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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“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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“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.
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
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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“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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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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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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My story “The Authentic History” is out now in Abyss & Apex issue 86. It describes the fall of the Perpetual Empire, the creation of which was featured in the story “Agents of Empire” back in Aurealis issue 99. This story was inspired by a lot of ideas, including what would really happen to your
Pete has spent his life trying to find his way back to the timeline of his childhood. “The Best of All Possible Worlds” is a flash fiction story in the inaugural issue of Half-Light Press.
