Introducing THE LONG FALL UP and Other Stories by William Ledbetter
“William Ledbetter’s stories exists at the crossroads between hard and soft: they’re full of hard space, hard choices, and hard lives, but also the soft hearts of the people who work there, make them, and live them. Bill can do more in two pages than some authors do in twenty; he’ll make you love a sweater, fear for a ship, and more. So whatever your preference, hard or soft: if Bill Ledbetter has written a story, you want to read it. Simple as that.” — Trevor Quachri, Editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine
Interstellar Flight Press is delighted to announce the publication of THE LONG FALL UP: and Other Stories by William Ledbetter!
From bestselling Nebula Award winning William Ledbetter comes a groundbreaking collection of science fiction short stories that will bend your heart like a black hole. From AI to robot medics to life on Mars, Ledbetter takes real tech, blends it with hard science fact, and invents futures full of fantastic fiction. Includes 17 previously published stories and one original story.
About the AuthorWilliam Ledbetter is a Nebula Award winning author with two novels and more than seventy speculative fiction short stories and non-fiction articles published in five languages, in markets such as Asimov’s, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Analog, Escape Pod and the SFWA blog. He’s been a space and technology geek since childhood and spent most of his non-writing career in the aerospace and defense industry. He is a member of SFWA, the National Space Society of North Texas, and a Launch Pad Astronomy workshop graduate. He lives near Dallas with his wife, a needy dog and three spoiled cats.
About the Cover ArtistVincent Sammy is a freelance illustrator who specializes in the genres of horror and science fiction. His work is a combination of traditional and digital media.
He has created artwork for publishers such as New Con Press, SST Publishers, Cemetery Dance, Jurassic London, Rosarium Publishers, and Thunderstorm Books. His work has also appeared in various publications such as Interzone, Black Static, Parsec, and Apex Magazine. He has been nominated for an “Artist of the Year” award by “This Is Horror” Awards for 2012 and 2013 He was shortlisted for a BSFA award in 2015 and the BFA Awards in 2021 and 2022. Some of his artwork has made appearances in movies such as CHRONICLE, TIGERHOUSE, and Stephen King’s THE DARK TOWER. He resides in Cape Town, South Africa, with his wife and daughter.
Find more of his work at karbonkay.wordpress.com.
“In one thousand words, William Ledbetter managed to completely captivate me with his story, ‘What I Am.’ Science fiction tales of this length rarely work for me. It’s so hard to compress solid science, plotting, and characterization into so few words. In this case, however, I was completely captivated by Oscar and his companion. The science fiction element was perfect. At the same time, Bill created a compelling situation and made me desperately care about his characters. These essential qualities are to be found in his longer works as well.” — Sheila Williams, Editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction[image error]
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