I won a prize in the WOTF contest in 1992 and attended the workshop and awards ceremony in 1993. My story was published in Volume 9 of the annual anthology and was at that stage my highest-earning piece of fiction, by a long way. In 2003, I was invited to write an essay about life […]
A new collection of Twinmaker stories you can enjoy in bite-size chunks anywhere you have your phone – what could be better? Nothing! And it’s out right now through Tapas. All you have to do is download the app, search on my name or the title, Instant Elsewhere (it might even be on the front […]
“Star Trek’s vision becomes reality” proclaims the Physorg headline. Alas, not so much. Professor Alexander Szameit from University of Jena has for the first time demonstrated classical teleportation, which won’t beam anyone up anywhere soon, but it is definitely one small step closer to the invention of d-mat and some jolly interesting science to boot. […]
“Tyranny of Distance” is one of my favourite Twinmaker stories, inspired by the real story of a man who was killed while crossing America on foot for charity. It also references the town my mother’s family came from (one of my favourite places in the universe) and is dedicated to the memory of an old […]