2019 Award Eligibility

So far, 2019 was the best year for me as an author, with four original stories and two reprints published. Find all of my original stories that are eligible for award this year below!

Into the Paddock 
    • Vogelsang — an operator of a live animal printer at a farm themed theme park — struggles against the pressures of debt, weird chickens, foul-mouthed coworkers, and international copyright law all while caring for their mother whose health is rapidly failing.
    • Short Story – 4785 words
    • Published 28 Nov 2019 by Escape Pod 
Tōhoku
    • Struggling from the grief of losing her parents in the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, Ayumi finds a way back into normal life. 
    • Flash Fiction – 500 words
    • Published 12 Nov 2019 by PodCastle
Things from Long Ago
    • Maud can remember forgotten things such as where you put your key, your piano teacher’s phone number and that her father has forgotten that he loves her mother.
    • Flash Fiction – 500 words
    • Published 28 Apr 2019 by Cast of Wonders
Recognition
  • Living in a world of automated facial recognition, David’s senses of observation and perception don’t seem to align anymore. Now he’s being stalked by a man in a strange mask
  • Short Story 2500 words
  • Published May 2019, Vol 3. Write Ahead/The Future Looms

Write Ahead/The Future Looms website

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Into the Paddock

Into the Paddock is the story of Vogelsang — an operator of a live animal printer at a farm themed theme park — who struggles against the pressures of debt, weird chickens, foul-mouthed coworkers, and international copyright law all while caring for their sick mother.

Listen to it on the Escape Pod website, at Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts!

This story is beautifully narrated and wonderfully produced. Stick around at the end for the host’s astute analysis.

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The Pink Life (La Vie En Rose) — Unfit

The Pink Life (La Vie En Rose) has been reprinted again. This time, in the pages of the stylish Unfit Magazine. If you haven’t had a chance to read this one yet, head over to Unfit Magazine, https://thinkerbeat.com, or buy Unfit directly from amazon.

As an added bonus, the original short story that spawned the award-winning novel and movie Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is in the pages of this magazine.

That’s right, The Pink Life (La Vie En Rose) was published along side of Orson Scott Card!

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Tōhoku

Podcastle is a weekly fantasy podcast featuring stories from magic realism to epic fantasy. They also pay authors professional rates. Which is why I’m happy to say that out of 220 stories, listeners and authors voted Tōhoku – a story of grief, family and coping after the 2011 Japanese tsunami- second place in the Podcastle flash fiction contest.

It will be forthcoming from PodCastle in 2019

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Recognition

Observation and perception are misaligned again. Like a pair of temporal cats, sometimes they cuddle, purring together harmoniously, sometimes they stray from one another, sometimes they quarrel.

Right now, they quarrel…

A near-future cyberpunk tale of darkness, addiction, and knowing. Coming soon from Write Ahead/The Future LoomsIMG_8236.JPG.

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The Chosen – The Pink Life (La Vie En Rose)

Shoreline of Infinity is a science fiction magazine published in Scotland. They are new to the scene, and I was lucky enough to be published in their 8th issue.

In 2018, they won the British Fantasy Society’s award for best magazine, and I couldn’t think of a more deserving winner. Editor-in-chief Noel Chidwick is a pleasure to work with. Their editorial staff works tirelessly to support the writers that are published in the magazine. They host live events, and support the arts and science fiction community of Scotland.

Also, they publish bloody great stories. The Guardian agrees:

“It’s a strong collection from an international lineup of authors, and standouts include two stories exploring the theme of virtual reality. M Luke McDonell’s “See You Later” is a poignant account of how personalised VR can be used and misused in a failing marriage, while in “The Pink Life (La Vie En Rose)” by Nathan Susnik, the protagonist gradually becomes aware of the lie promulgated by his hi-tech reality overlay…”

Give them a try. Pick up the best of their first 11 issues. Digital copies start at about $2.

These stories are chosen as worthy ambassadors for the magazine. Together they represent the character of the magazine – welcoming, challenging, enthralling,  a touch mischievous – and  of course they’re bloody good stories.

–Shoreline of Infinity

 

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