short fiction – Jeff Carlson

March 31, 2017

New sci fi anthology !!!

Today I’m actually on time! Amazing!

My short story “Pressure” leads off a new sci fi anthology called At The Helm, which is for sale on Kindle today. Below is the snappy description. Here is the space battle cover art. 🙂

Interstellar journeys. Epic battles. Artificial Intelligence’s longing for meaning. Life as we know it, ending…

Sci-Fi Bridge is thrilled to present its first collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories span the near and far future. They transport you to worlds unknown. They examine today’s fears amid tomorrow’s technologies. From the far corners of the galaxy to the inner reaches of the human heart, the exciting stories in At the Helm will thrill, inspire, and make you wonder–do humans have what it takes to build a better future? Or are we doomed by our own failings?

Foreword by Samuel Peralta.
“Pressure” by Jeff Carlson. First published in Strange Horizons.
“This Long Vigil” by Rhett Bruno. First published in Perihelion Science Fiction Magazine.
“Gao Yao Engine” by Rachel Aukes.
“Brood Company” by Steve Beaulieu & Aaron Hall.
“Life” by Daniel Arenson.
“I, Caroline” by David Bruns.
“Unconditional” by Chris Pourteau.
“Lara QR” by Bob Mayer.
“Carindi” by Jennifer Foehner Wells.
“Into the Dark” by Robert Kroese.
“Pete, Popeye and Olive” by Jamie McFarlane.
“Codename Delphi” by Linda Nagata. First appeared in Lightspeed Magazine.
“Patchworker” by M. Pax.
“Dark Space: A Chance Encounter” by Jasper T. Scott.

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April 16, 2016April 16, 2016

Updates & Errata

We’re heading into the final day-and-a-half of the big ebook sale! See info again here.
My German is not what it should be since my wife is German! In the new Visionarium anthology, the title of my short story “Pressure” is “Druck,” not Die Austrocknun.” My bad. 😛
I really am actually kinda finally for real getting to the end of Frozen Sky 3. Yesterday I went over 600 pages (this is writer math; the book is now 600 manuscript pages long after boiling the previously-written 580 pages back down to 540 pages to keep it mean and tight), which means FS3 is officially longer than Interrupt. FS3 is loaded with aliens and bad guys and astrophysics and politics and space battles and shocking revelations about the evolution of life on Europa. That’s right!!! It’s a sci fi thriller!!!!!
This poor schlep is FNEE Lieutenant Pereira. You do not want to be him.

April 8, 2016

Fun News From Germany

My short story “Die Austrocknun,” probably better known as “Pressure,” has been translated into German in an Austrian anthology series called Visionarium.

If you’re in the Fatherland, you can find it in print and on Kindle. Or if you’re bilingual, it’s also in the U.S. 😉

February 13, 2016

“Long Eyes” Audiobooks!!!

Or… Nobody Ever Tells Me Nuthin’… 😉

Many moons ago, Audible bought audio rights to my short story collection Long Eyes. After signing contracts, that was the last I heard of it except to learn that the smooth-voiced Chris Snelgrove was producing and narrating. Sweet.

Way behind the curve as usual, I recently discovered these fun covers for the individual stories and essays.

There are many more!

Here are links for “Long Eyes,” “Exit,” “Planet Of The Sealies,” “Gunfight” and “Writing About The Apocalypse.”