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”
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...
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."
The Invasion
It began on a Tuesday. Aliens arrived, in swirling disco-ball orbs that were very shiny, and started laying waste to everything in sight and more than a few things in important bunkers. Munitions were destroyed; surrender was denied; the destruction of the world was both imminent and inevitable.
Après nous le déluge
“I feel like a stupid American,” Ben says, staring up at the glass pyramid in front of the entrance to the Louvre.
Katherine Crighton 