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Lauren C. Teffeau is a speculative fiction writer based in New Mexico. Her latest release is the hopepunk eco-thriller Accelerated Growth Environment (2026) from Shiraki Press. Her desertpunk environmental fantasy novella A Hunger with No Name was published by the University of Tampa Press in 2024, named a New Mexico Book Awards Winner for Best Fantasy Novel, and took third place in the third annual Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship. Her debut novel Implanted (Angry Robot) was a finalist for the 2019 Compton Crook award for best first SF/F/H novel and named a definitive work of climate fiction by Grist. She's published over twenty short stories in speculative fiction magazines and anthologies, including the Bram Stoker-award no ...more

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	Implanted 3.86 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2018 — 9 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
	Fat Girl in a Strange Land by Kay T. Holt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bart R. Leib (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sabrina Vourvoulias (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	A Hunger with No Name 4.33 avg rating — 39 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
	The Memory Eater by Matthew Hance (Editor/Contributor), Ken Liu (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Myra R. Taylor (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Solarpunk Creatures by Christoph Rupprecht (Editor), N. R. M. Roshak, Lauren C. Teffeau (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 40 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
	Heroic Fantasy Short Stories by Philippa Semper (Foreword), M. Elizabeth Ticknor (Contributor), Kate O'Connor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.57 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror by Sara Tantlinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito (Contributor), Jo Kaplan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2022 — 6 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
	Accelerated Growth Environment 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2026 — 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
	Solar Flare: Solarpunk Stories by Patricia Bray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joshua Palmatier (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Devan Barlow 3.93 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 6 by David A. Riley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jim Pitts (Illustrator), Dev Agarwal 4.59 avg rating — 17 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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Hunger a NM Book Awards Winner!

I found out this weekend my desertpunk fantasy from University of Tampa Press is a New Mexico Book Awards Winner for Best Fantasy Novel!

NM Writers Director Lisa McCoy announcing the winners for Best Fantasy Novel at the 2026 NM Book Awards. Photo courtesy of G.S. Harrington

I couldn’t be there in person because I was on the other side of the state at the Pajarito Literary Festival (which I’ll

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After Dinner Conversation (January, 2026): Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Magazine (After Dinner Conversation Magazine Book 67)

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“...humans are fallible. Fallible for putting all their trust into the network. Fallible for not believing what they see with their own eyes. And we at Aventine use that to our advantage.”
― Lauren C. Teffeau, Implanted

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“Over-reliance on digital infrastructure. If you don't exist in the infrastructure, where do you exist?”
― Lauren C. Teffeau, Implanted

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“It's true connection has a cost...The messy infrastructure can barely keep pace with the demands of the implants place on it. Not to mention security risks., malware, and emotional bleed - the kind that incapacitates or breeds paranoia instead of bringing people together.
Drawbacks we blindly put up with in our search for efficency and escape.”
― Lauren C. Teffeau, Implanted

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