Explorer of Worlds Real and Imagined
The ballot for the 2019 Sir Julius Vogel Awards is out, and I’m delighted to see that The Voyage of the White Cloud is a finalist for Best Novel and The Martian Job is a finalist in the Best Novella category.
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards will be presented at Geysercon, New Zealand’s 40th National Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, in Rotorua, 31 May – 2 June 2019.
I am so excited to share that The Martian Job has been nominated for a Nebula Award in the brand-new Game Writing category!
I am so thrilled to be in the company of such great authors and titles! From the SFWA Nebula site:
Game Writing
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Charlie Brooker (House of Tomorrow & Netflix)
The Road to Canterbury, Kate Heartfield (Choice of Games)
God of War, Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, Cory Barlog, Orion Walker, and Adam Dolin (Santa Monica Studio/Sony/Interactive Entertainment)Rent-A-Vice, Natalia Theodoridou (Choice of Games)
The Martian Job, M. Darusha Wehm (Choice of Games)
More great news for audio fans: my space station political epic Children of Arkadia is now available on Audible. Narrated by Wesley Nelson.
Audio fans: The Voyage of the White Cloud is now available on Audible.
My new standalone science fiction novel, The Voyage of the White Cloud, is out now in paperback, ebook and audiobook.
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 you can 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.
‘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.
“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)
The Martian Job. Choice of Games. October 2018 (science fiction)
The Home for Wayward Parrots. NeWest Press. May 2018 (mainstream fiction)
The Voyage of the White Cloud. in potentia press. November 2018 (science fiction)
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!
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.
My new SF novel, The Voyage of the White Cloud, is now being serialized over on my Patreon. Each week will have a new chapter in both text and audio.
Check out the first chapter for free now!
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.
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.
Lock it in, Canada! Here are the dates for my events for The Home for Wayward Parrots in Canada this May/June:
I hope to see you there!
