My fantasy short story “Reflections on Discord” is now published in the Winter 2025 edition of The Colored Lens. “Reflections on Discord” follows Adewale, abused hired-help of an expedition to a mysterious city. Adewale dreams of adventure and being free, but his life of servitude offers no hope for that—until his reflection takes on a life of its own. Grab yourself a copy here.
New Releases
Ten Thousand Years Walking the Godsroad, published in Trollbreath Magazine
My fantasy story “Ten Thousand Years Walking the Godsroad” is now available in Issue #2 of Trollbreath Magazine. This story follows Harnivel, spin doctor of the gods, as he navigates a sentient magical road to escape imprisonment in the underworld—but the road is long, and the road has plans of its own.
This is a weird story that was great fun to write, and is part of a wider range of stories featuring Harnivel. Hopefully it’s the first of several publications in this line.
Nelly’s World, reprinted in Gamut Magazine
My sci-fi story “Nelly’s World”, originally published in the anthology Divergent Realms: Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories About Neurodivergence, has been reprinted in issue #11 of Gamut Magazine.

“Nelly’s World” follows a father struggling to connect with his neurodiverse daughter Nelly, following the death of his wife. His only chance to get through to Nelly may lie in the immersive artificial-reality video game in which she spends her days.
Awards Eligibility 2024
The following publications were published in 2024 and are award eligible. Please consider them for the following awards (and any others not listed here that you are aware of): Hugo, Nebula, Locus, BSFA, Ignyte and Rhysling. Social media shares and recommendations to friends and family are also helpful.
Any paywalled stories can be requested via my contact page.
Short fiction
- “Empty Nest” (6,400 words, March 2024, published in DreamForge Magazine): In a future where humanity coexists with advanced artificial intelligence, a scientist and her AI partner work with uplifted cuttlefish. The experiment is nowhere near its end when all AI on Earth suddenly depart, leaving behind a stunned human species, a grieving scientist, and a legacy of inter-species communication that may save us all.
- “Nelly’s World” (4,800 words, April 2024, published in Divergent Realms): After the loss of his wife, a father struggles to connect with his neurodiverse daughter through an immersive video game, the only world she knows that was built for her.
Poetry
- “Now You Know” (April 2024, published in Strange Horizons): A son struggling with anxiety inadvertently uses joint-pilot neural interface technology to connect with his father.
If you’re a member of SFWA, you can add/upvote these stories on the Nebula reading list.
Finally, I am also eligible in the coming year for the Astounding award for Best New Writer.
New Release: Writing About Remote Sensing in Sci-Fi
I’ve just finished the first 6-part primer in my new blog called the Sci-fi Writer’s Guide to Reality. The blog aims to help science fiction writers with the fundamentals of science. The first primer focuses on remote sensing (the act of trying to determine what’s going on over there, i.e., at a distance, through means other than physical contact). This topic is rich and essential to many aspects of science fiction, from spaceship sensors to astronomical observations. Hopefully it helps anyone on the lookout for an overview of the topic.

The primer is split in 6 parts:
- Introducing remote sensing
- An overview of the science behind the topic
- Common mistakes in science fiction
- How to avoid common pitfalls
- Further reading and references
- A deep-dive into the science and maths of remote sensing
Experience of writing this first primer
Since introducing the blog earlier this year, I took a while longer to get the whole thing out there. I initially thought that I’d be able to cover the topic in a single large blog post. Hah! The naivety. I hadn’t appreciated the magnitude of the task—remote sensing was a terrible place to start, given that it lies at an intersection between several areas of science and mathematics.
I will likely have to modify the schedule significantly, now that I know just how long it takes to produce a post of decent quality. My initial hopes of releasing something once a month is blown to smithereens, so I’ll aim for a couple of things a year for now. If the blog attracts some attention, I might be able to step that up in future.
But we got there. The first of many, with any luck. I’m glad to have the beginnings of a real blog out there.