Black Cat Weekly #206

 My dieselpunk story A Breath of Fresh Air is out today in issue #206 of Black Cat Weekly magazine - my second story in this publication.

It's my 7th new story in English so far this year, which is the most I've had published for years.

Greek Quarantine

 My short story The Second Week of Quarantine, recently published at Black Cat Weekly, has been accepted by Greek magazine Ef-Zin to be published in the January issue - my first confirmed story for 2026. This will be my eighth story in that magazine, and my eleventh in Greek altogether.

A Breath of Fresh Air

 I'm very pleased to have sold a second story to Black Cat Weekly, following on from the recently-published The Second Week of Quarantine. This time it's my dieselpunk story A Breath of Fresh Air. It seemed like the ideal magazine, publishing as it does classic sci fi and historical fiction as well as new stories, and indeed the editor evidently thought the same.

A Farsi Response

 My short story In Response to Your Reader, first published in Nature magazine, has been accepted by Farsi magazine Metaphor Space. This will be my second story there, and the sixth language for this story.

Planets of Galaxy's Game

Planet (Moon)	Race	Notes
Anto	Antovian	Tree
Antorashus	Kropask
Ayoria (Lunos)	Human	Anok
Azantig	Brogian
Balan VII, VIII	Human	Jereane
Beggna, Angebb	Blucti
Blogallis	Bluman
Bluz	Blumen	Homeworld
Brog	Brogians	BIP HQ
Chalgar	Ollion
Clison II, V	Human	Oldest human colony
Cookan	Chilk
Coray IV	Coraylian	Zuke
Diad, Tornell, Cozdin	Blucti
Disom (Zhek)	Human
Duterr	Human	GSS HQ
Earth	Human	ICOJ
Faf	Faflox	Homeworld
Faralon	UGEA	Outpost
Fenatt	Zinian
Floo	Flooshy	Homeworld
Funar	Gremen
Gillor	Gilamane	Homeworld
Graff	Gremen
Grez	Gremen	Homeworld
Hadyn	Fardeen	Regional GalPol HQ
Hedroc
Hexos	Blucti	Homeworld
Hing	Brogian
Josjo	Gosgar
Kariola	Juddor
Kripta	Zolk
K'Tlin	Faflox
Lopran	Paralli
Manariakos	Human, Juddor
Narhal
Nodonta	Human, Fardeen
Nwtoths	Gosp
Nylg	Human	UGEA HQ.  Glaya
Obl G'Shezi	Geugh
Olpheus III	Human
Oraz	Juddor	GalPol HQ
Orgali	Vienturak	Homeworld
Palkot 3, 5	Blucti
Parall X	Paralli	Homeworld
Phordica IV, V	Human
Plaff	Slinfaar	Homeworld
Plard	Slinfaar
Prottiel	Wasee
Ranay	Gosp	Homeworld
Rillog	Gilamane
Rosch II (Dantis)	Blumen
Sawalla	Wasee
Simkrall	UGEA	Outpost
Soarnellat
Sosh II	Rabzid	Unaffiliated
Stipraf	Human
Sybitt	Coraylian
Timbekra	UGEA	Outpost
Tinula	Vienturak
Torkaltz (Suon)	Fardeen	Homeworld
Tseal	Zinian
Tsimk	Tsimkan	Homeworld
Ul	Paralli
Waseeun	Wasee	Homeworld
Wraniel	Ollion	Homeworld
Xela	Zinian
Zeng	Brogian
Zigelltawth	Flooshy
Zina	Zinian	Homeworld
Zolkia III	Zolk	Homeworld
Zrsectipar	Human / Zurspo
Zurspol	Zurspo	Homeworld
Zyg	Human	Newest colony

Romanian Megafauna

My flurry of Yorick story publications is set to continue, with the third story Aurochs, Cave Bears and Other Charismatic Megafauna accepted by Romanian magazine Galaxia 42 and set to appear in the August issue.

So far this year , Yorick II was published in Romanian, Yorick IV in Slovenian and published as a podcast in English, and Yorick III reprinted in English in a Slovenian magazine. 

Black Cat Weekly

Issue #198 of mixed-genre magazine Black Cat Weekly is out today and includes my short story The Second Week of Quarantine. 

It's my 6th new story in English this year, which I'm really happy with after concentrating n translations for the past few years.

Eurocon Reprint

A reprint of the original English version of Aurochs, Cave Bears and Other Charismatic Megafauna is out now in the English language Eurocon special edition of Slovenian magazine Supernova. 

This is my fourth appearance in Supernova and the fourth appearance for this story.

Galaxy's Game Galactograph

 I suspect this is not entirely clear as a screen shot, but this will help you navigate around the sector of the Galaxy as you follow Brett Hawkes and Nirf in their adventures in Galaxy's Game.