Welcome, new visitors! As I write this post, I’m planning to introduce a bunch of people to this website, so I wanted to create a little startup post with some selected pieces of my short fiction, in approximate order of recommendation. All audio & online text links are free.
Selected Stories: Science Fiction
- “For Every Bee, a Hive” – science fiction/space opera, 5200 words (print, audio, online text). First published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Jan/Feb 2024. Found families, AI hiveminds, cyborg futures, human-centered neurotechnology.
- “Didn’t matter why the AI wanted to connect. Didn’t matter whether the AI wanted at all. Only mattered what she wanted.”
- “Conference of the Birds” – science fiction/cyberpunk, 3900 words (print, audio, online text). First published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Jan/Feb 2021. Artificial intelligence, embodiment, and distributed minds.
- “No program-layer could predict what a human might do, but Surveillance Hub could see everything that mattered.”
- Related nonfiction essay on Analog blog: “Embodied and Empathetic Minds“
- “Eight Reasons You Are Alone” – science fiction, 900 words (online text). Published in Nature: Futures, November 2021. Regret, conscience, self-definition. CW: suicidal ideation.
- “If I asked you what kind of person you are, you wouldn’t know the answer.”
- “Cruise Control” – science fiction, 1100 words (online text). Published in Fireside Fiction, July 2021. Unhappy families, retiree brains, self-driving cars.
- “Why the hell would I want to become a car?”
Selected Stories: Fantasy
- “I Would” – secondary world fantasy, 5600 words. (online text, audio) Published in Fantasy Magazine, July 2021. Prophesied relationships, prophesied breakups, and using what power you have when someone else is the hero.
- “Some people say the stars control fate. I would never say such a thing.”
- “The Work-Clock” – gaslamp fantasy, 3900 words (online text). Published in Sunday Morning Transport, Jan 2023. Crummy jobs, keeping the Evil One bound, for-profit temple factories.
- “Funny thing. The world would bleed and die without an apprentice inspector to keep the Temple Works running, but didn’t mean the job paid well.”
These six stories are just a taste of the fiction I’ve published over the years – you can find the full 30+ here!