The Pendant Lens
The Pendant Lens – published analog, September/October 2018. An unusual and intriguing work of historical science fiction.
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Category: Stories
Selected Stories
Two Hours at the Frontier
TWO HOURS AT FRONTIER (Analog, November/December 2017)- Finalist, Analog annual readers poll
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The Influence Machine
The Influence Machine – Republished: Year’s Best Science Fiction 35, ed. Gardner Dozois, 2018.
Why were the Metropolitan Police interested in quantum entanglement back in 1899?
Great story with engaging characters I hope to see again – SFRevu
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Exceptional Forces
EXCEPTIONAL FORCES (Asimov’s Magazine, February 2016)
– Republished: Dreams of the Technarion
The Andromedans will arrive and wipe us out in a few centuries, so should we be worried?
– Finalist, Asimov’s annual readers poll
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The Audience
Will humanity be doomed unless all astronauts go on creative writing courses?
Analog, June 2015
– Republished: Best Science Fiction of the Year, ed. Neil Clarke, 2016
– Republished: Year’s Best Science Fiction 33, ed. Gardner Dozois, 2016
– Republished: Year’s Top Tales of Science Fiction 8 ed, Alan Kaster (Audio) 2016
– Republished: Dreams of the Technarion
Technarion
Why was an American typist trying to save the world from computers in 1875.
– Republished: Year’s Best Science Fiction 31, ed. Gardner Dozois, 2014
– Winner (=), Interzone annual Reader’s Poll
– Republished: Dreams of the Technarion
… a strong SFnal thriller set in the milieu commonly known for steampunk – Lois Tilton, Locus
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The Firewall and the Door
We can’t yet accelerate a space probe to a tenth of the speed of light, but we already have the technology to slow it down.
A neat idea, a well-done story of space exploration, and a strong piece of advocacy for it – Lois Tilton, Locus Online
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Steamgothic
Steamgothic – Some very brave people in 1852 are about to fly the first steam powered aircraft, and diet will mean the difference between life and death.
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Ninety Thousand Horses
Nineteenth Century steam trains were fast, but could one break the sound barrier?
A Neat Thing. The author deploys his physics with authority and manages to convince me that the rocket was possible as his narrator describes it – Lois Tiltron
