“Sarging Rasmussen: A Report by Organic” — Podcast/Interview & More @ Starship Sofa

This week on Starship Sofa, Ton’y featuring not only an interview with me, but also a podcast version of my story “Sarging Rasmussen: A Report by Organic” (originally published in the Shine Anthology) It has a little more than the original published story had — a little metastory for the podcast version. You can check it out here, along with interviews of Larry Santoro and Robert Silverberg, and the story “For The Lover of Mechanical Minds” by Brenda Cooper. (It’s also, incidentally, my own podcast debut as I play a sleazy salesman in one of the advertisements… I’m not sure …

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Machine of Death anthology hits #1 at Amazon

I mentioned my story “Improperly Prepared Blowfish” was included in the Machine of Death anthology. It was one of the first stories I ever sold, and the book is now out. In fact, yesterday the book was #1 on Amazon, because of “a clever bit of internet marketing that urged people to buy the book on October 26th.” That makes the book, a book in which one of my stories is included, a #1 Bestseller, folks. Wow. No thanks to me, obviously, since I was busy and behind on email and forgot to post about the Oct. 26th scheme — …

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The Immersion Book of SF — Available for Preorder on Amazon

Yes, the Immersion Book of SF (edited by Carmelo Rafala and published by Immersion Press) is now available for preorder on Amazon.com. Along with Tanith Lee, Lavie Tidhar, Aliette de Bodard, and others, I have a story included in it, titled “The Broken Pathway” — a tale not only set in Korea, but in the very area where I have lived for the past five years (except, of course, it’s not set in the present day). It’s a tale of geomantic warfare, colonialism, love, regret, and harsh justice. You can find out more about my story here, and you can find out …

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Published: “The Bodhisattvas”!

If you’re up for a story about far-future Buddhists, ecological devastation, and what our descendants might think of us, check my most recent publication, “The Bodhisattvas”, which is now available over at the latest edition of Subterranean Online, guest edited by Jonathan Strahan. (Also, stories by Maureen McHugh and Tom Holt! I think more stories will be going online throughout the month so do check back on it, too.) It’s especially wonderful to share a TOC with Maureen, who I count not just as one of my teachers and  a literary hero but also as a friend.

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