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Steve Simpson

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Sydney, Australia

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Poetry

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Steve Simpson has never been able to work out exactly what he does, although he would probably feed the cat if he had one. He’s sold over 30 poems and short stories to publishers for various magazines and anthologies, and his Purpose of Reality illustrated collections were published by Meerkat Press in 2022. They include The Beautiful Horizon, which was a finalist for the Aurealis Awards in the Fantasy Short Story Category. Texture of Silence, with co-author Eugen Bacon, was released in 2023.

In the visual arts, artworks and videos created with his image evolution software have been shown at many exhibitions, and with data from wearable EEG (Electroencephalogram) headsets, he’s developed a system to display meaningful artworks from changing ...more

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	Love Hurts: A Speculative Fiction Anthology by Tricia Reeks (Editor), Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author), Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Travel Tales by Zach Chapman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brian Trent (Contributor), Catherine Wells (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Next by Simon Petrie (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert Porteous (Editor), Martin Livings (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantasy Scroll Magazine Issue #11 by Iulian Ionescu (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Josh Vogt (Goodreads Author), J.W. Alden (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Purpose of Reality: Solar 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stray Branch: Spring/Summer 2016 by Debbie Berk (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Richard Calaman (Illustrations), Steve Simpson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Purpose of Reality: Lunar 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tomorrow by Karen Henderson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), William R.D. Wood (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tim Jeffreys (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aurealis #58 by Dirk Strasser (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Steve Simpson (Goodreads Author), Chris Large (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Colored Lens #13 Autumn 2014 by Dawn Lloyd (Editor), Daniel Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), E. Lillith McDermott (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Darklight

Poetry & art Darklight: full artwork and technical description below.

The dream began with a melody,
an unsteady pulse.

Time was a pale mist,
a lazy shoal of raindrops.

I journeyed to another world,
and night gave way to sunlight
that trickled like honey.

A trail of feathers,
coarsely woven
scraps of cloth,
and tiny
bleached
bones,
led me
to a windswept desertscape
where time phased and dephased
through the tangl

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Texture of Silence: An Illustrated Collection of Prose Poetry

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