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May 10, 2021
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Apart from the novels Twinmaker (aka Jump in Australia), Crashland (Crash), and Hollowgirl (Fall), I have written many, many stories concerning the teleporting technology I call “d-mat”. Some have been published in the leading magazines of the day. Some have won or been nominated for awards. Some came out in my newsletter or as guest […]
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October 14, 2015
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This story was originally a bonus in the YA Scavenger Hunt, which was kinda like the game “Guess” in Twinmaker but without the machines that could take us anywhere at a simple command. It’s a creepy conspiracy-style urban myth about boy bands and the birth of d-mat. Enjoy! “Encore” Pop stars are figures of […]
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September 13, 2015
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My 100th story is now available from Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. It charts the evolution of the urban myth concerning what happened when the first person went through d-mat. It riffs on the mutation of stories as well as the mutation of the body, using a non-standard structure and even a joke or two. Enjoy! […]
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May 7, 2015
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Here’s another dark urban myth from the Twinmaker universe. You can hear me read it here. “Artistic License” Once upon a time, people used to steal things. I know. Crazy, isn’t it? Before everything was backed up in the Air, anything lost or broken or stolen couldn’t be made again from scratch in a fabber, […]
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