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Burial Books will be publishing my short story “The Gods Old and New” in an upcoming fantasy anthology (I previously sold them my story “The Storyteller Stone” for their science fiction anthology). Stay tuned for a publication date!

“The Gods Old and New” sold to Burial Books

Very happy to announce that NewMyths.com will be reprinting my story “The Book Traveler” in their upcoming anthology Janus Gates, scheduled for publication next spring. “The Book Traveler” originally appeared last summer in their Issue 67, Vol. 18. Below is a graphic from that publication.

“The Book Traveler” to be reprinted in NewMyths anthology

Very happy to announce that Amazing Stories will be reprinting my story “Journey to Anasta.” The story first appeared in Volume 3, Issue 2 of Utopia Science Fiction in Fall 2021, then collected in Utopia’s Five Year Anthology in December 2023. It was also produced as a podcast for StarShipSofa […]

“Journey to Anasta” sold to Amazing Stories

Very happy to announce that Howdy Dude Paperbacks has accepted for their forthcoming science fiction anthology my short story “The Storyteller Stone.” The anthology is currently untitled and publication won’t be for a while, but I’m looking forward it and will update here with news.

“The Storyteller Stone” sold to Howdy Dude Paperbacks

Thanks to Morris Allen, editor of Metaphorosis, I became aware of a particular new abuse of authors’ rights by Meta, the company behind Facebook. You can read about it on The Atlantic, and use their search tool to see if your work is caught up in the data set. I […]

Writers: Tell Meta They Don’t Have the Right to Use …

Very happy to announce that foofaraw has accepted for publication my flash fiction science fiction piece “The Evolution of Democracy in Four Walls.” Publication is tentatively slated for late spring. Stay tuned!

“The Evolution of Democracy in Four Walls” sold to foofaraw

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