Author of science fiction, fantasy and horror
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.
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.
I’m pleased to announce that my science-fantasy short story “Reflections on Discord” will be published in the forthcoming winter issue of The Colored Lens.
Parallel worlds, living reflections, and an abandoned ancient city.
More soon.
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.
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Short fiction
Poetry
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.
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.
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.