Both these things happened while I was travelling abroad, so apologies for the late update to the 0 readers of this blog. Anyway:
Many thanks to the jurors and the The British Fantasy Society for nominating my novella The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar (Subterranean Press) for the British Fantasy Awards, among fine company. See the whole list of nominated works here: https://britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards-shortlists/. Much gratitude for the recognition, and congratulations to all the nominees!
In addition, much gratitude to the readers of the Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards for selecting The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar as best novella for their 2024 awards. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners, including the brilliant Tashan Mehta for her marvellous novel The Mad Sisters of Esi. See the full list of winners and shortlisted works here: https://subjectivechaoskindofawards.wordpress.com/2024-2/