Fiction

Dancing on the Second Half of the Chessboard Time changes us. At age 81, we will be a different person from our 18 year old self. What are the consequences for (scientific) resurrection? Published in Bards and Sages Quarterly (January, 2019). Purchase it from Amazon
The Rubbish Researchers Puzzle Who invented the Blue-eyed Islanders Puzzle? Published in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 8 Issue 2 (July 2018). Read it online Included in Alex Kasman's Mathematical Fiction Database
Closing Schrödinger’s Box Is it possible for contradictory realities to co-exist? Published in The Chronos Chronicles: a SF Anthology, Indie Authors Press (May 2018). Purchase it from Amazon First published in Wicked Words Quarterly, Issue 2 (September 2014). Purchase it from Amazon
Wildtopia Should humanity take action to end the suffering of wild animals? (Serious treatment.) Published in Issues of Tomorrow: a SF Anthology, Indie Authors Press (January 2018). Purchase it from Amazon
600 Years Ago, Today Until fairly recently, most people were forgotten three generations after their death. Today, the most trivial aspects of billions of lives can be preserved for millennia to come. Should it? Published in Stupefying Stories Showcase (January 9, 2018). Read it online
Poetic Justice Should humanity take action to end the suffering of wild animals? (Humorous treatment.) Published in Alternate Hilarities 4: Weirder Science, Strange Musings Press (September 2015). Purchase it from Amazon
The Wizard Who Knew Not Much Just how much should one trust prophecies? Published in Alternate Hilarities 3: Hysterical Realms, Strange Musings Press (April 2015). Purchase it from Amazon
After Experiment Seven What kind of experiments do Experimental Metaphysicists work on? First published in Nature (7 June 2012). Read it online Estonian translation published in Reaktor (July 2013). Read it online Included in "Futures 2" eBook published by Tor (September 2014). Purchase it from Amazon
How I Crippled a World for Just 0.01 Cents What would a world be like in which scientific theories, like the Theory of Relativity, could be copyrighted? First published in Bards and Sages Quarterly (July, 2010). Purchase it from Amazon Audio publication (edited to make it punchier) in The Drabblecast #247 (25 June 2012). Listen to it online Selected by SF Signal for their list of The Best Podcast Fiction of All Time Selected by Diabolical Plots for their list of The Best of The Drabblecast 2012
The New PR Test What if Australia instituted a radical permanent residency test for screening out faith-based terrorists? Published in Island Magazine, #118 (Spring 2009). Island Homepage
BioFuture What would motivate someone to create the first human clone? Golden Pen Award Winner in the Media Development Authority of Singapore National Scriptwriting Competition 2002 in the Drama Category. See article about 'Unearthing Talent in National Scriptwriting Competition' in this newsletter If you are a producer and curious, please drop me an email.

 

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