Since my last forthcoming publication of 2022 is now out, it's time for my annual awards eligibility post! 2022 was very exciting for me on the writing and translation front. Several of my stories and original translations were published, and an anthology I co-edited for The Dread Machine was released, too! Please consider the following … Continue reading 2022 Awards Eligibility Post
Review Dump!
It's been a while since I've posted anything, so I thought I'd leave you some short reviews of 10 books I've read in the past month or so. 5/5 stars: Dear Sophie, Love Sophie: A Graphic Memoir in Diaries, Letters, and Lists by Sophie Lucido JohnsonI love letters, I love speculating about talking to Past … Continue reading Review Dump!
Publication — Story: “Second-Hand”
Yesterday, my new story "Second-Hand" (1,000 words) was published in Shoreline of Infinity #31!!! Pick up a copy here to read about Ingris, the proprietress of the thrift/upcycling store on the worldship El Caminante! If El Caminante sounds familiar, that's because it should—it's the same worldship where the events of my story "San Cibernético" take … Continue reading Publication — Story: “Second-Hand”
Story: San Cibernético
"San Cibernético" was my first published short story. It first appeared in the anthology The Internet Is Where The Robots Live Now, which was published on 12 November 2018 by Paper Dog Books.
Taro was almost to the Deep Belowdecks, almost free of Section RR, almost safe, when the científicos found him. Three of them sprung from a grimy hallway and tried to pin him down with rough, red-gloved hands.
"Just come with us quietly, and you won't have to worry about a thing, cariño," one of them said, her voice lilting and friendly.
Publication: Star Wars Essay!
My first essay about Star Wars has been formally published and I am SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!!! My essay, "Mara Jade, Frontier Woman: Agency in Star Wars and Influencing the Transmedia Franchise", was included in an awesome collection called Women's Space: Essays on Female Characters in the 21st Century Science Fiction Western that just came … Continue reading Publication: Star Wars Essay!
Forthcoming story + background!
My first short story, "San Cibernético", will be appearing alongside 19 other stories in the anthology The Internet Is Where the Robots Live Now, which is already available for preorder from Paper Dog Books! "San Cibernético" is about an orphan on a worldship who discovers a mummified cyborg while hiding from scientists in the Deep … Continue reading Forthcoming story + background!
Review: V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta (by Alan Moore & David Lloyd) = 4/5 V for Vendetta is a graphic novel set in a bleak near-future (to late 1980s) totalitarian British society that features extensive propaganda, ubiquitous surveillance, pervasive public corruption, no art or "culture", no non-whites or LGBTQ+ people, and concentration camps. It is not a happy … Continue reading Review: V for Vendetta
Review: The Water Knife
The Water Knife (by Pablo Bacigalupi) = 5/5 If you've ever wondered what the U.S. southwest could look like when water runs out, The Water Knife is the sci-fi book for you. Set during a regional struggle between California, Nevada, and Arizona for water rights, the third-person narrative focuses on 3 primary characters: Angel (a … Continue reading Review: The Water Knife
Review: Too Like the Lightning
Too Like the Lightning (by Ada Palmer) = 4/5 Too Like the Lightning is a sweeping science fiction epic mystery set in the utopian society of the 2400s. It is a fascinating future, where the planetary government is split across different Hives, which in turn have their own rules and social mores within the territories … Continue reading Review: Too Like the Lightning
Review: The Keeper of Isis Light
The Keeper of Isis Light (by Monica Hughes) = 4/5 The Keeper of Isis Light (KIL) introduces readers to Olwen, an orphaned teenage girl who has been raised by the Guardian in solitude on the remote, colonial outpost planet Isis. She loves to explore the planet, reveling in climbing mountains and playing with her pet … Continue reading Review: The Keeper of Isis Light