Forgot to announce this! Back in August, I sold my favorite short story I’ve ever written, “Red Mask,” (set in a futuristic Shanghai reminiscent of the 1930s, about a serial killer who steals young women’s faces) to one of my favorite speculative fiction magazines, Shimmer. My second fiction sale of 2015 that has the word “red” in the title. Likely forthcoming in the January 2016 issue.
Tag: Writing (English)
“The Pass” in Dimension6 (Issue 5)
You can download it here! http://keithstevenson.com/CDLblog/dimension6/
“Dark, Beautiful Force” podcast in Far Fetched Fables
Beautiful narration of “Dark, Beautiful Force” (originally in Daily Science Fiction, June 2013) here: http://farfetchedfables.com/far-fetched-fables-no-49-kristi-charish-and-jessica-may-lin/
“Red Runner vs. The Surgeon, Issue 18” to appear in Chiral Mad 3
Super proud and excited to be a part of Chiral Mad 3, alongside such badass people! Sold this story on my birthday (or, well, Pacific Daylight Time at least).
“Pickup Artist at the End of the World, Plus Stuffed Bunny” is in Flytrap!
My story “Pickup Artist at the End of the World, Plus Stuffed Bunny” is up at Flytrap. This update is more than a little late, but,
Read it here: http://www.tropismpress.com/?p=65
“Dark, Beautiful Force” is in Daily Science Fiction
“Dark, Beautiful Force” is now up at Daily Science Fiction!
You can read it here: http://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/superhero/jessica-may-lin/dark-beautiful-force
Superheroes. Love, disillusionment, and donut holes.
“Mortar Flowers” is in Nature!
My first sale ever, “Mortar Flowers,” is out today in the June 13th issue of Nature!
You can read it here: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v498/n7453/full/498266a.html (Check out the PDF version–it’s quite pretty ;)).
Well, what a crazy, wondrous journey it has been. I had 82 writing rejections at the time of the sale.
As for the story behind the story:
A few years ago, I stumbled across the concept of Sarajevo roses, and I developed a reverent fascination for this unique, deeply meaningful art form. When I then read that the concrete was being replaced in the Sarajevo and the roses were disappearing, I was struck by an instant sense of loss. I kept trying to find out who had made the roses in the first place, but I never did. That was the inspiration for the Cement Florist.
