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Outside of my usual genre preoccupations (but aligned with The Detective and the Clergyman which I mentioned recently), I’m delighted to announce that The Consultations of Sherlock Holmes is available for purchase.
This is an antho of stories in which Holmes is consulted by other crime-solvers instead of being the man responsible for the mystery. In my tale, “In the Style of the Monster”, he works from home and guides the Edinburgh police.
Here’s one that just launched! Dragon Gems Summer 2023 antho, which includes my story “The Best Planned Lays” (a brand-new story which resumes the adventures of my very first fictional hero, Fred), is available for purchase.
I’ve placed a link to the Amazon page here… and here’s the cover.
Here’s a nice one I should probably have mentioned sooner. New Maps has reprinted my story “The Barber of Manaus”, a short tale that deals with how life goes on after an entire city gets rewilded.
I’ve placed the link to the New Maps site here, and leave you with the cover for inspiration.
If you’ve ever wondered about my writing process, the genres I enjoy writing in or my latest books, but HATE reading author interviews, I have good news: I was interviewed on the Discovered Wordsmiths Podcast.
So you can get all the above PLUS you can see what I sound like, what I look like, and which corner of my living room I use as the backdrop when doing this kind of thing.
It’s a stalker’s paradise!
Also good for normal, non-weird people, too, but I hope there aren’t any of those on my friends list!
Links here:
https://facebook.com/DiscoveredWordsmiths
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My story “Strange Tractors” (one of my favorite titles, since I had to study chaos theory in college) is up at Stupefying Stories. It’s a flash piece, which means that if you’ve got a few minutes and you’re in the mood for some science fiction about working stiffs in the interplanetary future, you should check this one out!
The wonderful Steven R Southard has just published an to an interview with me (focused mainly on my writing career) on his site. It’s quite interesting and involved, and I had a ton of fun answering the questions.
I’ve included the link here. So if anyone is curious about my process or even just my writing life, this is a nice place to start.
Cool news for today is that my collection This Air is available fro Pre-order on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. This is a collection I think a lot of you will enjoy. As the subtitle says, it mixes SF/F and crime, and I had a
wonderful time revisiting the stories to write the introductions to them.
Of course, I’ll let the readers be the judge of the stories, but I personally think some of my best are in here. If anyone buys it, I’d love to know if you agree (or not!)!
Sale! My story “The Year’s Last Man” will be published by Zoetic Press, which marks my second appearance in The Nonbinary Review.
I’ve been sitting on some big news for a while. I’ve sold a story to Baen Books’ new anthology Real Stories of the United States Space Force. This is extremely exciting for many reasons (Baen!!!), but most exciting of all are the wonderful authors I’ll be sharing the ToC with.
Have a look:
Arthur C. Clarke
Avery Parks
David Brin
Greg & James Benford
Gustavo Bondoni
Harry Turtledove
Henry Herz
Jody Lynn Nye
Karl Gallagher
Larry Niven
Laura Montgomery
Liam Hogan
M.T. Reiten
Marie Vibbert
Martin Shoemaker
Matt Bille
Michael Morton
Silvie Althoff
As you can imagine, I’m over the moon to be included here.
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My microfiction piece “Holding the Fort” was an honorable mention in the Stupefying Stories Nepotism contest. It’s a tiny little read, but I found it funny, and I think anyone who enjoys black humor and history will enjoy it. It’s a thirty-second read, and I have added the link here.