Category Archives: fiction
Finished Two Stories
I have a ton of stories sitting in my cloud drive that I never got around to finishing over the years. My method, when going back to them, is opening two windows: one with the original draft, and one with … Continue reading
Story Bible
Last week I started on the fourth (of what will probably be six total) draft of a sci-fi novel that’s been sitting in my “get this done eventually” folder for about 13 years. So far I’ve rewritten six chapters of … Continue reading
A Boss Fight Review
Here’s a review of Boss Fight that came to my email this week: Boss Fight is an imaginative, thought provoking collection that thrusts readers into battles both extraordinary and deeply personal. Across seventeen tales of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, … Continue reading
Choose!
I’ve been working on and off on a sci-fi choose your own adventure story where the main character dies horribly in pretty much every ending you can find. There’s a couple of good ones in there somewhere, but they’re hard … Continue reading
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Tagged choose your own adventure, interactive fiction
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I am writing, but…
I’m sure I’ve mentioned this in the past, but I write under two names — this one, and a pseudonym. I know I wrote a bunch on my fantasy novel earlier this year, but that mojo has petered out and … Continue reading
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Tagged creeping cold, pseudonym, short story
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Progress Reports
I’ve been working pretty hard on my fantasy novel — it’s up to Chapter 23 now. If you’re interested in seeing what kinds of things I’m writing in this book, the best place to do that is on my Instagram, … Continue reading
It’s over 100,000!
I have this fantasy novel I’ve been writing, on and off, since 2006. I picked it back up again in 2019 after the inaugural Multiverse convention and started rewriting it; after all, my writing has changed — hopefully for the … Continue reading
THE COMING OF THE TWO is out for consideration
After multiple drafts, multiple revisions, and a whole hell of a lot of time spent pondering what I should call it, my YA novel (formerly called “the shelit book” for lack of anything better) is finally out for consideration with … Continue reading
Here, Have Some Updates
Here are some updates that may or may not interest you: I finally, finally finished the second draft of my YA fantasy novel. Next step is the third draft, where I take all the individual chapter files, put them all … Continue reading
AFTER THE APOCALYPSE: Free Until Friday!
It’s my kid’s birthday this week, but you all get the gift: until Friday August 14, you can get a free copy of After the Apocalypse for your Kindle. You don’t have to do anything special — just go to Amazon … Continue reading
a multiverse of boss fights
Hi! Did I meet you at Multiverse? If you missed it, you should keep an eye on this space and see where you can meet me next. (I don’t have anything scheduled at the moment, but follow me on one … Continue reading
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Tagged bas-lag, boss fight, china mieville, moonworlds, multiverse, sean mcmullen, the accumulation of mere existence
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BOSS FIGHT cover reveal and preorder page
Guess what? You can now preorder your digital copy of my new collection, Boss Fight! It officially releases on October 18, but if you buy it now it’ll show up on your Kindle (or other device with a supported Kindle app) … Continue reading
BOSS FIGHT is alllllllllmost done…
I know I’m cutting it kind of close, but my new collection, Boss Fight, is just about done. I have to make one or two quick edits to the manuscript, get the final cover, and get it to the publisher. All … Continue reading
Appearance Alert: Multiversecon 2019
Fellow humans, I will be a guest of Multiversecon 2019, October 18-20 in Atlanta, GA, USA. You should come. I’ll most probably be talking about writing, and I’ll have a new book as well: Boss Fight and other stories, a collection … Continue reading
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Tagged appearance, boss fight, convention, multiversecon
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“Return to Waypoint 5”, now in audio
My far-future space opera story “Return to Waypoint 5”, first published in Black Denim Lit, has been turned into a pretty amazing full-cast audio production. Listen here. This was actually published back in early August, but I’ve been a bit sidetracked … Continue reading
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Tagged dunesteef, return to waypoint 5, the dunesteef audio fiction magazine
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An Update
Here’s an update on what’s going on in the world of my writing: I put Six of the Best on a hiatus. The site is down right now but when it comes back I’ll try to get links of all the … Continue reading
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Tagged six of the best, the shelit book, update
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“113 Feet” reprinted!
My scuba-diving sci-fi short-story “113 Feet”, which first ran on Escape Pod, has been reprinted in the new collection The Chronos Chronicles. Time travel enthusiasts should check it out at some point in the future. Get it? No? Just me? Oh well. Read it … Continue reading
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Tagged 113 feet, reprint, sci-fi, scuba diving, the chronos chronicles, time travel
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“Thoughts and Prayers”
Out today in The Arcanist: my flash fiction story about the gamification of tragedy, “Thoughts and Prayers”. I first wrote this in November 2015, after a mass shooting (I think), when I saw the outpouring of “support” on social media — … Continue reading
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Tagged the arcanist, thoughts and prayers
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AFTER THE APOCALYPSE is out now!
It’s taken years of revisions, rejections, and reuploads*, but After the Apocalypse is finally out, and you can get an electronic or print copy. Here’s how: Kindle Edition Print Edition From the back cover: Eleven years ago, a superhero named … Continue reading
Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 