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Brian Burt

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Born

in Fort Wayne, Indiana, The United States

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http://www.briantburt.com

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

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As a long-time software engineer, I've always enjoyed writing code but was driven to compose other forms of alternate reality. About three decades ago (wow, I'm old), I got my first big break as an aspiring speculative fiction writer when my short story "The Last Indian War" won the L. Ron Hubbard Gold Award in the 1991 Writers of the Future contest. I continued submitting short stories to various magazines and anthologies, enjoying the process and learning a lot but "staying small" in terms of projects. Then, in 2013, my first novel -- Aquarius Rising: In the Tears of God -- was published by Double Dragon Publishing. To my surprise, it won EPIC's eBook Award for Science Fiction in 2014. I followed that first novel with a sequel -- Aquarius As a long-time software engineer, I've always enjoyed writing code but was driven to compose other forms of alternate reality. About three decades ago (wow, I'm old), I got my first big break as an aspiring speculative fiction writer when my short story "The Last Indian War" won the L. Ron Hubbard Gold Award in the 1991 Writers of the Future contest. I continued submitting short stories to various magazines and anthologies, enjoying the process and learning a lot but "staying small" in terms of projects. Then, in 2013, my first novel -- Aquarius Rising: In the Tears of God -- was published by Double Dragon Publishing. To my surprise, it won EPIC's eBook Award for Science Fiction in 2014. I followed that first novel with a sequel -- Aquarius Rising: Blood Tide -- which won the Readers Favorite Gold Medal for Science Fiction in 2016. The final novel in the Aquarius Rising trilogy, The Price of Eden, was published a year later to conclude the series. Since that novel's release, I've mostly reverted to my roots, writing a series of short stories that have been published in various anthologies.

I really enjoy writing (and reading) fiction that covers the entire spectrum of speculative fiction, from hard SF to softer, sociological science fiction, fantasy, and even the occasional horror tale. Now that Double Dragon has closed its digital doors, I've just released a collection of short fiction (Mindshards) and will soon release a consolidated volume of the Aquarius Rising Trilogy, with additional content included. What's really fun about this "refactored trilogy" effort: my sons are contributing cover art and illustrations. What a blast!

To pay the bills, I now work in cybersecurity, spending my days battling the malign forces of darkness that haunt the InterWebs. On my own time, I continue to hack my own imagination, fighting to root out the twisted tales that worm their way into the deepest recesses of my brain. My wonderful wife and three sons help me by providing (brutally) honest feedback about what works...and what amounts to an epic fail. Even the dog gets his two cents in from time to time. (It's amazing how snarky a bark can sound to a sensitive writer's ear!)

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	Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Winters by Sarena Ulibarri (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Wendy Nikel (Goodreads Author), Andrew Dana Hudson (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	In the Tears of God 3.63 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 by Algis Budrys (Editor/Contributor), Dave Wolverton (Editor / Contributor), L. Ron Hubbard (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1992 — 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
	Blood Tide 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Mindshards: A Collection 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	Price of Eden (Aquarius Rising #3) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	Resurrection Trust by Amanda Saint (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Caroline Lucas (Foreword), Brian Burt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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
	Aquarius Rising Trilogy 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
	No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save the Planet by D.A. Baden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kim Stanley Robinson, Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
	Tales From the Dream Zone by Polly Alice McCann (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Leah Kuntz (Contributor), Patrik Borosky (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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

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Brian’s Quotes

“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.

The Economist, December 4, 2003”
― William Gibson

tags: future, planning

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“When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.”
― William Gibson, Zero History

tags: design, engineering, psychoanalysis, psychology

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“Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts... A graphic representation of data abstracted from banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding...”
― William Gibson, Neuromancer

tags: cyberpunk, cyberspace, internet

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