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2022 Awards Eligibility

Happy New Year!

Here’s what I published this year:

SHORT STORIES

“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.

POETRY

“how to make time” in The Deadlands, March 2022. A recipe.

EXTRA

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 

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HopePunk StoryBundle

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.

The Stars and Green Magics by Novae CaelumRed Dot by Mike KarpaChildren of Arkadia by M. Darusha WehmThe Road to the Stars by Adam Gaffen

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!

The Adventures of Wil Calder by John WilkerThe Left Hand of Dog by Si ClarkeAces High, Jokers Wild: Books 1-3 by O.E. TearmannTanis Richards: Shore Leave by M. D. CooperThe Ariadne Cycle – Boxed Set by J. Scott CoatsworthThe Andlios Collection – Books 1-3 by Dave WalshCity of Kaus: Books 1-3 by Dani HootsGet the Bundle

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2021 Award Eligibility

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.

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The Qubit Zirconium is Out Today!

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.

Find out more

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Two Anthologies Out Today

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.

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The Glitter And Hope Bundle

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.

Diamondsong – Escape 01 by E.D.E. BellThe Burglar of Sliceharbor by Jason A. HoltModern Surprises by Joan Marie VerbaThe Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus by Alanna McFall

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!

Diamondsong – Capture 02 by E.D.E. BellTales of the Captain Duke – Vol. 1-4 by Rebecca DiemThe Voyage of the White Cloud by M. Darusha WehmCommunity of Magic Pens by Atthis Arts AnthologyCarpe Glitter by Cat RamboMissing Signal by Seb DoubinskyThe Legacy Human – Singularity 1 by Susan Kaye Quinn




Get the Bundle

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2019 Award Eligibility

‘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.

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Retaking Elysium Out Now

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?

Out now, Retaking Elysium, the prequel novella to The Martian Job.

Learn More

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Retaking Elysium Chapter One — Read or Listen Free

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?

Read or listen to Chapter One for free.

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Retaking Elysium — Coming in July

Coming July 23—a Patreon exclusive serial in text and audio: Retaking Elysium, a prequel to my Nebula nominated game, The Martian Job.

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?

All patrons will get the weekly chapters in text, patrons at the $2 or more level will get the exclusive audio podcast, and patrons at the $3 or more level will also get the ebook before it is released worldwide in October.

Join my Patreon here!

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