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Gears & God (& Me) at Worldcon 76

Posted on August 15, 2018 by nathanielwms

My box of author copies of Gears and God arrived a couple of weeks ago. I’ve also heard that people who’ve already ordered it on Amazon have received their copies in the past weeks. I’m lucky to have Borderlands Books … Continue reading →

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I’m Teaching this Summer’s SF Institute at KU

Posted on March 6, 2016 by nathanielwms

I’m currently scheduled to teach the 2nd half of the two-week Intensive Institute on Science Fiction Literature at the University of Kansas this summer. The course runs the last weeks of June and full information, including a reading list, is … Continue reading →

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Story Sold to Abyss & Apex

Posted on April 16, 2014 by nathanielwms

Last week, the awesome online science fiction magazine, Abyss & Apex, accepted some of my fiction.  My short story—”Have You Seen Lucky?”—will appear on their site in 2015. I am thrilled.  I will post a link when it is released. … Continue reading →

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A Link to My New Short Story

Posted on December 14, 2013 by nathanielwms

“Eyesores” is up and ready for reading at the online magazine Perihelion.  I’m providing a direct link to the story.  It’s around 6,000 words, and it falls into the near-future SF category–with a little martial arts, a little extremist pediatrics. I … Continue reading →

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Short Story Sold

Posted on November 20, 2013 by nathanielwms

This morning, I received an acceptance letter from the editors at Perihelion Science Fiction accepting my short story, “Eyesores,” for publication. Perihelion is a great fiction site with an emphasis on hard SF. Definitely worth checking out if you haven’t … Continue reading →

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Appearances at ConQuesT

Posted on May 11, 2013 by nathanielwms

I have some final scheduling for ConQuest, the Kansas City Science Fiction Convention.  I’ll be on panels for Hadley Rille Books and AboutSF.  My fiction reading is at 4:00-4:30 p.m. EST on Sunday the 26th.  (That’s right after the Charity … Continue reading →

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George Lucas and Pavement: My Imaginary California

Posted on March 5, 2013 by nathanielwms

When I started dating a girl from the Sacramento Valley, there were only two northern California towns I really knew and cared about. One was Stockton, the town that produced the great band Pavement.  “Cesspool,” the people who’d been there … Continue reading →

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A Kansas City Labrick in California, Part 3

Posted on February 27, 2013 by nathanielwms

It has been brought to my attention that the term “Kansas City Labrick” may in fact be a geo-social redundancy, akin to “pushy New Yorker” or “dumbass Texan”*. *Any offended Texans, please note that the last one comes directly from … Continue reading →

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Howard Waldrop Saves the Day!

Posted on February 25, 2013 by nathanielwms

If you know Howard Waldrop’s classic short story “Save a Place in the Lifeboat for Me,” (from his collection, Howard Who?) you know it pulls off a sci-fi/magical-realist blend of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the “Day the Music … Continue reading →

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A Kansas City Labrick in California*

Posted on January 15, 2013 by nathanielwms

I’m teaching The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in my Topics in the Novel: Nostalgia/Desiderium class today. Rather than wax on Twain’s approach to nostalgia, I want to wax on my nostalgia for Twain—or lack thereof. See, I grew up in … Continue reading →

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You Sell Wonderment?

Posted on December 25, 2012 by nathanielwms

I write (mostly) speculative fiction, and I’ve taught science fiction classes at University of California, Davis, including a “Nostalgia and Desiderium” novels class covering pop music and science fiction tropes.  I will intermittently post material that encompasses those endeavors. Posts usually cover one or more … Continue reading →

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