Introducing Reclusion the video game!

August 13, 2025

In January of this year I joined the new and exciting video game studio, Card Advantage Games, as a Narrative Director. I’ve been working with amazingly talented group of people on our first game — a mashup of science fiction, historical fantasy, and our protagonist’s personal growth.

This week we’ve unveiled the game and will show off an early demo at the Seattle Worldcon. We will soon have the demo video available online as well, so those who can’t attend in person are able to check it out. For now, you can visit our website and follow our social media channels.

But that’s not all! We’ve teamed up with some amazing award-winning and best-selling authors to write stories set in the world of Reclusion and produced a collectable hardcover anthology which you can only get your hands on at exclusive CAG appearances, the first of which is Worldcon!

The book includes stories by Esther Friesner, Alan Dean Foster, R.R. Virdi, Julia Vee, and me. Stop by our booth at Worldcon to get your copy, but hurry because we’re sure to run out of the daily allotment quickly.

Not going to Worldcon or missed your chance? No worries–you can get a FREE ebook of the anthology any time. Simply visit our website and join he mailing list. The EPUB file will be automatically sent to you.

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UFO10 Cover Reveal

July 31, 2025

I’m finally–finally!–moving forward with the next installment in the UFO series. Headliner invitations are going out. We plan on having a Kickstarter campaign in October and, contingent on funds raised, an open submissions window in December.

We have a small team of associate editors. If you wish to get involved by helping with any aspect of the project (reading submissions, graphics design, marketing, etc.) please let me know. These are volunteer positions, though all artists and authors contributing work are getting paid. I’ve raised the pay rate to 12 cents per word for this volume.

Stay tuned for one more really exciting anthology announcement from me in August!

Submission guidelines:

UFO Series

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Spidersong Flash Fiction Collection Published

April 18, 2025

Order Spidersong by clicking here.

I have a new short story collection out today! This little book collects 31 of my flash fiction stories. Many but not all of them were available in my two full-size short story collections, but I thought it was interesting and fun to have a little book just for people who want to read flash, and to gather many previously uncollected stories therein.

I love writing very short stories, and many of mine used to be available online for free. But Daily Science Fiction archive seems to be gone, and Nature put most of their content behind a pay wall, so this is now going to be the best way to access the stories.

I made the book very inexpensive: it’s just $2.99 for the ebook (which is also included in Kindle Unlimited), or $9.99 for the paperback.

This was also the way for me to experiment with smaller size books, perfect for novellas and other shorter projects. This book is 4.25 x 7 inches, which makes it fairly close to the old-school pocket paperbacks no one seems to be printing anymore. Here it is with the “standard” size 5.5 x 8.5 paperback for comparison.

So, please grab a copy for your collection and please leave a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads as those really help drive confidence and sales. I’d appreciate it!

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Dreidel of Dread Unleashed

November 19, 2024

Today is the official release date for the Dreidel of Dread board book! It makes a perfect holiday gift for nerds of all ages!

Please grab your copy from any of the links below.
[Direct from UFO Publishing][Amazon] [Walmart] [Ebay]

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Dreidel of Dread Board Book Kickstarter Live!

July 16, 2024

The Kickstarter campaign launched this morning and we’re already over 1/5 toward our goal. Don’t miss out on some really exciting rewards, including buttons that are limited to the first 50 backers who pledge for the print book tiers!

Even if this is not a good time for you to be spending on this at the moment, you can help by sharing the campaign with others. Thank you in advance!

go.ufopub.com/dreidel

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Translation Book Sale: Black Hole Heart and Other Stories

July 10, 2024

Fairwood Press will publish Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K.A. Teryna in late 2025! This is a collection of truly awesome short stories many of which have never been available online as they appeared in print digests like Asimov’s and F&SF or anthologies like The Best of World SF 3.

I’m very proud and honored to have translated these stories and K.A. Teryna is one of my favorite authors in any language. If you aren’t already familiar with her work check out a few of the pieces available on the web. I bet you’ll be lining up to preorder this collection after you read them!

Black Hole Heart
https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/black-hole-heart/

Copy Cat
http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/copy-cat/

Untilted
http://samovar.strangehorizons.com/2017/09/24/untilted/

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The Digital Aesthete Audiobook!

April 30, 2024

I’m very pleased to announce that the audio rights for The Digital Aesthete have been acquired by Dreamscape Media and the audiobook will be out this summer. Stay tuned!

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Your Holiday Present Is A FREE Or VERY CHEAP Copy Of THE MIDDLING AFFLICTION

December 24, 2023

My publisher is very kindly offering a pay-what-you-want copy of The Middling Affliction for a limited time. You can even grab it for absolutely FREE! Here’s some info from the Caezik SF&F and their BookBale project:

Clicking on the link below (or pasting it in your browser window) will open up our shopping cart directly. The price will be listed as $1.99 BUT feel free to change it to $0 to download it for free!

https://www.e-junkie.com/i/12obv

IMORTANT NOTE: Do not click on “Continue Shopping” in the shopping cart which will appear once you click the above link since you are not purchasing through a store, but directly from this email. For free downloads, click on “Free Checkout” on the right of the product, name. If you elect to pay any amount, Click on the “Pay with…” on the right of the product name (these options change based on the price).

Happy Readings!

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Crazy Good Sale

November 27, 2023

What can you get for $1.53 in NYC? A small cup of java at a bodega or a bagel without schmear. But what if I told you you can snag a copy of The Middling Affliction for what is basically free at Audible this week?

I don’t know how they did it and frankly I don’t care; I just love that audiobook fans have an opportunity to check out my work (and the fabulous narration by Patrick Boylan) for next to nothing. I think you do have to be an Audible monthly subscriber to get this price, but still. The sale is only good for a few days, so don’t miss it! And if you enjoy it, the sequel is discounted too (though not as much.)

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Middling-Affliction-Audiobook/B09V3HYPQB

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The Digital Aesthete published today!

November 14, 2023

Today’s software can only imitate art, but what about tomorrow?

Will true artificial intelligences be able to appreciate or even create art? Explore dystopian societies, where AI generates most of the content and human artists must eke out an existence, and utopias, where artificial minds help unlock and enhance human creativity.

Delve into the minds of robot painters, AI poets, drone forgers, and electronic theater curators. These and other possible futures are imagined by award-winning and bestselling human authors from the USA, UK, China, Ukraine, Chile, Japan, Madagascar, Brazil, Czech Republic, and Sri Lanka.

Publisher’s Weekly review

Purchase links:

Amazon
B&N ebook / paperback
Kobo
Apple

You will also be able to read the stories FOR FREE at www.future-sf.com!

One story will be unlocked every week through February 2024. You can read the introduction and stories by Adrian Tchaikovsky and Jane Espenson upon release!




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