Here’s what I published in 2023:
Novella
Short Story
“I, Not I” in Many Worlds or the Simulacra
“Blink” (as part of Darkly Lem) in Many Worlds or the Simulacra
Explorer of Worlds Real and Imagined
Here’s what I published in 2023:
Novella
Short Story
“I, Not I” in Many Worlds or the Simulacra
“Blink” (as part of Darkly Lem) in Many Worlds or the Simulacra
I’m beside myself (and four other people) to be able to share that along with my co-writing team of Josh Eure, Craig Lincoln, Ben Murphy and Cadwell Turnbull, we’ve signed a three-book deal with Blackstone for a trilogy of multiversal political thrillers. The first book is planned to come out in late 2024.
Blackstone Publishing has also acquired another trilogy with Turnbull, as a part of Darkly Lem (which also includes authors Josh Eure, Craig Lincoln, Ben Murphy, and M. Darusha Wehm). Book 1 will be called Transmentation | Transience and is expected to release in Fall 2024.
IN A (MANY) WORLD(S)… in which people can travel between universes – entering new bodies with entire in-universe identities gifted to them by a mysterious entity known as the Simulacrum – universe-spanning societies of interdimensional travelers have arisen over thousands of years. But this unchecked expansion has been curtailed in recent centuries as these societies encounter each other with greater frequency… and friction. Now they vie for power, knowledge, wealth, and control within their many worlds (actually many universes, but… that’s just not as poetic, is it?). For fans of The Expanse Series by James S.A. Corey, The Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin, and the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer.
Darkly Lem is five authors in an impeccably-tailored trenchcoat (Josh Eure, Craig Lincoln, Ben Murphy, Cadwell Turnbull, and M. Darusha Wehm). They live in an Earth-type locality in the Central Cluster with their five kids, several spouses, and a modest menagerie, where they are at work on Many Worlds novels.
From tor.com
I’ve put together a kind of soundtrack for Hamlet, Prince of Robots. Arguably there are some spoilers in here, so if you haven’t read the book yet, you’ve been warned.
Happy New Year!
Here’s what I published this year:
“The Stars Above Eos” in Fireside, March 2022 (1700 words). A short, sweet (sad?) science fiction love story about transcending death. Content notes for body modification and death.
“A Ghost of a Chance” (8400 words) in The Stars Beyond: A Twilight Imperium Anthology from Aconyte. Groundhog Day, but it’s a first contact story.
“how to make time” in The Deadlands, March 2022. A recipe.
While not my things exactly, I would also like to draw your attention to the original stories we published at Many Worlds.
“Roamers of Tala” by Josh Eure
“True Believers” by Craig Lincoln
“And the Flower Grows and the Petal Falls and I Am Left Holding this Withered Stem” by Ben Murphy
“What Has Vanished” by Elizabeth Sinden Pipher
“Kichkandi” by Smriti Ravindra
“The Cemetery for All the Mothers Who Died Way Too Young” by Mark Galarrita
“Memento Mori” by Elliot Richards
My book Children of Arkadia is one of the core books in the brand new HopePunk StoryBundle, curated by Adam Gaffen.
Welcome to the Hopepunk bundle!
What is Hopepunk, you ask?
It’s a subgenre of speculative fiction, so it includes fantasy as well as science fiction, and it’s a reaction to the dystopian views that grimdark novels have. Where grimdark is violent and amoral, hopepunk stories feature characters who fight for positive change, communal responses to challenges, and even radical kindness. It’s an intentional ray of sunshine in what could be a bleak literary landscape. It’s taking a stand because it’s right, not because it’s profitable. It’s rebelling against an oppressive regime to improve everyone’s lot, not just your own. It emphasizes cooperation over conflict while realizing that a Happily Ever After isn’t guaranteed.
And it’s everywhere.
A few examples, you say?
How about The Martian? The classic Discworld novels? Jumping into movies, look at Black Panther. Or head to television and watch The Orville or Doctor Who. Hopepunk promises that tomorrow can be better than today, given passion and effort.
And it’s here for you today!
We’ve gathered some of the most rousing, forward-thinking, relatable Hopepunk novels on the market for you today and put them into this special bundle. Check it out!
Adam Gaffen
For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you’re feeling generous), you’ll get the basic bundle of four books in any ebook format—WORLDWIDE.
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus seven more books/boxed sets for a total of 11!
Happy New Year! Nebula, and Sir Julius Vogel Awards are open for nominations for prose, Rhysling nominations are open for poetry and Hugo nominations will open soon.
My short story “A Thorn in Your Memory” is eligible for prose.
My poem “the chrononaut” is eligible for poetry.
The Qubit Zirconium is out today in US paperback and ebook everywhere!
Alien detectives stumble across a mystery that could tear apart their patchwork planet, the Crucible, in this riotous science fantasy novel from the smash hit game, KeyForge.
Wibble & Pplimz, the Crucible’s most unusual private investigators, must set off from their office in Hub City to clear the name of a former client. Along the way, their investigation broadens from a simple accusation of theft to include a missing person, a potential murder, and a highly unusual gem. Four interlinking incidents take them across the Crucible, as they attempt to solve the case. But there’s something more sinister lurking underneath: evidence of a secret society that aims to discover the power of the Architects, and forever change the nature of the Crucible itself.
I have stories in two new anthologies out today!
KeyForge: Tales From the Crucible
Take a whirlwind tour to the incredible planet of a million fantasy races, the Crucible, in this wild science fantasy anthology from the hit new game, KeyForge.
Fireweed: Stories from the Revolution
Sixteen stories and poems of triumph, resistance, and revolution.
I’m excited to share that my book The Voyage of the White Cloud is a part of the new Glitter And Hope StoryBundle, curated by Cat Rambo!
Hope can find its origin in friendship, whether on an alien planet or a New York street corner. It can come from writing, in a myriad shades as multi-colored as the ink in which it’s inscribed. It glitters at the bottom of Pandora’s box, waiting to escape. Waiting to provide comfort and light and renewed vigor for the fight.
So this is a bundle centered on hope with a touch of glitter, rather than grit, and I hope you enjoy reading these stories as much as I did. It’s a range of flavors as well as forms: novels, including some beginnings; connected short stories; sequential novellas, and an anthology of stories connected by theme.
Cat Rambo
For StoryBundle, you decide what price you want to pay. For $5 (or more, if you’re feeling generous), you’ll get the basic bundle of four books in any ebook format—WORLDWIDE.
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $15, you get all four of the regular books, plus seven more more books, for a total of eleven!
‘Tis the season. Hugo, Nebula, and Sir Julius Vogel Awards are open for nominations for prose, and Rhysling nominations are open for poetry.
My novella “Retaking Elysium” is eligible for prose.
My poems “recursion” and “. ….. ..story .. time” are eligible for poetry.
Jules Morales’s life has always been a state of contact change. When the opportunity comes up, why not take a trip to Mars to work on the platinum mining operation—and make a load of money? But what if there is more to Mars than just a payday and an adventure?
The woman now calling herself Lisa Marie has spent her whole life trapped by the struggle to make ends meet, and sometimes held hostage by her own memories. On Mars she might finally find financial security, but will she also find something to care about today, and maybe even for the future?
Mars is a world in transition, caught in the balance between capitalist exploitation and human exploration. The first people of Mars need to find a way to build a functioning economic zone and liveable habitat on the Red Planet. But could they do more—create a community, a true new home for humanity?
Out now, Retaking Elysium, the prequel novella to The Martian Job.
I’m serializing my new novella Retaking Elysium on Patreon.
Mars is good place to reinvent yourself, isn’t it?
Jules Morales’s life has always been a state of contact change. When the opportunity comes up, why not take a trip to Mars to work on the platinum mining operation—and make a load of money? But what if there is more to Mars than just a payday and an adventure?
The woman now calling herself Lisa Marie has spent her whole life trapped by the struggle to make ends meet, and sometimes held hostage by her own memories. On Mars she might finally find financial security, but will she also find something to care about today, and maybe even for the future?
Mars is a world in transition, caught in the balance between capitalist exploitation and human exploration. The first people of Mars need to find a way to build a functioning economic zone and liveable habitat on the Red Planet. But could they do more—create a community, a true new home for humanity?