June is going to be a busy month for me and publications — as in, I think I’m going to have SIX THINGS COMING OUT. (Followed by two more in July.) Two are out today, though one, the flash story “I Cut Off a Monster’s Arm. AITA?” in Lightspeed, is currently only available to subscribers; it will become free to read online on the 18th.

So the big news for today is “Non Plus Ultra,” a prequel novelette I wrote for the upcoming M.A. Carrick Sea Beyond duology! It’s free to read in Adventitious, and it tells the tale of how a sailor discovered the secret of passage to the Sea Beyond. I had a blast throwing all kinds of maritime weirdness into this one, along with the historical details that are the particular delight of writing this subgenre. Check it out!