“Best-Laid Plans” in Sci-Fi Shorts
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Knowing the future can have its downsides. That’s what Jerry learns in “Best-Laid Plans,” my new flash fiction in Sci-Fi Shorts.
By aje
Posted: December 31, 2024
Knowing the future can have its downsides. That’s what Jerry learns in “Best-Laid Plans,” my new flash fiction in Sci-Fi Shorts.
Category: Stories
By aje
Posted: October 31, 2024
My story “Tell Me What You See” is out now in Unnamed Journal. “Tell Me What You See” is about a near future Earth where only those who claim to see the hidden rulers of the world are granted positions of power.
Category: Stories
By aje
Posted: October 11, 2024
Pairing with an elemental might save Geren’s family, but it will probably destroy him in the process. My new story, “Fire and Stone,” is out in the Fall Into Fantasy 2024 anthology from Cloaked Press. I grew up in New Mexico, and this story is set in a fantasy version of the deserts and mountains
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By aje
Posted: July 2, 2024
“A Collection for All Times” is about a spacecraft crew that collects artifacts from timelines that no longer exist. It’s the cover story of the spring 2024 issue of James Gunn’s Ad Astra. This story would have been much different if it weren’t for the editors, Jean Asselin and Jalyn Powell. I’d been writing a
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Category: Stories
By aje
Posted: May 23, 2024
“Samantha and the Aliens” is a fun sci fi horror story about a girl who fights back against the creatures who killed her parents. It’s out in the third issue of Dark Dead Things.
Category: Stories
By aje
Posted: April 29, 2024
My flash fiction fantasy story “The Pool of Rim” has been included in issue 4 of the Imagitopia podcast, alongside two other short-short stories: “The Greenmarket Witch” by Lorraine Schein and “Small Magics” by Juliet Kemp. They’re read by Justine Norton-Kertson, who also provides reflections at the end of the episode about some themes that
By aje
Posted: April 3, 2024
I have a new story out in the April issue of Epic Echoes Magazine. “The Time Traveler’s Acquaintance” is (hopefully!) a fun and fast-paced story, but it’s based on the idea that we face so many existential threats these days that if time travel is possible, half the people we meet are probably here from
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Category: Stories
By aje
Posted: January 3, 2024
“One Week Before the Election” is about a political change that transforms society for the better. It’s a flash fiction story in Sunshine Superhighway, a new anthology from JayHenge Publishing. From the promotional copy: “Embark on a visionary journey through the pages of Sunshine Superhighway: Solar Sailings, a solarpunk anthology that charts a course toward
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Category: Stories
By aje
Posted: November 21, 2023
My story “The Perpetual Empire,” originally published in Planet Scumm issue 7, has been reprinted in EVERYTHING! Volume 2, which collects the stories from Planet Scumm‘s issues #5-10. (The ebook version is here.) Preorders are available now for a Dec. 15 release date. “The Perpetual Empire” is about techniques authoritarian governments use to control their
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Category: Perpetual Empire, Stories
By aje
Posted: July 16, 2023
My new story, “Immortal,” is out now in Flash Point Science Fiction. It’s accompanied by the perfect cover art from Kevin Pabst. “Immortal” is about a boy who asks the gods to give him immortality—and unfortunately for him, they grant his wish. In a way, this story is a mirror of “The Last Engine,” which
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Category: Stories