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Rick Danforth

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.rickdanforth.com/

Twitter

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Fantasy, Science Fiction

Member Since

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Rick Danforth is an author from Yorkshire, England, where he works as a Systems Architect to fund his writing habit. His short fiction can be found in On Spec, Metastellar, and many other places. He won the BSFA Award for Audio Fiction in 2024.

In the spare time he doesn’t have, he is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, a judge for the British Fantasy Awards and an Associate Editor for Escape Pod.

He one day hopes to introduce himself as an author without feeling awkward about it.

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Average rating: 4.64 · 55 ratings · 6 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Translunar Travelers Lounge: Issue Seven: August 2022 by Aimee Ogden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bennett North (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jana P. Bianchi (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings	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
	LOLcraft: A Compendium of Eldritch Humor by Michael Cieslak (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jason P. Burnham, J. Edwin Buja it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Laughs in Space by Donna Scott (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lavie Tidhar (contributor), David Gullen (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Hexagon SF Magazine, Issue 11 by J.W. Stebner (Goodreads Author), Rick Danforth (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kym Deyn (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	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 Colored Lens: Spring 2025 by Dawn Lloyd (Editor), Tunvey Mou, Sophia Zhao 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
	Wyldblood 12 by Mark Bilsborough (Goodreads Author), Cheryl Sonnier (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Olfert (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Vivid Worlds by Donna Scott, Holly Schofield (Goodreads Author), Cécile Cristofari it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Bards and Sages Quarterly (October 2022) by Rick Danforth (Goodreads Author), Lisa Fox (Goodreads Author), Brad Goldberg (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	Schlock! Webzine: Vol 16 Issue 27 by Claudia Christian, Rick Danforth (Goodreads Author), Paul Kane (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Bards and Sages Quarterly (October 2022) by Rick Danforth (Goodreads Author), Brad Goldberg (Goodreads Author), Michelle Ann King (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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