepted two at the same time. It was an important milestone for me. “Congratulations, very few writers make it two from two,” they wrote in their response. It was the first time anyone called me a writer, and I began to believe that I really was one.
It’s therefore a great emotion for me to see that, more than three years after its first publication, one of those stories has been chosen to be presented again to readers. I’m honored to announce that “The Maker of Crèches” is a Literally Rerun at Literally Stories!
Once again, I would like to thank the entire Editorial Team. I wish you all the very best, my friends!
“An entertaining, easy to read collection of 16 short stories covering a variety of topics and themes from dreams and childhood to work, marriage, relationships and death.”
― Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading Ambassador on July 4, 2024
Here we go.
“Nothing Short of Odd” is now available in online bookstores, so let me thank in advance those who will read it.
A writer asks readers for the most important thing they have: their time.
I thank you for yours.
“From ghosts to fathers, mysterious books, and horrific incidents, this captivating read enthralls you from the first story to the very last.”
― Jill Rey for Reader Views on June 10, 2024 ★★★★★
Finding songs that have the same title as the short stories collected in “Nothing Short of Odd”? Done!
Enjoy the playlist on Spotify!
There are stories that are like a curse. Stories you care about so much that you can’t let them go.
I once wrote one of these stories, and it’s been locked in a drawer for years. Then I decided to include it in a short story collection, but it turned out to be a disaster. I tried to forget it and I thought I had. But I was wrong, of course. So, a few months ago, I completely revised it to a brand-new version and submitted it to literary magazines.
Long story short, today it’s up at Fiction on the Web. And I thank Charlie Fish and Rick Taliaferro for giving it a chance.
It’s titled “Thus the Circle Closes”.
“An unconventional collection that serves as fuel to imagination’s fire.”
― Nicky Flowers for Indies Today on April 1, 2024 ★★★★★
