Reading with your eyes closed

I’m always keen to see my stories appear as podcasts. “Generation Gap”, originally published in Bundoran’s Aurora-nominated Lazarus Risen anthology, is no exception. It’s available now on Starshipsofa, one of the top SF audio magazines.

I’m in good company. Starshipsofa has podcast stories from such luminaries as Michael Moorcock, Joe Haldeman, Bruce Sterling, David Brin, Harry Harrison, Ted Chiang, George R. R. Martin, William Gibson, and many more.

Listen to “Generation Gap” here.

As well, I hope you’ll enjoy listening to other stories I’ve written, too. Here’s a partial list:

• Trash Talk (Escape Pod)
• A Distant Honk (Toasted Cake)
• Technicality (Centropic Oracle)
• Flight Check (Centropic Oracle)
• Two Steps Forward (Escape Pod)
• The Scent That Treason Brings (Cast of Wonders) Staff Pick!
• The Jungle Between (Cast of Wonders)
• Graveyard Shift (The Overcast)
• A Twist of Fate (The Overcast)
• Old People Rules (Cast of Wonders)
• Hard Passage (Cast of Wonders)
• Take a Good Look (Cast of Wonders)
• Off-Campus Housing (Meduspod)
• Standard Deviant (part of Lightspeed’s Women Destroy SF on Audible)
• Tough Crowd (Toasted Cake)

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Potluck or lucky-in-love, you decide

Online interactive text-based games are an interesting phenomenon of the internet and I was pleased to discover Sub-Q magazine’s contributions to the field.

My first game is out now. The Vector III’s Potluck Sign-up Sheet involves a merchant spaceship crew embroiled in relationship difficulties. The crew takes extreme action–including holding a potluck.

Play the game for free, leave a comment, and support Sub-Q by subscription or Patreon as you are able.

Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide now out!

Set your coordinates for adventure in Volume Five of the Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide! This anthology of 24 stories is for ages 9 to 14 but can be enjoyed by anyone who likes reading about smart, creative, and diverse kids.

My second appearance in this anthology series (my first was in Volume Four) involves a girl tasked with babysitting an annoying little brother on a spaceship. If it weren’t for the aliens and life-threatening disaster, it might have been a boring day!

Find the Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide at Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, or your favorite bookstore.

Easy Peasy

Common Deer Press, publishes both novels and short fiction. My story, “Easy Peasy”, came out in their Short Tails segment last month. The story originated from my memories of a rather unique dish that my mother used to serve for dinner. The recipe is included in the piece.

Geri loves two things: computational linguistics and her best friend back on the Moon. When she gets assigned sociology homework on Earth, she finds she has a lot to learn about heritage, diversity, and the basis of language itself.

Find “Easy Peasy” at the handy link here and find the ingredients for the dish at your local grocery store. Enjoy!

Constellary Tales now out!

I’m chuffed to have a story in the inaugural issue of Constellary Tales, a new pro SF venture for short fiction.

“Reaching Up, Reaching Back” is a flash piece about a relationship that’s not between parent/child, siblings, lovers, enemies, or friends–an experiment on my part. I hope you enjoy it.

Outside the Box!

What do you get when you cross Canadian downhome humor with wannabe superheroes in an alternate universe? You get my latest story, “Thinking Inside the Box”!

Fantasia Divinity’s Out of your Shadow anthology focuses on the “heroes behind the heroes” and is available in print and ebook.

Worlds Await!

I’m pleased to have a story in the next volume of Dreaming Robot’s Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide. This anthology series offers vividly futuristic adventures featuring diverse characters. Its stories will appeal to middle grade readers, teens, and grown-ups who dream of future worlds.

The fourth volume in this series, which contains my story, “Fluffy Pets are Best”, got a starred review from Kirkus. Get it from Dreaming Robot today — it makes a great Christmas gift!

The upcoming volume, the fifth in the series, contains my story, “Woomie Saves the Day”. Follow a young girl as she has an adventure with her annoying little brother on a spaceship. When things get dangerous, Kayla has to learn not to freak out. Can the cute little aliens help her find a solution?

Please help fund the 2019 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide anthology – 24 amazing science fiction stories for girls, boys and robots of all ages – send a copy to your local library today. The Kickstarter is now on: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/815743020/young-explorers-adventure-guide-volume-five-sf-ant

Thanks!