Publication: “Sekhmet Hunts the Dying Gnosis: A Computation,” by Seth Dickinson
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Seth Dickinson (2006 & 2007), whose story “Sekhmet Hunts the Dying Gnosis: A Computation” went up today at Beneath Ceaseless Skies: Behold Sekhmet! Blood and...
View ArticlePublication: “Death and His Lover,” by Getty Hesse
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Getty Hesse (2013), whose story “Death and His Lover” appeared today at Daily Science Fiction: Death sips Earl Grey. He prefers Oolong; it reminds him of his late...
View ArticlePublication: “Kumara,” by Seth Dickinson
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Seth Dickinson (2006 & 2007), whose short story “Kumara” went up today at Escape Pod: You asked me why you are alive, and this is the answer: because I was asked...
View ArticlePublication: “Our Fire, Given Freely,” by Seth Dickinson
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Seth Dickinson (2006 & 2007), whose short story “Our Fire, Given Freely” appears today in Beneath Ceaseless Skies: Rider Bray runs the steppe one stride ahead of...
View ArticleAlpha Graduate Named Winner of Top Cow 2013 Talent Hunt
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Devon Wong (2008), who was named one of four winning writers in the Top Cow 2013 Talent Hunt. Devon will work on upcoming issues of the Top Cow comic Artifacts… look...
View ArticlePublication: “A Tank Only Fears Four Things,” by Seth Dickinson
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Seth Dickinson (2006 & 2007), whose short story “A Tank Only Fears Four Things” appears in this month’s issue of Lightspeed: A tank fears only four things. One of...
View ArticleBook Deal: The Traitor Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickinson
Huge congratulations to Alpha graduate Seth Dickinson (2006 & 2007) on his three-book deal from Tor! From the Maass Agency website: “Debut novelist Seth Dickinson’s THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT, an...
View ArticlePublication: “The Trial of the Beekeeper,” by Shivaun Hoad
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Shivaun Hoad (2006), whose short story “The Trial of the Beekeeper” appeared in AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review in April: There was a huge clump of bees at the...
View ArticlePublication: “Insurrection in Silk,” by Gillian Conahan
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Gillian Conahan (2006 & 2007), whose short story “Insurrection in Silk” appears in this month’s issue of Apex: She is drowning in organza and shantung, a rustling...
View ArticlePublication: “Chopin’s Eyes,” by Lara Elena Donnelly
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Lara Elena Donnelly (2007 & 2008), whose short story “Chopin’s Eyes” appeared this week in Strange Horizons: A cigarette burns low against one woman’s glove. The...
View ArticlePublication: “Make No Promises,” by Rachel Halpern
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Rachel Halpern (2007 & 2008), whose short story “Make No Promises” appears today in Beneath Ceaseless Skies: My rooms look out on the back courtyard, so if I turn...
View ArticlePublication: “Helen,” by Andrea Lam
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Andrea Lam (2005 & 2006), whose poem “Helen” appeared in the Summer 2014 issue of Goblin Fruit. (Normally we would include a teaser excerpt here, but the poem is...
View ArticleNovel Publication: JALA’S MASK by Mike Grinti and Rachel Grinti
Congratulations to Alpha alumni Mike Grinti (2002 & 2004) and Rachel Grinti (2002 & 2003), whose novel Jala’s Mask was published by Pyr earlier this month! For two hundred years, Jala’s people...
View Article2014 Alphan Publication Roundup
Now that award nomination season is upon us, we’d like to take a moment to look back at the stories, poems, and novels that Alpha graduates published in 2014. Here’s the list. It’s complete as far as...
View ArticlePublication: “Red Daughter,” by Alena Sullivan
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Alena Sullivan (2006 & 2008), whose poem “Red Daughter” appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of Goblin Fruit: I have been lost as snow is lost On the first warm morning...
View Article2015 Dell Award winners announced
The 2015 Dell Magazines Award winners have been announced! This award is for undergraduate speculative fiction writers. The award is given at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts...
View ArticlePublication: “Chocolate Chip Cookies for the Apocalypse,” by Claire Spaulding
Congratulations to Alpha graduate Claire Spaulding (2014) whose story “Chocolate Chip Cookies for the Apocalypse” appeared yesterday at Daily Science Fiction: I can’t believe how bright and sharp and...
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