‘Communion’ to be published by Stupefying Stories

I’m delighted to say Stupefying Stories will be publishing my short science fiction story, ‘Communion‘. It should be out some time within the next year.

This was a longer story for me, about 5500 words, set in Cairns, which is in Far North Queensland in Australia. I’ve spent a fair bit of time up there for both work and holidays, enjoying the rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef and a small bar at a local beach that fewer people know about.

All of those things helped inspire the setting. Much of the story takes place on the water. Despite many movies showing arriving in major cities, like New York or London, who said aliens can’t land off the coast of Australia?