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2018 Awards Eligibility

Nominations are now open for the 2018 Nebula Awards, for SFWA members (including Associate members). This post lists my fiction eligible for the 2018 awards, and includes reading links. If you read and enjoy a story, please consider nominating it (I can’t nominate my own fiction, nor can the publishers).

I’ll write a follow-up post in a few weeks about the fiction I’ll be nominating myself — lots of great choices this year.

2018 Nebula and Hugo Eligible Fiction

Novel category

The Sky Woman (Flame Tree Press)
“wonderfully entertaining debut novel” – Compelling Science Fiction
amazon link
audible link
SFWA member forum link (Ch.1-2)

Novelette category

The Icelandic Cure (Omnidawn)
“a strong, thoughtful story that inspires hope for the future” – Publisher’s Weekly
amazon link
SFWA member forum link

Short Story category

The Equationist (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
“emotionally affecting and thought-provoking” – SF Crow’s Nest
SFWA member forum link
Purchase back issue

Targeted Behavior (Compelling Science Fiction)
read online for free

Money in the Tortoise (Intergalactic Medicine Show)
IGMS subscription link
SFWA member forum link

Plastic Eater (sfreader.com)
read online for free

The Icelandic Cure – My First Book In Print


In June of 2016 we took a short family trip to Europe, visiting my dad in France and doing some genealogy research in a small town in Italy with my mom. An unexpected highlight of the trip was a two-day stopover in Reykjavik. The cheap flights on WOW airlines lured us in, but arriving in Iceland’s capital on the day of their historic Euro cup tie with Portugal got us into the national spirit.

Something about the city must have stuck with me. On our return I wrote a investigative sci-fi thriller set in Reykjavik. I submitted the story to the Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction contest, and to my surprise it won.

This is a strong, thoughtful story that inspires hope for the future, curiosity about medical progress, and sheer terror at what might be done in its name.—Publishers Weekly

If you enjoy philosophical, plausible science fiction, I think you’ll enjoy this story. Please do me a solid and pick up a copy (or more, for friends and family). “The Icelandic Cure” is now available for purchase directly from Omnidawn, or via Amazon. And if you’ve already read the book, please take a few seconds to rate it on goodreads or amazon.

Moyer’s research into neurology and gene therapy gives Jane a credible persona. Her intellectual progress as she unearths fragments of the mystery is lovingly tied to the ever-greater—and ever more crucial—questions of self-determination. . . . Jane writes, “Who wouldn’t fix a genetic flaw or two if they could?” Beyond the human desire for personal improvement, the consequences of this technology involve systemic corruption and the preservation of our right to choose.—The Arkansas International

Speaking of plausibility, recent events made me wonder if my writing might be a little too plausible. My recently-published story “Plastic Eater” (2nd place winner of the sfreader.com contest) appears to be unfolding in real life.

One note–if you do purchase the chapbook, please retain your proof of purchase (email receipt or other) for reasons I’ll explain in a forthcoming post.

Thank you!

Book Reading at Moe’s in Berkeley: The Icelandic Cure

I’ll be reading an excerpt from my sci-fi chapbook The Icelandic Cure (winner of the 2016 Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction contest) at Moe’s in Berkeley this Friday (March 30th), alongside some fine poets. The event is a combined book release party for Omnidawn Publishing’s Spring 2018 releases.

Here’s the Facebook event page. The event starts at 7pm. Moe’s Books is at 2476 Telegraph Ave, in Berkeley.

If you’re in the East Bay or can get there easily, I hope you join us. No cover charge, and there will be food!

Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Prize


So … the big writing news I promised–I recently learned my short story/novelette The Icelandic Cure won the 2016 Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Contest for speculative short fiction. Omnidawn is an independent Bay Area press, well respected for both poetry publications and for the Fabulist Fiction annual chapbooks (the latter contest going into its sixth year).

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