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Available for Order: Seeds of Change

Filed Under: My Writing, Speculative Fiction

The latest anthology edited by John Joseph Adams, Seeds of Change, is available for pre-order on Amazon now.    The table of contents includes Ken Macleod, Tobias S. Buckell, Jay Lake, and many more fine writers.  It also includes my story, “Arties Aren’t Stupid,” one of my personal favorites.

The origin for this story came from reading about mad gardeners in Britain creating living graffiti with blendered moss and spray bottles.  I wondered what would happen if such people had in their hands something a bit more powerful than a blender, and the story spun off of that concept.

I hope you’ll order a copy, if not for me, than for those other fine writers.   I’ve read the anthology, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Recommended Reading: The Wreck of the Grampus by Jeremy Adam Smith

Filed Under: Short Story

Lone Star Stories - The Wreck of the Grampus by Jeremy Adam Smith

“Do you understand the story, you machine? If there is an intrinsic design to the universe, humanity has not been able to find it. We must make our own, and so are most fully human when in situations that are wholly artificial.”

Picking something from this story to quote was not easy. This is one of the best, if not the best science fiction story I have read this year. It has senswunda note after senswunda note–a veritable senswunda orchestra. It has robots and deep philosophical questions and giant undersea creatures. Believable human characters, deeply human in their ways, and some deeply strange. This is a future that does not leave me cold like many post-singularity stories do, which are so common these days. In those stories, you can almost feel the silicon wrapped around you. Not here. There’s so much I want to say, so many surprising bits, but I don’t want to spoil it for anyone.

I think it’s absolutely fantastic, and the author, Jeremy Adam Smith, and Eric Marin, the editor and publisher, should have as many kudos I can throw at them. This is damned good science fiction. Read it. Let me know what you think. Let the editor and author know.

My only problem is, the author’s name is Jeremy. I can’t stand that name!

Sale: “The Yeti Behind You” to PodCastle

Filed Under: New Sale, Podcast

I’ve made my second sale to the fine folks at PodCastle–this time, they’ll be running my Fantasy Sampler story “The Yeti Behind You.” I still consider this one my best work, and haven’t managed to exceed its quality yet. It’s a very good year over here.

“This, My Body” Live on EscapePod

Filed Under: My Writing, Podcast

My story from Interzone 199, “This, My Body,” a sensual tale of sex, food and religion, is now live on Escape Pod.

I am very, very nervous about listener reaction to this one.

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Hi! My name is Jeremiah Tolbert, but you can call me Jeremy. I am a fantasy and science fiction writer, photographer, and web designer living in Northern Colorado. I am currently starting a new job and cannot take freelance work at this time. Drop me a line if you have any questions or comments. I love hearing from new people and I now have a lot more time to chat.

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Professor Welterschmidt and the Imp

Professor Welterschmidt and the Imp

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Professor Welterschmidt

Professor Welterschmidt

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Professor Welterschmidt and his Spirit Manservant

Professor Welterschmidt and his Spirit Manservant

see clockpunk.com for information. Strobist Info: Three lights! FInally got a three light setup going. One FL-36 bounced on an umbrella pointing at the background. A speedlight into a softbox camera right, up close to the foreground figure (rear figure is the same person, added from a different exposure). Finally, a Vivitar on 1/4th about 10 feet back extreme camera left as a fill.

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The Primitive Boggart

The Primitive Boggart

Dr. Roundbottom's latest discovery. You can learn more at clockpunk.com.

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Resting Dragon

Resting Dragon

Dragon flies are big enough that I can take some very high magnification shots of their faces. They look so unusual at this scale, but quite beautiful, in my opinion.

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