Cover reveal: Kakistocracy

April 19, 2023

File770 graciously hosted an exclusive cover reveal for my next novel yesterday! Kakistocracy is the sequel to The Middling Affliction with more humor, monsters, zany adventures, and snarky heroes!

Please consider placing your preorders early as this really helps. Book stores and even sites like Amazon will base their own orders on the level of interest they see from their customer base, so early orders drive the book’s success more than almost anything else!

Preorder now: [Amazon] [B&N] [Bookshop.org]

Meanwhile, here are some other recent news:

  • The Digital Aesthete hybrid anthology/zine project has launched and you can read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s story right now at Future SF. This book will be published in November and the stories posted on the Future SF website after that.
  • I’ve talked about writing with Ed Willett at the Shapers of Worlds podcast. You can listen to the interview here.
  • My Canopus-nominated “The Race for Arcadia” was reprinted in Adventures in Space, an anthology of SF stories by Chinese and English language writers.
  • UFO9 is now available in audiobook format, brilliantly narrated by Bill Yarbrough!

Unidentified Funny Objects 9 TOC

October 22, 2022

After reviewing well over 800 submissions, the following stories will appear in Unidentified Funny Objects 9, scheduled to be released in December 2022.

“The Hero of Small Things” by Amanda Saville

“Chai Noon” by Esther Friesner

“If Pages Could Blush” by Kyle A. Massa

“The Time Loop Device is Counting Down” by Beth Goder

“Crouching Swan Hidden Polka” by Jim C Hines

“Sergeant Yeti” by Gini Koch

“The Great Beyond Commands” by John Wiswell

“The Second Wish” by James Beamon

“These Three Aliens Walk into a Bar” by Simon  R. Green

“Our Most Sincere Apologies to the People of Brazil” by Jane Espenson

“Liability Insurance Policy for Immortals, Cryptids, and Other Magical Beings: Annual Newsletter” by Tina Connolly

“The Shadchen of Venus” by Lavie Tidhar

“Cory Sucks” by Auston Habershaw

“Sunnyside Daycare Employees’ Chat Log, Post Alien Takeover” by Amanda Helms

“Cooking Up Trouble” by Clif Flynt

“Right to Remain Silent” by Jody Lynn Nye

“Antie Elsie’s Compleat Guide to Heartbreak” by Tim Pratt

“The Troll Bridge” by Adam Gaylord

“Do Gumshoes Dream of Electric Sleep” by Dave Vierling

“Hell’s Bureaucracy” by David Hankins

“A Crisis of Fate” by Zach Shephard


Last Chance to Back UFO9!

July 20, 2022

There’s just over 24 hours remaining in the UFO9 kickstarter and we still have a long way to go. If you’d like to preorder a copy of this anthology (and from the stories I already have it is shaping up to be an outstanding volume), please consider doing before it’s too late!


UFO9 Live on Kickstarter and Other Awesome Books

June 21, 2022

The Unidentified Funny Objects series is back! Check out our latest volume, with hilarious stories by Simon R. Green, Jane Espenson, Esther Friesner, Lavie Tidhar, Jim Hines, and more. Don’t get left behind planetside–climb aboard the UFO with us!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufopublishing/unidentified-funny-objects-9?ref=97q2r6

And if you like your anthologies exciting, original, and found on Kickstarter you should also check out James Aquilone’s Shakespeare Unleashed, which launched roughly at the same time as my campaign:

Finally, today is the release date for Speaking Bones, Ken Liu’s fourth and final installment in the Dandelion Dynasty epic fantasy/silkpunk series. I’ve been a huge fan of these books from the start and it’s amazing to watch a nearly-decade-long journey reach a satisfying conclusion.