Category: Short Stories
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Why Leaving Book Reviews is Important & Every Reader Should Do It
Gas Giant Gambit has been out for over a year, and in that time it has received a number of accolades. First, it got a glowing review from Kirkus, complete with the coveted Kirkus Star. Then it was named a finalist in the American Writing Awards for Fiction: Sci-Fi. Next,…
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WIP Updates
I’m coming to the end of a brief transition period between writing projects, so it feels like an appropriate time to share an update. I currently have five writing projects in various levels of progress, some far more developed than others. Untitled Cosmic Horror WIP If you follow me on…
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The Word on the Street is “Tutubi!”
Toronto’s Word on the Street Book & Magazine Festival was this past weekend, and I was there for the full fourteen hours! Since I work from home, most days the only actual, living human being I speak out loud to is my wife Jessie (I talk to the dogs a…
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The Offspring Garden
This week I’m going to do things a little differently. Rather than blather on about a subject, I’m going to share a short story that I’m quite proud of, but never could seem to get published anywhere else. This story was written for the NYC Midnight Short Story Contest back…
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My Favorite Things to Write: Genre Mashups with a Historical Bent
Wow. Yeah. That’s a mouthful. But as I look over the projects I’ve had published, as well as those I’m currently working on, this is undeniably true. I really love writing genre mashups that have a certain (if varying) historical element. Here’s what I mean by that. Cibus City, and…
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Writing Roundup
We’re more than halfway through 2026, so it feels like a good time to share a run-down or roundup or whatever you prefer to call it of my writing so far this year! Let’s start with what’s been published! Short Stories While I have ramped up my novel writing, short…
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Visitors: A Sci-Fi Short Story
Today is one of those rare occasions where one of my short stories has been published where it can be read for free, and on the same day that I write my weekly blog! Am I using it as an excuse to not write a blog? Maybe. But I also…
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April Anticipation Brought May Flowers
Back at the beginning of April, I wrote a blog post titled Writing News & April Anticipation. And now that it’s May a lot of that anticipation has paid off, so I thought it was time for a follow up! Contest & Awards Laramie Awards I won’t bury the lead,…
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Writing News & April Anticipation
I’m just going to say it: April has the potential to be a very big month for my (still relatively early) writing career. Let’s get the things I’m anticipating out of the way, first. Contest & Awards NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge I am writing this on Monday, April 6th,…
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Goblin Steel
I am not a fantasy writer. I don’t generally read fantasy (outside the short stories submitted to Perseid Prophecies), and I don’t generally watch fantasy (outside the Peter Jackson films). But, I am trying to expand my horizons a bit. So, about eighteen months ago, I wrote a quick little…
