Short Fiction

	Hemlock on Mars Forthcoming publication in Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction edited by Stephen Kotowych. First published in Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays edited by Julie Nováková, Lucas K. Law and Susan Forest, Laksa Media Groups, ISBN 978–1‑988140–60‑5, 2023, pp.32–50. A spacecraft on its way to Mars could be carrying a harmful terrestrial organism to the Red Planet. [Opening Scene]
	A New Brave World In Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume Three edited by Dustin Bilyk, Worldstone Publishing, ISBN 978–1778101069, 2024, pp.27–51. First published in Brave New Worlds edited by S.C. Butler and Joshua Palmatier, Zombies Need Brains, ISBN 978–1‑940709–44‑4, 2022, pp. 188–205. Also published in Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume 1 edited by Stephen Kotowych, Ansible Press, ISBN 978–0993937590, 2023, pp.87–104.Finalist for the 2023 Aurora Award for best short story. The civilization portrayed in Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel Brave New World establishes an exile settlement on an extrasolar planet orbiting a red dwarf. [Review] [Excerpt]
	Beware the Glob! In Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September/October 2023, Vol. XCIII, Nos. 9 & 10, ISSN 1059–2113, pp.36–47. A dangerous extraterrestrial creature is unleashed from its frozen Arctic slumber by climate change. [Locus Review] [Tangent Review] [Excerpt]
	Random Access Memory In Game On! edited by Stephen Kotowych and Tony Pi, Zombies Need Brains, ISBN 978–1‑940709–58‑1, 2023, pp.137–146. A strange phenomenon befalls people who play a certain slot machine. [Review] [Excerpt] First publication earnings from “Random Access Memory” were donated to the Veterans Transition Network.
	Raise the Nautilus In Extraordinary Visions: Stories Inspired by Jules Verne edited by Steven R. Southard and Matthew Hardesty, BearManor Media, ISBN 978–1‑62933–954‑2, 2023, pp.167–180. First published in 20,000 Leagues Remembered edited by Steven R. Southard and Kelly A. Harmon, Pole to Pole Publishing, ISBN 978–1‑941559–38‑3, 2020, pp.201–216. The Royal Navy attempts to salvage Captain Nemo’s submarine and retrieve an artifact that could turn the tide of the First World War. [Review] [Excerpt] [Interview]
	A Sky and a Heaven In Just Like Being There: A Collection of Science Fiction Short Stories by Eric Choi, Springer Nature, ISBN 978–3‑030–91604‑6, 2022, pp.251–302. Also published in Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People edited by Andrea D. Lobel and Mark Shainblum, Ben Yehuda Press, ISBN 978–1‑953829–80‑1, 2022, pp.127–166. Winner of the 2023 Sidewise Award for best short form alternate history and finalist for the 2023 Aurora Award for best novelette/novella. In an alternate history, Ilan Ramon works from Mission Control to try and save the crew of the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia. Based in part on the short story “The Greatest Day” (Analog, Jan/Feb 2020).
	Divisions In Hungarian translation in the January 2022 issue of Galaktika magazine edited by Attila Németh and translated by Gabriel Bagi. First published in Tesseracts6 edited by Robert J. Sawyer and Carolyn Clink, EDGE, ISBN 1–895836–32–8, 1997, pp.5–26. Finalist for the 1998 Prix Aurora Award for best short-form work in English. An alternate history in which Québec separation divides Canada – both on Earth and in space.
	Second Thoughts In Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law, ISBN 978–1‑988140–17‑9, 2021, pp.227–249. Available in hardcover (Amazon, BAM!, IndieBound, Bookshop, Book Depository), trade paperback (Amazon), and ebook (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books). Finalist for the 2022 Prix Aurora Award for best short story. We can regret, but never change, the decisions we’ve made — or can we?
	Crimson Sky In Hungarian translation in the October 2021 issue of Galaktika magazine edited by Attila Németh and translated by Gabriel Bagi. First published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July/August 2014, Vol. CXXXIV, Nos. 7 & 8, ISSN 1059–2113, pp.107–113. Winner of the 2015 Prix Aurora Award for Best Short Fiction English. A search and rescue mission on Mars takes an unexpected turn.
	The Greatest Day In Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January/February 2020 (90th Anniversary Issue), Vol. CXXXX, Nos. 1 & 2, ISSN 1059–2113, pp.92–110. Finalist for the 2020 Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Award in the category of Best Short Story as voted by the readers of Analog. An alternate history about the Space Shuttle Columbia accident. [Q&A] [Review]
	Túshūguăn In Re-Terrify edited by Kelly A. Harmon and Vonnie Winslow Crist, Pole to Pole Publishing, ISBN 978–1‑941559–31‑4, 2018, pp.9–20. Available in paperback and ebook. First published in Ricepaper, Issue 19.3, Fall 2014, ISSN 1481–9945, pp.5–9. Two young boys find an unusual treasure in a post‐apocalyptic Vancouver.
	F. — A Post‐Modern Prometheus (with Joseph McGinty) In We Shall Be Monsters edited by Derek Newman‐Stille, Renaissance Press, ISBN 978–1987963410, 2018, pp.227–246. Available in paperback and ebook. A hapless modern day Victor Frankenstein struggles to raise funding for his monstrous scientific research. [Reading] [Bonus Material]
	Most Valuable Player In Sins and Other Worlds edited by Eric S. Fomley, Shacklebound Books, ISBN 978–1729330296, 2018, pp.107–112. Available in paperback and ebook. First published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 2016, Vol. CXXXVI, No. 4, ISSN 1059–2113, pp.70–72. A washed‐up baseball star finds unexpected redemption in mathematics.
	Decrypted In Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May/June 2017, Vol. CXXXVII, Nos. 5 & 6,  ISSN 1059–2113, pp.86–90. In a world without public key cryptography, a man’s past online activities come back to haunt him.
	Fixer Upper In Science Fiction by Scientists: An Anthology of Short Stories edited by Michael Brotherton, Springer Nature, ISBN 978–3319411019, 2017, pp.161–180. Available in paperback (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble) and ebook (Amazon, !ndigo, Kobo, Google Play). A Chinese expedition attempts to revive the abandoned International Space Station. [Excerpt]
	Plot Device In Compostela: Tesseracts Twenty edited by Spider Robinson and James Alan Gardner, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy, ISBN 978–177053148–2, 2017, pp.263–272. Available in paperback (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble) and ebook (Amazon, !Indigo, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google Play). First published in Northwest Passages:  A Cascadian Anthology edited by Cris DiMarco, Windstorm Creative, ISBN 1–59093–185–2, 2005, pp.451–460. An ironic look at how artificial intelligence might impact future writers.
	She Just Looks That Way In Carbide Tipped Pens edited by Ben Bova and Eric Choi, Tor Books, ISBN 978–0–7653–3430–5, 2014, pp.256–281. Available in hardcover (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble), trade paperback (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble), ebook (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google Play) and audio book (Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Audible, Overdrive). Beauty really is more than skin deep.
	From a Stone In Far Orbit: Speculative Space Adventures edited by Bascomb James, World Weaver Press, ISBN 978–0–615959–24–5, 2014, pp.174–201.  Available in trade paperback (Amazon, Barnes & Noble) and ebook (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble, Kobo). First published in Science Fiction Age, Volume 4, Number 6, ISSN 1065–1829, September 1996, pp.76–103. Astronauts exploring an asteroid make a remarkable discovery. [SciFi4Me Interview] [Q&A with World Weaver Press]
	Dedication In Japanese translation in The Astronaut From Wyoming and Other Stories edited by Toru Nakamura, Hayakawa Publishing, ISBN 978–4–15–011769–6, 2010, pp.289–342.  First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Vol. 18, No. 12 & 13, ISSN 1055–2146, November 1994, pp.154–178. Winner of the 1994 Asimov Award (now Dell Award) for undergraduate excellence in science fiction and fantasy writing. A team of astronauts on Mars struggle to survive after their rover is damaged in a meteorite shower.
	The Son of Heaven In The Dragon and the Stars edited by Derwin Mak and Eric Choi, DAW Books, ISBN 978–07564–0618–9, 2010, pp.205–227. Available in mass market paperback (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble) and ebook (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google Play). The Chinese rocket scientist Tsien Hsue‐shen (钱学森) is persecuted during the Red Scare in America in the 1950s.
	Another’s Treasure In Footprints edited by Jay Lake and Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, ISBN 978–0–9819243–9–7, 2009, pp.115–120.  Available in trade paperback (Amazon). In the far future, alien explorers try to make sense of what we left behind at one of the Apollo landing sites.
	A Man’s Place In Space Inc. edited by Julie E. Czerneda, DAW Books, ISBN 0–7564–0147‑X, 2003, pp.82–107. Available in mass market paperback (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble) and ebook (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google Play). A cook on a lunar base becomes an unexpected hero.
	Just Like Being There In Tales From the Wonder Zone: Orbiter edited by Julie E. Czerneda, Fitzhenry and Whiteside, ISBN 1–55244–020–6, 2002, pp.1–20. Available in trade paperback (Amazon, !ndigo, Barnes & Noble). Finalist for the 2003 Prix Aurora Award for best short-form work in English. An astronaut contemplates the rewards and risks of human vs. robotic space exploration.
	The Coming Age of the Jet In Arrowdreams: An Anthology of Alternate Canadas edited by Mark Shainblum and John Dupuis, Signature Editions, ISBN 0–921–833–51–2, 1997, pp.127–144. An alternate history of Avro Canada’s legendary jet. No, not that one, the other one.