Short fiction

“A master of…tale[s] set in an atypical location, with science fiction that arrives from an unexpected direction.”

—Analog Science Fiction and Fact

“One of the smartest young SFF writers out there.”

—Jim Killen, Tor

“Inversus.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. January/February 2004: 200-226.

“The Last Resort.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. September 2009: 54-71. Finalist in the 2009 Analytical Laboratory Reader’s Poll (Best Novelette).

“Kawataro.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. June 2011: 90-103. Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 29th Annual Collection (edited by Gardner Dozois).

“The Boneless One.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. November 2011: 86-103. Selected for The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 29th Annual Collection (edited by Gardner Dozois) and the 2011 Locus Recommended Reading List. Recommended Reading in The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2012 (edited by Rich Horton). An audio version narrated by Josh Roseman is available for free on StarShipSofa.

“Ernesto.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. March 2012: 42-49. Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 30th Annual Collection (edited by Gardner Dozois). Reprinted in Lightspeed Magazine (September 2016).

“The Voices.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. September 2012: 56-67. Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 30th Annual Collection (edited by Gardner Dozois) and Recommended Reading in The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2013 (edited by Rich Horton).

“The Whale God.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. September 2013: 8-22. Cover story. Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 31st Annual Collection (edited by Gardner Dozois) and selected for the 2013 Locus Recommended Reading List. Recommended Reading in The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2014 (edited by Rich Horton).

“Cryptids.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. May 2014: 8-21. Cover story. Finalist in the 2014 Analytical Laboratory Reader’s Poll (Best Short Story). Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 32nd Annual Collection (edited by Gardner Dozois).

“Stonebrood.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. October 2015: 8-25. Lead story. Honorable Mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 33rd Annual Collection (edited by Gardner Dozois).

“Retention.” The Outer Reach. First released on December 21, 2016. Episode of audio science fiction anthology series originally released by Howl.fm. Featuring the voices of Aparna Nancherla and Echo Kellum. Available for free streaming on Maximum Fun.

“The Proving Ground.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. January/February 2017: 8-30. Cover story. Finalist in the 2017 Analytical Laboratory Reader’s Poll (Best Novella). Selected for The Year’s Best Science Fiction, 35th Annual Collection (edited by Gardner Dozois) and the 2017 Locus Recommended Reading List. Listed in the recommended reading in The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Three (edited by Neil Clarke) and in the notable stories in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (edited by N.K. Jemisin and John Joseph Adams). Ranked by Rocket Stack Rank as the top hard science fiction novella of 2017. Reprinted in Lightspeed Magazine (March 2018) and The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 and The Year’s Top Short SF Novels 8 (edited by Allan Kaster).

“The Spires.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. March/April 2018: 8-24. Lead story. Selected for the 2018 Locus Recommended Reading List. Selected for The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition (edited by Rich Horton) and The Year’s Best Hard Science Fiction Stories 3 (edited by Allan Kaster).

“At the Fall.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. May/June 2019: 182-197. Finalist in the 2019 Analytical Laboratory Reader’s Poll (Best Novelette). Selected for The Year’s Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020 (edited by Jonathan Strahan), The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 Edition (edited by Rich Horton), The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 4 (edited by Allan Kaster), and The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Five (edited by Neil Clarke). Ranked by Rocket Stack Rank as the top hard science fiction story of 2019.

“Retention.” Analog Science Fiction and Fact. July/August 2020: 108-112.

“Singularity Day.” Curious Fictions. October 11, 2020. Featured story.

The thirteen stories originally published in Analog are also available in the audio original collection Syndromes (Recorded Books), featuring narration by Jonathan Todd Ross and Catherine Ho.