“Fix” Published, and Launching “Stuff To Read”

Well, only subscribers will see it for now, but I just got my contributors’ copies for the July 2012 issue of Asimov’s SF, which contains my short poem “Fix” (along with work by a number of other wonderful writers, including Robert Reed and Michael Blumlein, the latter an author I’ve read and admired since I first started reading speculative fiction: The Brains of Rats is still on my shelf, here in Korea!) Even better, This is the first of two appearances I’ll be making in Asimov’s this year, with my short story “The Bernoulli War” coming in the following issue …

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Listen to “Improperly Prepared Blowfish”

Well, one of the first stories I sold professionally has finally been podcast over at Machine of Death. Download/listen to it here, and my thoughts and reflections about the story here. Brett Donnelly did a great narration, and I’m pleased with it! For those who missed the news, I also have a story forthcoming in the next volume of the series, though I’ve no idea when that’s coming out…

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The Immersion Book of Steampunk and “The Clockworks of Hanyang”

While I sit on some other news that I cannot announce yet, there is something I forgot to mention in terms of a story publication! The Immersion Book of Steampunk is apparently out (since 20 September — I’m sadly a bit late), and editors Gareth D. Jones and Carmelo Rafala saw fit to include (among stories by a great list of contributors) my Korean Steampunk story, “The Clockworks of Hanyang.” (More information about the story is here, and you can get the book here (USA), or here (UK), or if you’re in Korea, it’s here. Or, you can order direct …

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The Clockworks of Hanyang

“The Clockworks of Hanyang” appeared in The Immersion Book of Steampunk, edited by Gareth D Jones and Carmelo Rafala (Immersion Press, September 2011). It was reprinted in Sean Wallace’s anthology The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures in the fall of 2014. This story was my response to the discussion I ran across in 2010 of the revisionist historiography that seemed inherent to a lot of steampunk writing and fandom. (As discussed in like this one by Charles Stross and this one by Nisi Shawl, along with this critique by Tobias Buckell and the post that brought the discussion to my attention — this one …

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“Lester Young…” in Enter A Future: Fantastic Tales from Asimov’s Science Fiction

So I just got an email from Sheila Williams that Asimov’s new Kindle-specific ebook, Enter A Future: Fantastic Tales from Asimov’s Science Fiction, is now available. It features stories by a bunch of amazing writers, namely: Connie Willis Allen Steele Kristine Kathryn Rusch Robert Reed Sara Genge Mary Rosenblum Nancy Kress Daryl Gregory Robert Silverberg (Author) … and, gasp, it also includes something by me. (My story in the collection is this one.) It’s pretty mind-blowing to be in such great company (again–this story seems to do that), and the collection is definitely worth the $7.99 US if you have a …

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