This is Dapper Zmey, home to stories of science fiction, fantasy, and reality in short and novel-length formats.
Wealthgiver (current serial novel)
Novellas
PETROLEA a novella about conservation and love in a nest of robot dragons.
Novels
THE WORLD'S OTHER SIDE the alternate-history scifi thriller about clashing cultures, love, and terrorism.
FELLOW TETRAPOD the speculative-evolution office comedy about starting a restaurant, team-building, and what it’s like to be a talking animal. (serialized here, full manuscript here)
JUNCTION the wilderness-survival murder-mystery with alien beasts and geopolitics INTERCHANGE the speculative-biology thriller with sustainability and personal growth
(sequel to JUNCTION)GROOM OF THE TYRANNOSAUR QUEEN the SF/adventure about dinosaurs and the nature of power.
THE KINGDOMS OF EVIL the fantasy/satire novel
Comics
“First Knife” the hopeful post-apocalyptic scifi adventure (co-written by Simon Roy)
Short stories
(In the Tales from Alternate Earths 3 anthology) “Levski’s Boots” alternate history
(In “Heavy Metal Jupiters,” the zine of the Exoplanet Demographics 2020 conference) “Well, Boom” science fiction
(In the Tales from Alternate Earths 2 anthology) “The Goose’s Wing” alternate history
(In the Tales from Alternate Earths anthology) “Treasure Fleet” alternate history Co-Winner of the 2016 Sidewise Award for Best Short-Form Alternate History
(In the Tales from the Universe anthology) “The Devout Atheist” alternate history/fantasy
(In the Domesticated Velociraptor Anthology) “Bataar” science fiction with dinosaurs
“Alex” science fiction short-short
“Piñata” science fiction short-short
“Land of Opportunity” science fiction short-short
Essays
“Writing Wrongly” a process essay about writing and cancer in the Jan 2019 edition of Apex Magazine.
“Transportation” on trauma and fiction, from the blog of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
"Write, Reflect, Ask" on doing what scares you
