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Novels
JUNCTION the wilderness-survival murder-mystery with alien beasts and geopolitics (published 2019 by Flame Tree Press)

​INTERCHANGE the speculative-biology thriller with sustainability and personal growth
(sequel to JUNCTION) (published 2021 by Flame Tree Press)
Comics
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​“First Knife” the hopeful post-apocalyptic scifi adventure (co-written by Simon Roy) (published in 2020 by Image Comics)
Self-Published novels
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FELLOW TETRAPOD the speculative-evolution office comedy about starting a restaurant, team-building, and what it’s like to be a talking animal. (beta-draft in process)

GROOM OF THE TYRANNOSAUR QUEEN
 the SF/adventure about dinosaurs and the nature of power.
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THE KINGDOMS OF EVIL  the fantasy/satire novel
Novellas
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PETROLEA a novella about conservation and love in a nest of robot dragons.
Short stories
(In the Tales from Alternate Earths 3 anthology) “Levski’s Boots” alternate history

(In “Heavy Metal Jupiters,” the zine of the Exoplanet Demographics 2020 conference) “Well, Boom” science fiction

(In the Tales from Alternate Earths 2 anthology) “The Goose’s Wing” alternate history

(In the Tales from Alternate Earths anthology) “Treasure Fleet” alternate history
 Co-Winner of the 2016 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History

(In the Tales from the Universe anthology) “The Devout Atheist” alternate history/fantasy

(In Alternate History Fiction Magazine) “Lords of the World” alternate history/science fiction
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(In the Domesticated Velociraptor Anthology) “Bataar” science fiction with dinosaurs

“Alex” science fiction short-short

“Piñata” science fiction short-short

“Land of Opportunity” science fiction short-short
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There are also a bunch of short stories on this very website!


Essays
“Writing Wrongly” a process essay about writing and cancer in the Jan 2019 edition of Apex Magazine.
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“Transportation” on trauma and fiction, from the blog of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Waiting for Publication
NEW FRONTIERS the SF/humor novel about sex and aliens.

CHARMING LIES the historical fantasy about mind-control and freedom.

THE WORLD’S OTHER SIDE the alternate history about colonization and terrorism.
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THE CENTURIES UNLIMITED the diesel-punk noir family saga with time travel and gangsters
Waiting for Completion
WEALTHGIVER an alternate history romance with geo-politics and cave-Thracians. (open to beta-readers)
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