[Post originally published: Apr 29, 2025]
I'm excited to say that my novella, Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle, is finally OUT in the world! The book is available in electronic and paperback formats with an audio version coming up, narrated by Jessica Gurd.
I also wrote an essay for John Scalzi's The Big Idea talking about the ethos of the story and the two accompanying short pieces set in the same world that are part of the book.
These are some of the places where you can get it, but not all. In some places, it will still take a while to appear.
As always, if you feel inclined, feel free to leave a review or stars at GoodReads or any other place (like Amazon or the Dark Matter website itself, which accepts reviews). It will be deeply appreciated.
In 2144 AD, the generation ship Kap’s Needle left Earth to settle a new world. It all went wrong. Now, two years into a desperate return trip, the ship’s biospheres are collapsing and oxygen is nearly depleted. Life Support Manager Reva is now little more than a tax collector, deciding who gets to breathe. When Captain Horvat launches a corruption purge to cover his own failures, Reva knows she’s next. To protect her son, she must do the unthinkable: trust First Officer Torres, the woman who ruined her life, and help bring down the captain no matter how many innocent lives it costs.
Tidbits
My solarpunk short story, The Doglady and the Rainstorm, was published in Bright Green Futures 2024, an anthology with six solarpunk/climate fiction stories organized by Susan Kaye Quinn with some of the 2024 hosts of her podcast. This story is set in Rio and is about a dog walker having to deal with her own anxieties about extreme weather.
The comic book adaptation of my solarpunk short story Anticipation of Hollowness is now available in English. It's starting to pop up in several online bookstores.
My fast-paced story about burnout and overwork, We Are Burnout, published at Phano Magazine #2 is getting some love from people and got some upvotes in the Nebula Suggested Reading List.