Compact
My story Compact came out today in the Magic and Mischief anthology! I may have mentioned once or (cough) twice that my story The Wish Doctor won the 2024 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award. Well, Compact was a finalist for the …
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The Wish Doctor
Just a quick note to say that my story The Wish Doctor is now up and available to read on the Baen website! This is the story that won the Baen Fantasy Adventure Award, as I may have mentioned once …
Baen Award and Dragon Con
Update: Story is now available to read here. Whelp…so I am now officially an “award winning author.” I got to stand up in front of people and they gave me this really cool glass trophy! My ego would probably be …
Reprint of Graveyard
My story Graveyard was just reprinted in the Scientists of Metaphorosis collection. The story was originally printed in Metaphorosis magazine way back in 2018. I sort-of qualify as a “Scientist” in that I am often referred to as a “Computer …
2024 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Winner!
So, completely insane! A few weeks ago, I posted that I was a finalist for the Baen Fantasy Adventure Award. Well Baen just put up a press release–I am the grand prize winner for my story The Wish Doctor!!! This …
2024 Baen Fantasy Adventure Award Finalist
Wow – So, I just found out that my story The Wish Doctor is a finalist for the Baen Fantasy Adventure Awards! There are ten finalists and three awards, so purely on the math, I figure I have a 30% …
Monday’s Child
I’m a little late on this one, since I was traveling, but I had a flash (< 1,000 words) story come out last month in Flash in a Flash, which publishes a number of flash stories each month. You can …
Human Resources
My story Human Resources just came out in the Spooky Magazine Spring/Summer 2024 Issue. Eloisoft is a great place to work–good hours, tons of perks and, to be honest, the work is pretty easy. Wena’s only problem is that her …
Assembly Point
On our recent travels, we saw this sign: Went ahead and followed directions: