Coming Soon: True Story
Decades after the 1976 Big Thompson Canyon flood, a survivor shares a single story, at the right time, with the right person. Read my fiction-based-on-fact story, “What We Carry Back,” in the upcoming 2026 RMFW anthology, True Story.
Earth(ish): Tales from the Splinterverse
It’s noir meets spec fic in my short story, “Malone’s World,” when a detective chases a murder beyond the firmament dome. Buy Earth(ish): Tales from the Splinterverse now!
And read my “Malone’s World” blog, “The Sky Is Lying.”
Publications
Read Paul’s stories and other works. Print and electronic media.
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The Offering
Read “The Offering” online at The Spectrogram. First place, Drabble Readers Choice Award. -
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The Four Yorkshiremen at the End of Space and Time
Read “The Four Yorkshiremen at the End of Space and Time” online at The Spectrogram. Fourth place, Speckled Spectrum Award.
Recent Blogs
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Creating Ethically Complex Speculative Fiction
I was six years old when my dad took me to see 2001: A Space Odyssey. I didn’t understand that ancient aliens had left a sentinel and were waiting for apes to evolve and discover it. But I understood HAL. He didn’t break in any obvious way. He was put in a situation. Then, calmly,…
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The Sky Is Lying
Malone’s the kind of guy who trusts what he can touch. A bad cup of coffee, a late rent notice, the weight of a .38 in his hand. His world is cracked pavement and hard edges. You don’t go looking for cosmic truth in a place like that. You keep your head down and take…