"The Quantum Oracle" to be featured in "Lockdown Sci-Fi #5"

 

My flash fiction story, "The Quantum Oracle" will be featured in "LOCKDOWN SCI-FI #5", a science-fiction anthology by Black Hare Press. I expect the entire book to be available to download for free. Here's the link: https://books2read.com/lockdown-scifi-5

Unity Volume 2: Angelic Series

This post, originally drafted in 2021 but never shared, announces my contributions to an anthology which has since been significantly delayed. Therefore, it is arguably timelier now, than it was then.

My contribution to the charity anthology Unity Volume 2 (proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders) will contain six angel-themed pieces! 

• Two cartoons: "2 Heaven" and "2 Tickets to Paradise";
• Three poems: "Where Angels Dance" (light verse); "Body of Proof" (a sonnet); and "Not the Whole Angel" (one of my best-liked poems, also technically a reprint*); and
• One short story (horror): "Wings of Hope", originally published in "Full Metal Horror 2" by Zombie Pirate Publishing, who have published several of my stories.

An anthology definitely worth owning, I'll post the purchase link when available. Meanwhile, here is the link to Unity, Volume 1 (also a charity volume for DwoB)

*Not the Whole Angel was first published in Dastaan World Chapter 4: Dreamscape, Sept. 16, 2018, on page 50. The once-free magazine is now defunct, and archive copies are only available for a fee.


 

"Alien Memories" selected as drabble contest finalist

Independent science-fiction publisher, Starry Eyed Press*, sponsored a 2023 sci-fi drabble contest to which I submitted a solitary entry back in August, titled "Alien Memories."

I was notified on October 17th that my entry was a finalist and that if I signed an agreement, it would be therefore included in an anthology of similarly qualified works (see image above).

Edited with update: Winners were announced on November 4.
First Place
“Robotomy” by Nikki Root
Second Place
“Burnt Things” by Dawn Colclasure
Third Place
“Alone” by Louis Hill

Winning drabbles can be read HERE on the Starry Eyed Press website.

The drabble anthology which includes my single entry, "Pocket SciFi", can be purchased on Amazon, HERE:


Starry Eyed Press' 2022 Space Opera anthology, "Cosmic Convocation" included my short story, "New Owners for Old Earth."