I have a new flash SF story out from Lightspeed Magazine, "How to Win Against the Robots," along with an accompanying audio performance!
New short story: “How to Win Against the Robots”
“It Was [Not] Like This”
So I've mentioned before that I'm pursuing my MFA in Interactive Media and Game Design (is today the day that I write about that? signs point to no). As part of that I've doing projects here and there that I'm going to start writing up and linking because I'm actually really excited about them, but... Continue Reading →
corn? CORN
In light of Last Week Tonight's report this week on corn farming in America: https://youtu.be/MI78WOW_u-Q?si=UUBZp5uk5G0vD9Im --I thought it might be time to bring back an oldie-but-a-goodie, my pastiche/sequel (from way back in the FORGOTTEN TIME of 2020) of Terry Bisson's "They're Made Out of Meat": Read more...
Reading: “Your Hand in Mine, We’ll Be All Right”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDxNxcu2j9k (updated June 14, 2024, with a fixed link!) This is going to be very quick, because I can’t tell it slowly.Your Hand in Mine, We'll Be All Right Back in October of 2021, I recorded a performance of my 2014 flash horror story "Your Hand in Mine, We'll Be All Right" for Flash Fiction... Continue Reading →
Writing funny
It is sometimes said that you can't teach someone how to write comedy. I think that's a bit silly, though -- I think it's more accurate that you can't teach someone how to write something universally funny, because humor is tied so closely to our hindbrain animal limbic system electrical zoomies that what each of... Continue Reading →
2021 Award Eligibility
Check out the story I wrote this year that's eligible for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and any other award your heart sees fit to nominate it for.
New short story: “DEMON FIGHTER SUCKS”
I have a new short story out from Apex Magazine, "DEMON FIGHTER SUCKS".
New short story: “Sing in Me, Muse”
I have a new short story out, with a pile of extras thanks to the lovely Lightspeed Magazine. Enjoy "Sing in Me, Muse", out today, as well as a thoughtful "Author Spotlight" interview with me by Sandra Odell, and an absolutely gorgeous podcast reading by Gabrielle de Cuir.
Fragment of a Regency-era SF story
Doing primary source research sometimes leads to spectacular finds. In an 1809 volume of The Lady's Magazine, I came across... well, a science fiction story.
New short story: “They’re Made Out of Corn”
I have a new short story out, the first since before some Big Life Shit that went down a few years ago. Enjoy "They're Made Out of Corn", out today from Daily Science Fiction, a continuation/pastiche of Terry Bisson's "They're Made Out of Meat."
Katherine Crighton 