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COFFEE Anthology Submission Guidelines

  I’m moving forward with the COFFEE anthology  (See the cool preliminary cover above, designed by Emerson Matsuuchi). Each story must somehow involve coffee as a major plot element. It’s not enough...

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UFO2 Table of Contents

The following stories will appear in Unidentified Funny Objects 2, tentatively scheduled for a September release: Mike Resnick – On Safari Robert Silverberg – Hannibal’s Elephants Ken Liu – The MSG...

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The COFFEE Anthology Launches, Seeks Submissions & Funding

UFO Publishing launches COFFEE: Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic. We’re seeking to collect 40-50,000 words of fiction where coffee or tea is an integral part of the plot in some way. For the moment...

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Publication: The Sgovari Stratagem in Intersteallar Fiction

#SFWApro Interstellar Fiction is a semi-pro online magazine edited by Adam Crouse which launched in August of 2012. The inaugural issue included my story “A Better Tomorrow,” and I’m happy to return to...

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New Publication: The Rumination On What Isn’t in Nature

I’m thrilled to have what I consider my strongest flash story to date to be published in the journal of Nature this week. You can read the story on the web. You can also listen to it — they were also...

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Three chances to get a free copy of UFO2!

#SFWApro It’s been a busy, busy week. I shipped out several hundred copies of physical UFO book to Kickstarter supporters, distributors, and pre-orders. I set up the digital book to make it available...

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Your Coffee is Ready!

#SFWApro   Each time a new book is released into the world is a little bit like a birthday. Today I had the pleasure of e-mailing the COFFEE e-books to our Kickstarter backers, and folks who were kind...

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New Publication: “Notes on the Game in Progress, Played Almost to a Draw”

My latest flash story is out at Daily Science Fiction this week, and it is free to read online. This one is dedicated to the memory of Roger Zelazny. Those of you familiar with his “Game of Blood and...

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New Publication: A One-Sided Argument in Nature’s Futures

This week’s issue of the journal of Nature includes my SF flash story “A One-Sided Argument,” featuring crash-landed aliens, tragedy, and PTSD. You can read the story online, free of charge: click...

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New publication: “The Golem of Deneb Seven” in InterGalactic Medicine Show

“The Golem of Deneb Seven” takes place lightyears away, but at its heart is a story of family, and of civilians caught in the middle of the war they want no part of. It is especially topical now,...

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New publication: Letting Go in Daily Science Fiction

Various things have been keeping me extra-busy this week, but here’s a quick post so I can link to another one of my stories that was published this week — a flash piece “Letting Go” in Daily Science...

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Nebula Award Ballot Is Up

SFWA members received an e-mail this morning notifying them that the Nebula nomination ballot is now available, which signals the beginning of the 2015 award season. Should you wish to consider any of...

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Podcast: “A One-Sided Argument” at MedusPod

#SFWAPro “A One-Sided Argument” flash story, originally published in Nature, appears on the second episode of the new podcast MedusPod. I listened to the first episode and was impressed with the voice...

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UFO4 cover and table of contents

The fourth annual Unidentified Funny Objects anthology will contain 23 stories totaling approximately 86,000 words. Cover art by Tomasz Maronski. Interior illustrations by Barry Munden. Unidentified...

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