Asimov’s Reader Award Finalist!

A few months ago, my newest short story “Theories of Flight” appeared in the November/December issue of Asimov’s Magazine. I just learned that this story placed in the top five in the annual Asimov’s reader-award poll. This is the first time a story of mine has received that honor from any magazine. Thank you, to everyone who voted for it! 🙂

Sheila Williams, Asimov’s long-time editor, asked if she could post PDFs of all the top-five stories in each fiction category so they could be easily read for Hugo (and Nebula) consideration. I agreed.

Read it online!
If you didn’t get to read “Theories of Flight” when it first came out, here’s another chance. Click here for the PDF. The story takes place in the world of my novel Memory. If you’ve read that, you’ll want to read this story. And if you read this story, I hope you’ll want to read Memory too.

Finally, if you’re eligible to vote in the Hugos or the Nebulas, I hope you’ll keep “Theories of Flight” in mind as you fill out your ballot. Later on, voting will open up for the Locus awards, and that is open to everyone, so expect another post on my eligible short fiction.

I do this post every year, for those able and interested in nominating for the annual science fiction awards, in particular the Hugos, Nebulas, and Locus awards. This year’s post is short — I have only two publications to consider.

In the short story category…

“Longing For Earth”
Find it in Infinity’s End, the final volume of the critically-acclaimed science fiction anthology series edited by Jonathan Strahan (July 2018). SFWA members are invited to download a copy from the SFWA Forum.

Also in the short story category…

“Theories of Flight”
This one is set in the world of my Campbell Memorial-award nominated novel, Memory. Find it in the November/December 2018 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction. Editor: Sheila Williams.

My newest short story, “Theories of Flight,” is now out in the November/December issue of Asimov’s magazine. This is a big issue with an impressive roster of other contributing writers including Derek Künsken, Nick Wolven, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, William Ledbetter, R. Garcia y Robertson, and more.

Have you read my novel Memory? If so, you’ll want to read “Theories of Flight.” In Memory, one of the important characters is Yaphet. “Theories of Flight” takes a look at his early life and explores how he set out on the unusual road he was destined to travel.

If you haven’t read Memory… why not?! The ebook is only $4.99, and several readers have told me it’s one of their favorite novels. Memory is a far-future adventure set on a very unusual world — and I have plans to return again to this story world very soon. So you need to catch up! 😉 You can read more about the novel here.

If you don’t have a subscription to Asimov’s it might be a bit of a challenge to acquire a copy of the magazine. The website doesn’t offer individual issues. You might be able to find copies on the magazine racks of large bookstores, if you have the privilege of living near such a rare location. If you live in the USA, it looks like you can order the current issue from Barnes & Noble. (Caution! This link will be good only until the next issue comes out!).

Or you can subscribe and support the short story marketplace!

I hope you enjoy “Theories of Flight”!

This is just a brief post to share the news that a short story I wrote last fall — in fact, I started it when I was at the Master Class Workshop — has sold to Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine! I’m thrilled that “Theories of Flight” has found such a great home.

Those of you familiar with my past work might be interested to hear that “Theories of Flight” takes place in the story world of my novel Memory, and involves a character from that novel — and that is the only hint I’m going to give!

No publication date yet, but I’ll let you know.