Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human

In case you’re interested, here’s a list of everything that’s currently out for consideration, as of 1pm today, 4/12/16.

• SF = Science Fiction
• F = Fantasy
• H = Horror
• G = General Fiction (non-genre)

I also included a little preview of what the story is about. Sort of.

NOVELS (over 60,000 words):

• After the Apocalypse (F, superheroes)

NOVELETTES (over 10,000 words):

• “Faded Glory” (G, mistakes)
• “Memories of My Father” (SF, brains)

SHORT STORIES (over 2000 words):

• “A Breath of Freedom” (SF, cannibalism)
• “Committed to Memory” (SF, architecture)
• “Dire Diuretics” (F, your mom)
• “Dreaming of Suzanne” (H, ghosts)
• “Fifteen Years of Favor” (SF, social media)
• “Morning Commute” (SF, travel)
• “Oubliette” (F, holes)
• “Red Star” (F, buses)
• “The Cessation of Pain” (H/G, exotic dancers)
• “The Plumbers and the Princess” (F, pipes)
• “The Wilson Witch Trials” (F, witchcraft)
• “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” (F, cemeteries)

FLASH FICTION (under 2000 words):

• “Aubade” (SF, reprint, space pirates)
• “Clean Up” (F/H, reprint, vampires)
• “Five Conversations with Lieutenant Mendez” (SF, relationships)
• “New Tricks” (SF, dogs)
• “Playmate” (H, video games)
• “Section 3A” (SF, education)
• “The Birthday Party” (F, parenting)
• “Thoughts and Prayers” (SF, apps)

And here’s what’s currently being worked on:

• balls of steel (F/H, invulnerability, untitled)
• cave through a portal (F, survivalists, untitled)
• chief cook and ass-kicker (SF, disease, untitled)
• Coldwater (F, elves)
• creeping cold (H, depression, untitled)
• emperor norton steampunk story (F, steam, untitled)
• from the 800s (H/G, drugs, untitled)
• ghost vs zombie (F/H, zombies, untitled)
• king of anything (G, feminism, untitled)
• lily the witch (F, crystals, untitled)
• love in the time of facebook (G, polyamory, untitled)
• Make Me Smaller (G, spam)
• Maker (F, magic)
• matt’s laser (SF, lasers, untitled)
• mogreet (SF, parasites, untitled)
• Monkeybutt (G, families)
• neurotransmitter brother-sister superheroes (F, PVN, untitled)
• old man singing on the train (F/H, trains, untitled)
• phones rebel against smartwatches (SF/H, watches, untitled)
• “Pickled Jalapenos in a Broken World” (SF, invasion)
• “Ready or Not” (H/G, dissociation)
• “Rendezvous at Blue Valley” (SF, spices)
• “Reunion with Lady Halia” (SF, giantess)
• save point (SF/F, do-overs, untitled)
• second short-story collection (SF/F/H/G, varies, untitled)
• Space Vampires (SF/H, blood)
• star trek actor on space station (SF, elevators, untitled)
• stone circle murder (F, murder, untitled)
• “Surgical” (H, sex)
• “Terms and Conditions” (SF, apple)
• The Book in the Clock (F, books)
• the birthday party, extended version (SF/F, mini-golf, untitled)
• The Day My Grandma Saved the World (SF/F, vacations)
• “The Filter” (SF, elections)
• “The Man Who Evacuated the Planet” (SF, disaster)
• tooth fairy story (F/H, teeth, untitled)
• traitor game/story/novel (G, mansion, untitled)

I didn’t realize I had so many stories in progress. Dang. I wonder if I could parley this into a Patreon thing.