It also breaks new ground, for me, exploring the philosophical and religious implications of a non-biological human consciousness, and some of the political difficulty that comes with that. It also explores what human relationships might be like while living in a more fluid way.

Here’s a few things that kept some of the good ones from making it on this list (cataloged here as a reminder to myself and any other writer who happens to be reading this): Just as a reminder, all the stories I read in February are loved, an editor bought them and put t...

My next short story, "The Kraken's Story," is up for presale in Undercurrents: An Anthology of What Lies Beneath. This is another fundraiser for the Don Hodges Memorial Sch...