A handy guide to all SFF-related posts and works of 2021

I never felt particularly comfortable with eligibility posts, but I posted such an overview for the first time in 2016, when someone added my name to the Hugo Nominations Wiki. Eventually, it paid off, because I was a Hugo finalist for Best Fan Writer in 2020 and 2021.

So if you’re interested in what I write, here is an overview of all SFF related blogposts of 2021, in chronological order, as well as a list of all the SFF and other fiction I published.

Because I did so many Fanzine/Fancast/Semiprozine Spotlight interviews this year, I separated the Spotlights from the other blogposts.

At this blog:

Star Trek Discovery realises that “There Is a Tide…”Star Trek Discovery realises “That Hope Is You, Part II” in its season 3 finaleMarvel Does Pleasantville. Episodes 1 and 2 of WandaVisionTwo New Kurval Sword and Sorcery Stories Available: The Plains of Shadow and Worm FodderWandaVision: “Now in Color” – and with TwinsWandaVision Takes a Detour into the Real World in “We Interrupt This Program”WandaVision Introduces a Surprise Guest Star “On a Very Special Episode”WandaVision Offers Up an “All-New Halloween Spooktacular”WandaVision engages in some “Breaking the Fourth Wall” and finally delivers some answersWe finally get an explanation for what happened “Previously On” WandaVisionWandaVision offers up “The Series Finale”.New Kurval Sword and Sorcery Story Available: The Wolf of RajalaSome Comments on the 2020 Nebula Award FinalistsMarvel’s “New World Order” – Some Thoughts on The Falcon and the Winter SoldierAn Open Letter to the 2021 Hugo Finalists, Whoever They May BeThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier Meet “The Star-Sprangled Man”The Falcon and the Winter Soldier tangle with the “Power Broker”“The Whole World Is Watching” The Falcon and the Winter SoldierCora Is a Hugo Finalist Again!Some Thoughts on the 2021 Hugo FinalistsThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier Face the “Truth”The Falcon and the Winter Soldier come to the conclusion that it’s “One World, One People”Cora’s Adventures at Flights of Foundry, the Obligatory 2021 Birthday Post and Some Other NewsNew Science Fiction Story Available: SpelunkersCora is the Winner of the 2021 Space Cowboy Award!Of Spies, Linguists and HugosRetro Review: “The God in the Bowl” by Robert E. Howard or Conan Does Agatha ChristieSome Thoughts on the 2020 Nebula Award WinnersLoki Finds His “Glorious Purpose”Cora Talks About Old SFF ElsewhereLoki Meets “The Variant”Loki Visits “Lamentis” and Tales to HerselfNew Kurval Sword and Sorcery Novella Available: The Black KnightConan the SocialistLoki Experiences “The Nexus Event”, As the Plot Heats UpThe 2021 July Short Story Challenge – Day by DayLoki goes on a “Journey Into Mystery”Loki Continues “For All Time. Always.”Eternia Revisited: Some Reflections of Masters of the Universe: RevelationThe 2021 Dragon Award Finalists Take Another Big Step Towards Mainstream RespectabilityRetro Review: “More Than Shadow” by Dorothy QuickRetro Review: “The Green Huntsman” by Dorothea GibbonsA Mixed Bag: Some Comments on the 2021 Dragon Award WinnersNew Kurval Adventure Available: The Frozen CitadelFoundation enjoys “The Emperor’s Peace” and turns out better than expectedFoundation is “Preparing to Live” and deviates from the books a lotFoundation Meets “The Mathematician’s Ghost”Foundation realises that there are “Barbarians at the Gates”Cora’s Adventures at the Virtual 2021 OctoconFoundation realises “Upon Awakening” that the story is still moving at a glacial paceFoundation encounters “Death and the Maiden”Foundation discovers “Mysteries and Martyrs” and departs even further from the booksFoundation fails to find “The Missing Piece”, but at least gives us a lot of nearly naked Lee PaceFoundation finally experiences “The First Crisis”The Tale of Declan, Disruptor of Doors: A Sword and Sorcery ParodyStar Trek Discovery Takes the “Kobayashi Maru” TestFoundation takes “The Leap” and ends its first seasonThanksgiving Free Fiction: The Robot Turkey ApocalypseThe Power of Greyskull – Some Reflections on Part 2 of Masters of the Universe: RevelationStar Trek Discovery Encounters the “Anomaly” and Deals with TraumaHawkeye realises it’s better to “Never Meet Your Heroes” or pop culture deals with trauma and grief, take 3Hawkeye Experiences “Echoes”Star Trek Discovery Decides to “Choose to Live”Hawkeye wonders whether it’s “Partners, Am I Right?”Star Trek Discovery realises that “All Is Possible” in a Tilly-centric episodeHawkeye Grapples with the Dark Legacy of “Ronin”Some Thoughts on the 2021 Hugo Award Winners and the Ceremony in generalTwo new historical horror tales just in time for the holidays: The Witchfinder’s Apprentice and The Solstice HorrorHawkeye realises “So This Is Christmas”The 2021 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional ParentsThe 2021 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Awardas well as twelve regular editions and five holiday editions of Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month and Indie Crime Fiction of the Month

The Complete Fanzine/Fancast/Semiprozine Spotlights:

Introducing Fanzine SpotlightsFanzine Spotlight: Galactic JourneyFanzine Spotlight: The Drink TankFanzine Spotlight: Salon FuturaFanzine Spotlight: nerds of a feather, flock togetherFanzine Spotlight: The Hugo Book Club BlogFanzine Spotlight: Runalong the ShelvesFanzine Spotlight: Warp Speed OdysseyNot-a-Fanzine Spotlight: Simultaneous TimesFanzine Spotlight: Speculative Fiction in TranslationFanzine Spotlight: Star Trek QuarterlyFancast Spotlight: The Journey ShowFancast Spotlight: If This Goes On (Don’t Panic)!Fanzine Spotlight: The Full LidFancast Spotlight: Hugo and Nebula Readership SpotlightFancast Spotlight: Women at WarpFancast Spotlight: Hugos There PodcastFanzine Spotlight: Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian VeinFancast Spotlight: Appendix N Book ClubFancast Spotlight: Hugo, Girl!Fanzine Spotlight: Quick Sip ReviewsFancast Spotlight: The Skiffy and Fanty ShowFancast Spotlight: SFF180Fancast Spotlight: Androids and AssetsFanzine Spotlight: SFF WorldFanzine Spotlight: Women Write About ComicsFanzine Spotlight: AstrolabeFanwriter/Fancaster Spotlight: Paul WeimerFanzine Spotlight: Young People Read Old SFFFanzine Spotlight: James Davis Nicoll ReviewsFanzine Spotlight: AnsibleFancast Spotlight: So I’m Writing a NovelFancast Spotlight: Unknown Worlds of the Merril CollectionIntroducing Semiprozine SpotlightsSemiprozine Spotlight: Space Cowboy Books Presents Simultaneous TimesFancast Spotlight: Light On Light ThroughFancast Spotlight: Worldbuilding for MasochistsFancast Spotlight: Seldon CrisisFancast Spotlight: The Book WormholeFancast Spotlight: The Dark Crusade

At Galactic Journey:

Monks, Demi-Gods and Cat People: The Sword of Lankor by Howard L. CoryDeath in the Fields: The Lufthansa Flight 005 CrashSpies, Poets and Linguists: Babel-17 by Samuel R. DelanyAliens, Housewives and Overpopulation: Orbit 1, edited by Damon KnightSo Bad It’s Hilarious (The Star Magicians by Lin Carter/The Off-Worlders by John Baxter (Ace Double G588))Science Fiction TV from West Germany: Space Patrol: The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion: Episode 1: “Attack From Space”All That Glitters: In Praise of Cele Goldsmith-Lalli (with John Boston)Moral Dilemmas and Earth in Peril: Space Patrol Orion Episode 2: “Planet Off Course”Routine Missions and Asimovian Robots: Space Patrol Orion Episode 3: “Guardians of the Law”Paranoia and High Treason: Space Patrol Orion Episode 4: “Deserters”Environmental Disasters and the Battle of the Sexes: Space Patrol Orion Episode 5: “Battle for the Sun”Welcome to the Space Prison: Space Patrol Orion Episode 6: “The Space Trap”The Manchurian Colonel: Space Patrol Orion Episode 7: “Invasion”

Elsewhere:

Mind Meld: One Spot Holodeck at nerds of a feather, flock together“The Heights of Humor and the Depth of Grief: “Ill Met in Lankhmar” by Fritz Leiber” in Journey Planet #59—The Hugo AwardsI also co-run the Speculative Fiction Showcase , a group blog focussed on indie SFF, and the Indie Crime Scene , a blog focussed on indie mysteries, crime fiction and thrillers.

Podcast appearances:

Season 2: Episode 1: The World of Comics at The Journey Show Episode 97 – Clark Ashton Smith’s “Xiccarph” with special guest Cora Buhlert at the Appendix N Book ClubFlash Science Fiction Night: Andy Dibble, Cora Buhlert & Douglas A. Blanc at the Space Cowboy Books YouTube channelEpisode 7 of Star’s End: A Foundation Podcast2021 Hugo Short Story Panel of Awesomeness at the Hugos There podcast (YouTube)Episode 106 – C.L. Moore’s “Jirel of Joiry” with special guest Cora Buhlert at the Appendix N Book Club2021 Hugo-nominated Novelettes Panel at the Hugos There podcast (YouTube)Foundation 1st Season: Cora Buhlert, Joel McKinnon, and Paul Levinson discuss at Light On Light Through (YouTube)

Fiction (SFF):

The Plains of Shadow (novelette)*Worm Fodder (novelette)*The Wolf of Rajala (novelette)*Spelunkers (short story)“Little Monsters” in Space Cowboy Books Presents Simultaneous Times podcast #39, reprinted in Simultaneous Times Vol. 2.5 (short story)“The Gate of Mist” in Whestone Amateur Magazine of Sword and Sorcery Issue 3 (short story)The Black Knight (novella)*“We Need to Talk” in Space Cowboy Books Presents Simultaneous Times podcast #42 (short story, reprint)The Frozen Citadel (short story)*The Witchfinder’s Apprentice (short story)“The Tale of Declan, Disruptor of Doors: A Sword and Sorcery Parody” (short story)“The Robot Turkey Apocalypse” (short story)The Solstice Horror (novelette)

*published under the name Richard Blakemore