The serial prequel to Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber is available to read on Kindle Vella for free. Ashes to Ashes, Earth to Kaybee follows a younger Rickard (physically/chronologically; he's still as surly as ever) as he arrives on Kaybee, and navigates restarting civilization from scratch, 'aided' by a xenobiologist who values native species over invasive ones (like humans) and a coterie of billionaires who values themselves over, well, everything.

30 years have passed. 

Rickard is gone. Only his shadow remains, inhabiting a decrepit landcruiser, whose chief responsibility is to carry around his adopted great-grandson, Rick.

When one of the Billionth's trust-fund kids crashes a cruiser into the side of their hidden dome, Rick must navigate the political tides as the ruling elders of the colony vie for conflicting paths forward: attack, flee, or continue hiding. 

With society straining under too much balance, Rick may be the feather that tips the scales. All while babysitting the injured trust-fund woman who could be the key to peace, a spy, or both.

Next April I'll be standing on that stage receiving an award for 'Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber.'

And shortly afterward, Writers of the Future Volume 40, containing my story, will be found on the very shelves of Barnes & Noble and Waterstones!

Very literally a dream come true. 

I'm delighted to share that my surreal fantasy, Falling, received a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future for 1st Quarter of Volume 40. When gravity has a whoopsie, young Asuka finds herself falling sideways. It takes her all just to survive, let alone escape her endless fall and bitter loneliness.

I closed out Writers of the Future Volume 39 in Quarter 4 with my first Silver Honorable Mention (ending a streak of five 'regular' Honorable Mentions). Clouds Know No Time follows Jim, a twenty-five-year-old man trapped in the body of a ten-year-old, struggling to escape his second childhood and the grief that hangs over his family after his father's death.