Short Stuff Compilation

I put together a list of all the short fiction I've had in print, mostly so I could keep track of things myself. However, if anyone is feeling like a monomaniac completionist, look upon my works, as they say:   Year Published Publisher 2144 And All That 2013 Feast and Famine Newcon 21st Century Girl 2012 (online) Nature.com Ancien Régime […]

New Tor post and new short story now out

This just in: Another post has been diverted to the Tor site, so you can see my musings about what makes a hero a hero, and whether it always has to be an enormous sword here. Also out is the anthology "Now I Lay Me Down To Reap" which includes not only my black comedy "Good Taste" but also […]

That is not dead which…

In the Mythology panel I was on at Alt Fiction with KD Laity and Mark Chadbourn, the topic came up of writers who created their own enduring mythologies. Tolkien got an airing, of course, but also in the spotlight were writers like Tove Jansson (1) and, of course, HP Lovecraft. Mark pinned Lovecraft as almost in […]