FICTION
The Automatic City (Broken Time Blues)
A WWI vet struggles to integrate himself into the casual decadence of the twenties, but he can’t forget what he saw overseas, when he fell through the earth and entered the city beneath the surface. He no longer dreams, but what he saw there spills now into every waking moment.
About the Anthology: Sandwiched between the horrors of the two Great Wars, the 1920s stand out as a glittering, transformative spectacle in history. Spurred by World War I, waves of immigration, innovation, and cultural change surged through America and the rest of the world. Not for nothing does that era bear the names the Roaring 20s, the Golden Twenties, and the Jazz Age. It was brief, glitzy, seedy, and marked by competing tensions; perhaps destined to crash in spectacular fashion.
Published August, 2011. Available at Amazon.
The Memory Gatherer
Kera is a young survivor of the robot rebellion which took her father’s life. She secretly rebuilds her father from the memories of those who knew him, but her reasons for doing so aren’t fully clear, especially to her.
About Redstone: Redstone Science Fiction publishes quality stories from across the science fiction spectrum. We are interested in everything from post-cyberpunk to new space opera. We want to live forever. Get us off this rock.
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Published June, 2011. Available in Issue 14 of Redstone SF.
NON-FICTION
What Makes YA?
YA is hot, but what makes it different from the literature aimed at older or younger audiences? I explore key concepts that make YA unique, and relate it to what I’ve read in the slushpile at Scape.
Published November 2011. Available at Broadsheet Magazine.