{"id":259,"date":"2012-08-13T14:38:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T18:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?page_id=259"},"modified":"2026-10-16T02:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:45:32","slug":"short-fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?page_id=259","title":{"rendered":"Short Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Published\/Sold:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=2272\">Your Terms<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fiction\/Fairy Tale Retelling, 2,000 words.<br \/>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timelesstalesmagazine.com\/pandoras-box\">Read story at <em>Timeless Tales<\/em> Issue #2, June 2014<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timelesstalesmagazine.com\/#!pandoras-box\/cm1d\">.<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07WNYKQGD\">Amazon version<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=1913\">Her Mother&#8217;s Child<\/a>\u201d: Fantasy (coming-of-age\/LGBTQ), 5,000 words.<br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaleidotrope.net\/summer-2015\/her-mothers-child-by-julie-sondra-decker\/\">Read story at <em>Kaleidotrope<\/em>, summer 2015 issue.<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=168\">On the Inside<\/a>\u201d: Speculative Fiction (coming-of-age\/LGBTQ), 15,000 words.<br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adastrasf.com\/on-the-inside\/\">Read story at <em>James Gunn&#8217;s Ad Astra<\/em>, Issue #4.<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=3500\">Everyone&#8217;s Gay in Space<\/a>\u201d: Science Fiction (LGBTQ), 6,500 words.<br \/>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Everyones-Gay-Space-Dinner-Conversation-ebook\/dp\/B08FRHYXYJ\/\">Read story at\u00a0<em>After Dinner Conversation<\/em>, November 2020 issue.<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afterdinnerconversation.com\/podcast\/e36-everyones-gay-in-space-what-if-your-clone-was-gay\">Listen to a related podcast discussion of the story.<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=3867\">Her Experiment<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fiction, 10,000 words. [<a href=\"https:\/\/autonomous-press.myshopify.com\/products\/spoon-knife-7-transitions\">Read story in <em>Spoon Knife&#8217;s<\/em>\u00a0Spring 2023 volume, <em>Transitions<\/em>.<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spoon-Knife-Transitions-Nick-Walker-ebook\/dp\/B0BYZWS7RL\">Amazon version<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4126\">Aquarius<\/a>\u201d: Science Fiction (LGBTQ), 9,000 words. [To be published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/claudiearseneault.com\/common-bonds-3\/\"><em>Common Bonds 3 <\/em>anthology<\/a>.]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4178\">For the Record<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fiction (LGBTQ), 6,000 words. [To be published in\u00a0<em>Overtime&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>November 2026 issue.]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4257\">Karma Is Dead<\/a>\u201d: Speculative Fiction (LGBTQ), 19,000 words.\u00a0[To be published in <em>Longer Worlds<\/em>, February 2027.]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4266\">The Wagon<\/a>\u201d: Science Fiction (LGBTQ), 10,000 words. [To be published in\u00a0<em>Space Ace<\/em>.]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4318\">A Shadow to Light<\/a>\u201d: Speculative Fiction, 6,000 words. [To be published in\u00a0<em>The Mystic&#8217;s Pen, Volume 2<\/em>, March 2027.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Unpublished\/Unfinished:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4274\">Getting Lucky<\/a>\u201d: Fantasy (LGBTQ), 6,000 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4270\">Just Like Stephen<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fantasy, 3,000 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4252\">Home to the Sky<\/a>\u201d: Fantasy, 1,900 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4249\">Not My Sister<\/a>\u201d: Soft Horror, 1,000 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4182\">In Your Favor<\/a>\u201d: Fantasy (LGBTQ), 27,000 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4068\">The Witch Next Door<\/a>\u201d: Modern Fantasy, 4,200 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4041\">Heard<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fiction, 2,400 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=2655\">After She Comes Along<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fiction, 550 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=2417\">That Story about Fortune Cookie Girl<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fiction (LGBTQ), 12,000 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=1143\">In Love With Love<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fiction, 3,500 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=204\">Wind<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fantasy\/Romance, 20,000 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=4210\">The Curse<\/a>\u201d: Speculative Fiction (coming-of-age), 10,000 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=206\">Uncle Avery&#8217;s Garden<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fiction (sentimental, college), 1,400 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=211\">The Escape<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fiction (nostalgic), 4,000 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=336\">Bloom<\/a>\u201d: YA fantasy, 20,000 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=342\">Protector<\/a>\u201d: Experimental fiction\/Science fiction, 2,500 words.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/juliesondradecker.com\/?p=333\">Baby Talk<\/a>\u201d: Contemporary Fiction, 650 words.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published\/Sold: &#8220;Your Terms\u201d: Contemporary Fiction\/Fairy Tale Retelling, 2,000 words. [Read story at Timeless Tales Issue #2, June 2014.] [Amazon version] &#8220;Her Mother&#8217;s Child\u201d: Fantasy (coming-of-age\/LGBTQ), 5,000 words. [Read story at Kaleidotrope, summer 2015 issue.] &#8220;On the Inside\u201d: Speculative Fiction (coming-of-age\/LGBTQ), 15,000 words. 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