Coming Soon: Midnight Madness
When a carnival beast only he can’t see follows him home, Dennis Hodgson discovers that the truth he buried has claws. Read my story, “The Shape of Denial,” in Midnight Madness: A Carnival of Nightmares from Wordcrafter Press.
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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 2026 RMFW anthology, True Story.
Publications
Read Paul’s stories and other works. Print and electronic media.
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Dr. Harriet Hartfeld’s Home for Aging AIs
Read “Dr. Harriet Hartfeld’s Home for Aging AIs” online at Amazing Stories Magazine. Second place, Roswell Awards. -
The Blackest Ink
Read “The Blackest Ink” in the Midnight Garden: Where Dark Tales Grow anthology. Watch the trailer. -
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More Than Electric Sheep
Read “More Than Electric Sheep” online at Uncharted Magazine. First place, Uncharted AI Flash Challenge.
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…