What’s New
My Gennady Malianov stories, collected for the first time as Laika’s Ghost, will be on sale soon! Visit FriesenPress’s official site page for more information. If you want a review copy, contact me and I’ll arrange to get it into your hands.
The six stories in this collection were individually very popular but were published in widely divergent outlets and formats (two appeared in audiobook format first). They form a larger story and deserve to be together, so I’m thrilled that it’s finally happening.
Also:
I completed and submitted a commissioned short story for a cool new anthology that I can’t name yet; the story is a Stapledonian romp through the next six million years. I really enjoyed the tension between that vast canvas and the very personal story I was trying to tell.
There’s an interview with me by Paul Graham Raven available on his site, Worldbuilding.Agency. There are lots of goodies about how I work and what I’m working on.
My newsletter, Unapocalyptic, is quickly gaining subscribers. I’ve been running it since October, 2023, and try to update it at least once a week. You can subscribe using the button in the top left.
What’s Next
I am working on many projects. The newsletter is taking up most of my time and I hope to release original fiction and audio readings there. Meanwhile, I am primarily focused on novellas, but I have two novels on the go plus a short story collection:
I’m writing a pre-apocalyptic novel about the future of the Arctic
My fascination with Venus has led me into an epic adventure story that is threatening to take over my life
I said here earlier that a sequel to The Million is nearly complete. I decided I didn’t like the ending (for the fifth time) and am reworking it. Sorry for the delay!
I said I would never write a time travel story, but am deep into one right now
As soon as I have publication details for upcoming releases I will put them here.
AI Art Policy
I have used AI art sparingly in this website. I’ve tried to maintain as generic or photographic a style as I can because I recognize that AI art generators are trained on the copyrighted work of working artists. I’m aware that AI such as ChatGPT and Claude are trained on my own literary output. I don’t mind, as I don’t consider them to be in competition with me, but ideally, artists whose work is used to train AI should receive financial reward for it. While all of this is being sorted out, I try to avoid emulating any particular artist’s style in these images.
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In my weekly newsletter, Unapocalyptic, I reimagine the future by reimagining science fiction’s core ideas. The purpose? To help you earn hope in the future; and, to give you tools and access to resources that’ll help you confront that future on your own terms, framed as a truly 21st project.