The Science of Fiction

 My short story Romeo and the Robots is out now at Nature.com , along with my brief 'story behind the story' article. It's my f...

The Spring 2025 edition of Dragon Gems is now out, including my short story Living on the Edge of Darkness . This story was partly inspired...

In belated news, I heard today that the Hindi translation of my short story Englebert was published in the December 2024 issue of popular sc...

 I've sold my short story The Second Week of Quarantine to Black Cat Weekly , an online mixed-genre magazine that published new and cla...

I'm very pleased to announce that I've sold my short story Romeo and the Robots to Nature magazine, my fifth sale to that august pu...

Part two of my serialised novel Galaxy's Game is now out at Aphelion . A Line of Dominoes continues the story of interplanetary busine...

The Romanian translation of my story Haggis, Rhino and Other Unexpected Wildlife is out in the new issue of Galaxia 42 magazine.   This is...

  Antovian Home Planet: Anto Around 1.5m tall humanoids with reddish brown wrinkled skin that makes them appear ancient and wise.  Blume...

Part I: Launching the Pinball 1.1 Arrival 1.2 Capture 1.3 Amazed 1.4 Company 1.5 Revolution Part II: A Line of Dominoes 2.1 Interruption 2.2...

The February 2025 issue of Aphelion magazine is out today, a webzine that is now in it's 28th year and has published several of my stori...