M. Darusha Wehm

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2018 Publications

‘Tis the season… the beginning of awards season, so it’s a good time to take stock. Here’s what I (will) have published this year.

Short Fiction

“A Most Elegant Solution.” Terraform. April 2018 (science fiction)

“Daphne Disappeared.” The Dame Was Trouble. Coffin Hop Press. August 2018 (mystery/crime)

“Mistletoe and Holly.” Baby, It’s Cold Outside. Coffin Hop Press. Forthcoming (mystery/crime)

Games

The Martian Job. Choice of Games. October 2018 (science fiction)

Novels

The Home for Wayward Parrots. NeWest Press. May 2018 (mainstream fiction)

The Voyage of the White Cloud. in potentia press. November 2018 (science fiction)

The Martian Job—Interactive Novel

I’m stoked to announce that the project I’ve been working on for the last year is out this week—and you can play the demo now!

Watch the trailer… it’s awesome!

From Choice of Games:

Welcome to Mars, where one last safecracking job could nab you enough platinum to last a lifetime. But how will you pull off your heist? Do you hack into the vault, blast your way in, or finesse the locks? Can you trust your misfit team of grifters and con artists? Can they trust you?

The Martian Job is an interactive text game where you create your own character to act as the protagonist. Find out more and play the demo now at Choice of Games.

The Voyage of the White Cloud — Coming Soon!

Coming to Patreon in July as a serialized novel in text and audio, my new standalone novel The Voyage of the White Cloud.

Can home be a place you’ve never been, a place no one has ever been?

The White Cloud is the most audacious experiment the human species has ever undertaken—to search for a new Earth. The ship and its crew exist for a solitary purpose—to reach a distant planet and establish a colony. However, the vast majority of people undertaking this journey will not live to see its result, nor were they part of the decision-making process to leave.

A novel-in-stories, following the many generations who make the journey, The Voyage of the White Cloud asks how can you find meaning as a slave to destiny, a mere stepping-stone in history?

These are the stories of the most ordinary people on a most extraordinary journey.

Patrons at the Short Stuff level will get the weekly text episodes and patrons at higher levels will get access to the audio as well. All Access patrons will receive the complete ebook before the wide release in December. Find out more about my Patreon here.

PS. Look at that gorgeous cover!! From the incredible Holly Heisey.

Modern Love and other stories—Coming Soon

My short story collection Modern Love and other stories will be released in ebook and paperback worldwide on March 14, 2018. If you want it sooner, copies of the book will be available early to members at the $3/month level of my Patreon.

Two dozen tales of far away worlds, future Earths, a reality that lives beside our own.

From childhood dreams that haunt adulthood to alien creatures trapped in a never-ending cycle to visions of a future among the stars, the stories in this collection span the realms of the fantastic but with a core of humanity. You’ll find hope in dystopia, despair in perfection and one or two bug-eyed aliens.

 

Cover Reveal for The Home for Wayward Parrots

I am so excited to be able to share with you the absolutely gorgeous cover by Kate Hargreaves for The Home for Wayward Parrots! Here is the publisher’s blurb:

Accustomed to being an only child, adoptee Brian “Gumbo” Guillemot’s teenage hobby was searching for his birth parents. After years without a lead, when he finally finds his birth mother, Kim, he’s unprepared for the boisterous instant family that comes with her.

No one, besides Kim, knows anything about Gumbo’s birth father. With Kim refusing to answer any questions, Gumbo must choose whether to continue the search, even if it means alienating his few friends and both his families. And the more he learns, the more he wonders whether some things are better left unknown.

Captivating and playful, The Home For Wayward Parrots explores friendship, romance, modern families and geek pop culture with wit, compassion and extremely foul-mouthed birds.

Coming May 1, 2018!

2017 Publications — In Review

It’s that time again… year in review time. I had two original and three reprint stories published this year, two poems, and book 4 in the Dex series just came out. Not bad!

Pixels and Flesh (out now!)

“Home Sick.” Escape Pod. December 2017 (R)

“War Profiteering.” Toasted Cake. October 2017 (R)

“A Wish and a Hope and a Dream.” Cast of Wonders. September 2017 (On the Nebula Awards Suggested Reading List!)

“Preventative Maintenance.” Little Blue Marble. July 2017

“Showing the Colours.” The Overcast. March 2017 (R)

“Force Nine” Liminality. September 2017 (poem)

“if ink could flow backward” Arsenika. April 2017 (poem)

For those who are interested in such things, the original publications are eligible for nomination for the following awards:

Notes:

Stories marked (R) are reprints, and therefore ineligible for awards nominations this year.