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Tag: science fiction

Using a sensitivity reader for my latest writing project

I nightmare natural disasters. Tidal waves filling up my apartment building, floor by floor. Tornadoes suddenly appearing on the road in front […]

April 23, 2018April 23, 2018

Honoring MLK’s legacy, AWP, & other upcoming events

While the weather outside may be frightful, plenty of writers — including this one — are giving readings through the winter months […]

February 16, 2018

Science fiction as fact

The science fiction I’m writing isn’t even fiction anymore. I’ve been reading about Cape Town, Africa’s impending Day Zero and the water limits people […]

February 7, 2018February 15, 2018

My panel was chosen for Split This Rock’s 2018 poetry festival

This is another lucky year for me and literary festivals/conferences! First, my panel for AWP 2018 was accepted, now my panel for […]

November 3, 2017November 2, 2017

Another scifi poem blasts into the publishing world

Today, Calamus Journal published my poem “The martian comes to me” in their second issue. I’m always honored when my poems are accepted for […]

December 2, 2016December 2, 2016

‘Forecast: 4015’ in Nebula Rift

What happens to Washington, D.C. in the future? I envision the city’s hovering Metro as nuclear-powered in the year 4015, which gets the […]

June 3, 2016May 30, 2016

District Lit: Space Issue

District Lit, the literary magazine where I’m the Poetry Editor, is having a Space Issue! We’ve been impressed with some of the […]

December 6, 2015March 11, 2016

Short story in “Dear Robot” anthology

My short story “Duo-13-trip” was published in Dear Robot: An Anthology of Epistolary Science Fiction, edited by Kelly Jacobson. The writers in this […]

November 20, 2015March 12, 2016

Science fiction as hope

Matt Gemmel, a Scottish writer and novelist, wrote a blog post about what science fiction is. It’s inherently hopeful, he said. Despite […]

June 2, 2015June 20, 2015
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