The second Abyss & Apex story from their archives is “Zeno’s Last Paradox” from 2005, which is one of my earliest stories. Conceived originally as a play, this remains one I would love to have a podcast version or a stage adaptation.
Category Archives: Writing
From the Archives: Night of the Manticore
It appears that Abyss & Apex is no longer charging for access to their past issues. I have three stories published there that I am very fond of, and am glad they are now free-to-read. I’ll introduce one a day here.
The first A&A story is my 2010 novelette “Night of the Manticore“. Set in the same steampunk world as “The Curse of Chimere” (Beneath Ceaseless Skies), this features Professor Tremaine Voss at a most unusual dinner that soon turns deadly. The good professor has featured in a previous story (“Sphinx!”) as well, and I have further adventures planned for him soon.
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Wresting With Gods (Tesseracts 18) 99 cent Kindle sale
There is a 99 cent sale on Feb 2, as well as an online authors event on Facebook throughout the day.
ETA: The link to the special price will be available on the Facebook page above.
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2015 Award Consideration
2014 was a good publishing year for me, with several reprints, new stories, and a poem. If you are considering something to nominate for the Aurora, Nebula, or Hugo Awards, I’ve listed my works below for your consideration.
In particular, No Sweeter Art has received some positive reviews (here, here, and here) and made it onto the Tangent Online Recommended Reading List. It’s free to read on the Internet.
My poem A Hex, With Bees is eligible for the Poetry category in the Aurora Award. You can get the Kindle edition of Tesseracts 18: Wrestling With Gods during the one-day Amazon.com and Amazon.ca sale on February 2, 2015 ($0.99 in U.S. and Canada on that day only). Can’t beat that price.
Short Stories
No Sweeter Art, Beneath Ceaseless Skies #155
A Complication on a Triassic Expedition Through Rome, AE
The Marotte, On Spec #95
A Spirited Education, Ricepaper #19.3
Poem
A Hex, With Bees, Tesseracts 18: Wrestling With Gods (Kindle edition)
To nominate for the Auroras:
Please see this Prix Aurora Awards page for details. Nominations close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, Saturday, April 25, 2015.
To nominate for the Hugos:
Membership in WorldCon required (see specifics here).
To nominate for the Nebulas:
SFWA members only (see the membership site).
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Ricepaper 19.3 (“A Spirited Education”)
My story, “A Spirited Education”, is now out on the newsstands in Ricepaper 19.3. This is one truly beautiful cover, and features other great Chinese Canadian speculative fiction authors. Check it out!
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Cosmobotica (Costi Gurgu and Tony Pi)
I’m posting this a little late, but I wrote a short story with Costi Gurgu, “Cosmobotica”, which will be published in The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk (edited by Sean Wallace) in 2015. This will be my third Mammoth story. Here’s the Table of Contents for the volume.
“The Little Dog Ohori” by Anatoly Belilovsky
“In Lieu of a Thank You” by Gwynne Garfinkle, Strange Horizons
“Cosmobotica” by Costi Gurgu & Tony Pi
“Blood and Gold” by Erin M. Hartshorn
“Thief of Hearts” by Trent Hergenrader
“Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story” by Jay Lake & Shannon Page, Clarkesworld
“Black Sunday” by Kim Lakin-Smith, Cyber Circus
“Act of Extermination” by Cirilo S. Lemos, translated by Christopher Kastensmidt,Dieselpunks
“In Lieu of a Thank You” by Gwynne Garfinkle, Strange Horizons
“Cosmobotica” by Costi Gurgu & Tony Pi
“Blood and Gold” by Erin M. Hartshorn
“Thief of Hearts” by Trent Hergenrader
“Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalyptic Love Story” by Jay Lake & Shannon Page, Clarkesworld
“Black Sunday” by Kim Lakin-Smith, Cyber Circus
“Act of Extermination” by Cirilo S. Lemos, translated by Christopher Kastensmidt,Dieselpunks
“We Never Sleep” by Nick Mamatas
“Into the Sky” by Joseph Ng
“Tunnel Vision” by Rachel Nussbaum
“Dragonfire is Brighter than the Ten Thousand Stars” by Mark Philps
“Into the Sky” by Joseph Ng
“Tunnel Vision” by Rachel Nussbaum
“Dragonfire is Brighter than the Ten Thousand Stars” by Mark Philps
“Floodgate” by Dan Rabarts
“Mountains of Green” by Catherine Schaff-Stump
“Vast Wings Across Felonious Skies” by E. Catherine Tobler
“Instead of a Loving Heart” by Jeremiah Tolbert, All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories
“The Wings The Lungs, The Engine The Heart” by Laurie Tom, Galaxy’s Edge
“Steel Dragons of a Luminous Sky” by Brian Trent
“This Evening’s Performance” by Genevieve Valentine
“Don Quixote” by Carrie Vaughn, Armored
“The Double Bind” by A.C. Wise
“Mountains of Green” by Catherine Schaff-Stump
“Vast Wings Across Felonious Skies” by E. Catherine Tobler
“Instead of a Loving Heart” by Jeremiah Tolbert, All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories
“The Wings The Lungs, The Engine The Heart” by Laurie Tom, Galaxy’s Edge
“Steel Dragons of a Luminous Sky” by Brian Trent
“This Evening’s Performance” by Genevieve Valentine
“Don Quixote” by Carrie Vaughn, Armored
“The Double Bind” by A.C. Wise
Tony Pi, F&SF Writer 