My novella “Goldie”, which was the cover story in Asimov’s January/February 2022 has been reprinted, again, this time in Neil Clarke‘s Forever Magazine.
This is its second reprint outing, following an appearance in Allan Kaster’s The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 last year.
This is a great opportunity to pick up the story, along with “Jaunt” by Ken Liu, and “The Empty” by Ray Nayler. Man, I’m humbled by that company that’s for sure. The excellent cover art is by Ron Guyatt. At $2.99 for the ebook of the issue, it’s an awesome deal.
While I’m mentioning the story, I’ll note that it placed second in Asimov’s annual readers’ poll. Who remembers the second place getter, right? So I’ll mention that first place went to Kristine Kathryn Rusch, who is pretty much the champion of science fiction novellas. See her (now completed) Novella Kickstarter here – which funded tremenously well and pretty quickly. Yeah, she really knows her stuff with novellas.
Goldie has always been close to my heart, so it’s great to see her out and about strutting her stuff once again.
In other news, I have a new contemporary fantasy story out now – “Everything Has Cupboards”. A quirkly little piece that was fun to write and fun to put out. Here’s the Universal book link, though it may take a few days to populate.
Everything Has Cupboards
Learning her way around the office at her new job, Milly discovers a locked cupboard door. Well that just fascinates Milly. As a child she explored everything, and that desire stayed with her.
Sometimes her curiosity creates problems. Mostly, though it creates more curiosity.
This time, though, things might just get out of hand.
A simple, fantastical short story that asks: Do we really know ourselves?
As usual $2.99 for the ebook, and $6.99 for the print book. Drop me a line if you’d like a code for a free one (which will come from Bookfunnel, via Shopify).
Also, out just a few days back, book 11 in the Captain Arlon Stoddard Series Cradle Robbers.
Royd Melgrave slams himself into an emergency vacuum suit as klaxons blast around him. The refinery station seems doomed.
When Authority investigators Captain Arlon Stoddard and his crew arrive, the refinery wreck follows an erratic orbit and little evidence remains.
What they do find only raises more questions. Questions that might turn things inside out.
ebook for $5.99, and in print for $16.99
Thanks for reading. More news in a couple of weeks.
Sean
p.s. Goldie is named for her remarkable amber eyes (which Dominic Harmon captured so well in the original cover illustration), but also, as a nod to my New Zealand homeland, after C.F. Goldie, an artist of enduring renown.
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