Free Fiction

If you’re interested in sampling my work for free, here’s the place to start. Unfortunately, no full-length novels for free yet, but keep checking back here — you never know.

Novel Samples

• Infoquake, Chapters 1–7 (2006) Read the first seven chapters, approximately 73 pages. The entire first section of the novel, titled “Number One on Primo’s.” Also available on audio read by the author.
• MultiReal, Chapters 1–5 (2008) Read the first eight chapters of the novel. The entire first section of the novel, titled “Lessons Learned,” and part of the second section. Portions also available on audio read by the author.

Short Stories

• “Mathralon” (2008) “A story on a galactic scale which only serves to show what very small worlds we inhabit.” — The Guardian. My contribution to The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 2.
• “The Bus Ride” (1995) A non-SF short story published in Urban Desires way back in 1995. My only published fiction credit prior to Infoquake.

Also of Interest…

• Introduction to the Overlook Press Edition of Mervyn Peake’s Titus Alone (2008) I was asked to write the introduction to the third and final book in Peake’s classic Gormenghast Trilogy for a new edition by Overlook Press. Answers the question: was Mervyn Peake switching gears, or was he losing marbles?
• Best of the BlogMy favorite pieces from my blog, where I discuss fiction, science fiction, writing, publishing, politics, technology, web design, and anything else that strikes my fancy. Like The Empire Strikes Back.