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This page lists all of my published works, split by category, starting with the most recent in each.  Click the "info" links to see further details, such as the inspiration and background behind the stories.  To read those stories that have been published online, click the "read" links (these all point to external sites).  For a summary of stories available for free in various formats, see the Free Stuff page.  Stories available in audio format are collated on the Audio page.  All stories stand alone and can be read separately, but a few are connected to each other in various ways; a summary of sequels and series is shown on the Continuity page.

• The Shapes of Strangers (NewCon Press, April 2019) — info
• 14 science fiction stories, originally published between 2007 and 2018
• Escape Routes from Earth (self-published, September 2015) — info
• 14 science fiction stories, originally published between 2001 and 2014
• Maps of the Edge (self-published, November 2011) — info
• 17 science fiction stories, originally published between 1999 and 2010

• "Self-Regulation" — info
  • Published in Analog (September/October 2022)
• "Fasterpiece" — info
  • Published in Asimov's (January/February 2022)
• "Super Sprouts" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (May/June 2021)
  • Reprinted in Forever (January 2023)
• "A Singular Outrage" — info
  • Published in Again, Hazardous Imaginings edited by Andrew Fox (MonstraCity Press, December 2020)
• "The Final Ascent" — info — read
  • Published and podcasted by Clarkesworld (February 2019)
  • Reprinted in Best of British Science Fiction 2019 edited by Donna Scott (NewCon Press, July 2020)
• "Shooting Grouse" — info
  • First published in Analog (May/June 2018)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "The Equalisers" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (January/February 2018)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "And Then They Were Gone" — info
  • First published in Analog (November/December 2017)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "The Dunschemin Retirement Home for Repentant Supervillains" — info
  • First published in The Sum of Us edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law (Laksa Media, September 2017)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "After the Atrocity" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (March/April 2017)
  • Reprinted in Best of British Science Fiction 2017 edited by Donna Scott (NewCon Press, March 2018)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
  • Reprinted in Spawn of War and Deathiness edited by Tom Easton (B Cubed Press, November 2021)
  • Podcasted by StarShipSofa (#696 October 2022)
• "A Melancholy Apparition" — info
  • Published in F&SF (September/October 2016)
• "No Strangers Any More" — info — read part 1, read part 2
  • First published in Analog (July/August 2016)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
  • Reprinted and podcasted by Escape Pod (#798/#799 August 2021)
• "The Language of Flowers" — info
  • First published in Analog (May 2016)
  • Podcasted by StarShipSofa (#542 June 2018)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "Bob's No-Kill Monster Shelter" — info
  • Published in Unidentified Funny Objects 4 edited by Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing, October 2015)
• "My Time on Earth" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (October/November 2015)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "Pincushion Pete" — info
  • First published in Analog (July/August 2015)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
  • Reprinted in After Dinner Conversation (January 2024)
• "Ministry of Karma" — info
  • Published in Insert Title Here edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing, April 2015)
• "Copycrime" — info
  • Podcasted by Drabblecast (March 2015)
• "Kelly's Star" — info
  • First published in Straeon (#1 December 2014)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
• "An Exercise in Motivation" — info
  • First published in Analog (November 2014)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "Restoring the Magic" — info — read
  • First published in Neverland's Library edited by Roger Bellini (Ragnarok Publications, April 2014)
  • Reprinted in Triptych Tales (March 2016)
  • Reprinted and podcasted by Cast of Wonders (#302 May 2018)
• "Ormonde and Chase" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (June 2014)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
  • Podcasted by StarShipSofa (#533 April 2018)
• "The Shapes of Wrath" — info
  • First published in Strange Bedfellows edited by Hayden Trenholm (Bundoran Press, March 2014)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "Escape from the Andromedan Empire" — info — read
  • First published in Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show (#36 November 2013)
  • Reprinted in Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show (free sample issue, April 2015)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
• "Within These Well-Scrubbed Walls" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (October/November 2013)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
• "The Unparallel'd Death-Defying Feats of Astoundio, Escape Artist Extraordinaire" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (September 2013)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
• "Winning Veronica's Heart" — info
  • Published in Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show (#32 February 2013)
• "Joining the High Flyers" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (August 2012)
  • Podcasted by StarShipSofa (#317 December 2013)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
• "Souvenirs" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (April/May 2012)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
• "The Odour of Sanctity" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (September 2011)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
  • Podcasted by StarShipSofa (#514 December 2017)
• "How I Lost Eleven Stone And Found Love" — info
  • First published in First Contact: Digital Science Fiction Anthology 1 (June 2011)
  • Podcasted by StarShipSofa (#271 January 2013)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
  • Reprinted in Fantasy Scroll Mag (#11 February 2016)
• "I Was Nearly Your Mother" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (March 2011)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "The Prize Beyond Gold" — info — read
  • First published in Asimov's (December 2010)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
  • Reprinted and podcasted by Escape Pod (#318 November 2011)
  • Translated into Russian in Esli (August 2012)
• "Crimes, Follies, Misfortunes and Love" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (August 2010)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
• "The Report of a Doubtful Creature" — info
  • Published in Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show (#15 November 2009)
• "Erosion" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (October/November 2009)
  • Reprinted in Year's Best SF 15 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer (Eos, June 2010)
  • Reprinted in The Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 2 edited by Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 2010)
  • Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois (St. Martin's Griffin, July 2010)
  • Reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 23 edited by Gardner Dozois (Robinson, September 2010)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
  • Reprinted in 21st Century Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor/Robinson, November 2013)
  • Reprinted in Forever (October 2018)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "Digging for Paradise" — info
  • First published in Realms of Fantasy (Vol 15 Num 5, August 2009)
  • Reprinted in Shadows of a Fading World edited by Robert MacAnthony (Long Count Press, January 2014)
  • Reprinted in The Great Tome of Forgotten Relics and Artifacts edited by Julie Ann Dawson (Bards and Sages Publishing, March 2016)
• "Cut Loose the Bonds of Flesh and Bone" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (September 2008)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
• "This Is How It Feels" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (March 2008)
  • Podcasted by Escape Pod (#191 March 2009)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
• "Strawberry Thief" — info
  • First published in Weird Tales (#345 June/July 2007)
  • Published as a Kindle ebook Strawberry Thief (October 2012)
• "Memories of the Knacker's Yard" — info — read
  • First published in Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest (Volume 1 Issue 10, July 2007)
  • Podcasted by Pseudopod (#67 December 2007)
  • Reprinted in LampLight (Volume 1 Issue 1, September 2012)
  • Reprinted in LampLight Volume 1 (September 2013)
  • Collected in The Shapes of Strangers (April 2019)
• "The Golden Record" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (December 2006)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
• "The Fisherman of Northolt" — info
  • Published in Postscripts (#7 Summer 2006)
• "Silence in Florence" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (September 2006)
  • Reprinted in Year's Best SF 12 edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer (Eos, June 2007)
  • Translated into Polish in Kroki w nieznane (Steps Into the Unknown) edited by Mirek Obarski (Solaris, May 2009)
  • Podcasted by Tales of Old (#82 March 2013)
  • Podcasted by StarShipSofa (#371 January 2015)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
• "Heart of the Forest" — info
  • Published in Aberrant Dreams (#8 Summer 2006)
• "Gather all the Hours" — info
  • Published in The Dark Krypt (vol. 5 issue 3, May/June 2006)
• "The Edge of the Map" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (June 2006)
  • Podcasted by Dunesteef (July 2009)
  • Reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley (Robinson/Running Press, July 2009)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
• "The Franklin J. Berneville Memorial Trophy for Saving The World From Extreme Peril" — info
  • Published in Oceans of the Mind (issue XIX Spring 2006)
• "The Hastillan Weed" — info
  • First published in Asimov's (February 2006)
  • Podcasted by Escape Pod (#210 August 2009)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
  • Reprinted in Professor Feiff’s Compleat Pocket Guide to Xenobiology for the Galactic Traveller on the Move edited by Jessica Augustsson (Jayhenge Publishing, August 2022)
• "A Sordid Boon" — info
  • Published in Here & Now (#7 Winter 2005)
• "Infestation" — info
  • Published in Deep Magic (#43 December 2005)
• "In Profit And In Loss" — info
  • First published in TEL : Stories edited by Jay Lake (Wheatland Press, Nov 2005)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
• "Lonesome Cosmogonist" — info
  • Published in Challenging Destiny (#20 May 2005)
• "The Scaffold" — info
  • First published in On Spec (#59 Winter 2004/05)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
  • Reprinted in Scifia (#1 July 2012)
• "Cut and Pastiche" — info
  • First published in Neometropolis (#0x03 December 2004)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
• "Best In Show" — info
  • First published in Oceans of the Mind (issue XIII Fall 2004)
  • Reprinted in Comets and Criminals (April 2014)
  • Podcasted by Comets and Criminals (April 2014)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
• "Monochrome" — info
  • Published in Neometropolis (#0x02 September 2004)
• "Danny and the Quiet Police" — info
  • First published in Peridot Books (vol. 20 Winter 2003/04)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
• "Night Shift on the Support Line" — info
  • First published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (#8 Aug/Sept 2003)
  • Reprinted in Firefox News (August 2006)
  • Reprinted in Fantasy for the Throne edited by Judith K. Dial & Tom Easton (Fantastic Books, September 2018)
• "Demonstration Day" — info — read
  • First published in Oceans of the Mind (issue IX Fall 2003)
  • Reprinted in Jim Baen's Universe (Vol 1 Num 5, February 2007)
  • Podcasted by The Great Beyond (#9 & #10 September 2007)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
• "Mr Tastee" — info
  • Published in Scheherazade (#25 August 2003)
• "The Chalk Giant" — info
  • First published in Paradox (#1 Spring 2003)
  • Reprinted in Kenoma (vol. I issue 3, April 2004)
  • Reprinted in Gods & Monsters edited by Jason Andrew & Michael Dyer (Simian Publishing, April 2006)
  • Reprinted in Turn to Ash (volume 0, September 2016)
• "The Adventures of Captain Contempt in Mixed Media Installations" — info
  • First published in Alternate Species (February 2003)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
  • Reprinted in Fantasy Scroll Mag (#6 April 2015)
  • Podcasted by Fantasy Scroll Mag (May 2015)
• "Proper Names" — info
  • First published in Challenging Destiny (#15 December 2002)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
• "House Cleaning" — info — read
  • First published in Gothic.Net (November 2002)
  • Reprinted in Plan B (February 2014)
  • Reprinted in Plan B Volume III (March 2014)
• "The Doll in the Attic" — info
  • Published in The Palace of Reason (October 2002)
• "The Sounds That Come After Screaming" — info
  • First published in On Spec (#48 Spring 2002)
  • Podcasted by Pseudopod (#33 April 2007)
• "Drawing the Line" — info
  • First published in The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers edited by Michael Hemmingson (Robinson/Carroll & Graf, February 2001)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
• "Successful Delegation" — info
  • First published in Noesis (#3 June 1999)
  • Reprinted in Neo-Opsis (#1 October 2003)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)

• "You Are Not The First Minion To Disappoint Me" — info — read
  • Published in Nature (2 January 2014)
• "Live-Tweeting the Apocalypse" — info — read
  • First published in Daily Science Fiction (29 November 2012)
  • Collected in Escape Routes from Earth (September 2015)
  • Reprinted in Alternative Apocalypse edited by Debora Godfrey and Bob Brown (B Cubed Press, August 2019)
• "The Goldsmith" — info
  • Published in Shimmer (vol. 1 issue 2, Winter 2006)
• "Reality 2.0" — info
  • First published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (#15 Oct/Nov 2004)
  • Podcasted by StarShipSofa (Aural Delights #45 October 2008)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
  • Reprinted in Imaginaire (April 2013)
• "Waiting for the Long Shrink" — info — read
  • Published in Raven Electrick (September 2004)
  • Reprinted in Horror for the Throne edited by James D. Macdonald, Tom Easton, and Judith K. Dial (Fantastic Books, July 2021)
• "Toward the Cusp" — info
  • Published in Naked Snake Online (February 2004)
• "Death and Taxes" — info
  • Published in Fifth Di... (December 2003)
• "Testing, Testing..." — info
  • Published in Shortestories (November 2003)
• "Rush Hours" — info
  • First published in Planet Relish (#28 June 2003)
  • Reprinted in Triangulation: Taking Flight edited by Pete Butler (PARSEC Ink, August 2008)
  • Collected in Maps of the Edge (November 2011)
• "A Job For Life" — info
  • First published in AlienSkin (March 2003)
  • Reprinted in Triangulation: End of Time edited by Pete Butler (PARSEC Ink, August 2007)
• "Waiting for the Big Freeze" — info
  • Published in Abyss & Apex (#1 January 2003)

• "How to Build an Open-Source Deity"
  • Published in Ideomancer (vol.8 issue 3, September 2009)
• "In ancient days the constellations told ..." — read
  • Published in Astropoetica (vol. 2.3 Summer 2004)

• "A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders – A Review" — read
  • Published in Milford SF Writers Blog (2 August 2022)
• "The Genre Abyss" — read
  • Published in British Fantasy Society Journal (#22, July 2021)
  • Posted at Medium (February 2022)
• "My Book Launch Disaster" — read
  • Posted at Medium (April 2019)
• "My Best Day Out"
  • Published in Dalesman (October 2016)
• "Three Ways to Lose Weight in a Science-Fictional Universe" — read
  • Posted at Medium (February 2016)
• "Travel by Jargon" — read
  • Published in Strange Horizons (May 2003)