My sci-fi artificial reality story “Nelly’s World” is due for release in the anthology Divergent Realms on 23rd April. The story follows a man grieving after the loss of his wife, and struggling to connect with his daughter Nelly, a neurodiverse pre-teen who lives her life in her artificial-reality gaming rig. The anthology includes many […]
[Continue reading] about Divergent Realms release day: 23rd April 2024Read “Empty Nest” in Issue 15 of Dreamforge Magazine
You can now read my sci-fi story “Empty Nest” online for free over at Dreamforge Magazine. Published in Issue 15, focusing on Worlds in Transition, along with stories about AI, change and the destiny of humanity. Story synopsis: In a future where humanity coexists with advanced artificial intelligence, a scientist and her AI partner work […]
[Continue reading] about Read “Empty Nest” in Issue 15 of Dreamforge MagazineNew Story: Scarlet Tides
I’m pleased to announce that my space-horror story “Scarlet Tides” will be appearing in the 2025 anthology Songs from the Void, edited by Max Blood. The story follows exoarcheologist Ben Cohen in his struggle to decipher the language of an extinct alien species found etched onto a mysterious orbital artefact. Ben must discover what happened […]
[Continue reading] about New Story: Scarlet TidesBooks Read 2023
Continuing in the line of a similar post from last year (inspired by a similar analysis from Kate McKean’s excellent newsletter), here’s the breakdown for the books I read in 2023. The list includes things I finished, but also DNFs if I finished an appreciable portion of the book before putting it down. I read […]
[Continue reading] about Books Read 2023New story: Nelly’s World, published in Divergent Realms
I’m pleased to announce that my sci-fi short story “Nelly’s World” will appear in the upcoming 2024 anthology “Divergent Realms: Speculative Stories About Neurodiversity”. The story marks my fourth short story sale, but “Nelly’s World” stands out as special to me. It was the first story I wrote that I considered a “proper short story”, the […]
[Continue reading] about New story: Nelly’s World, published in Divergent Realms