Science fiction

My flash science fiction published in Radon Journal and Factor Four Magazine!

Flash stories are very short — under 1500 words. Since many of my short stories grow into novelettes lately (7,500 – 17,000 words), writing flash is a challenge. So I’m especially thrilled that two flash stories of mine got recently published!

“If You Love Him, Hide the Grave”

in Radon Journal (Issue 3, January 2023)

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“Scales”

in Factor Four Magazine (Issue 20, February 2023)

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Both stories are dark science fiction and set in outer space. If you have a chance to read them, I hope you enjoy! Free to read online, but please support the magazines if you can. Thank you!

SAND RUNNER is a contender in the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC)!

I’m thrilled to report that SAND RUNNER, my near-future science fiction novel, is a contender in the inaugural 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC). What an honor! And very, very exciting.

Image credit: Hugh Howey’s blog (https://hughhowey.com/the-spsfc-begins/).

Huge thanks to Hugh Howey and Duncan Swan for organizing, and to all the book bloggers and reviewers for reading & judging the entries!

And best of luck to all my fellow indie science fiction writers! I look forward to reading your books in the future.

SAND RUNNER by Vera Brook as ebook and paperback

Update:

Sadly, SAND RUNNER did not make it to the next round of the competition. But the reviewers’ verdict was that “Fans of YA are likely to get a kick out of it.” I can live with that! 🙂

Thank you to all the SPSFC reviewers for their time and effort reviewing the submissions, and congrats & best wishes to all my fellow indie writers, no matter what the outcome. And maybe the future iterations of the SPSFC could have a separate YA category? That would be great.