Find me on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/author/karldandenell
Anthologies
“The Schadenfreuders” (The Science Fiction Tarot) – May 2023 – My take on the alien invasion trope.
“Jizo Rides the Bus” (Strange Religion) – May 2022 – A tale of grief and hope set in Silicon Valley. I talk about the story’s origins here.
“Burial Detail” (Strange Wars) – April 2022 – A reprint/cleanup of my story from The Word Count Podcast. Dedicated to the memory of my friend, John A. Maynard, US Army.
“Supply and Demand Among the Sidhe” (Strange Economics) – Aug 2018 – Workshopped at Paradise Lost in San Antonio. This one started out as a thought experiment about goblins and changelings but ended up a humorous tale about the leprechaun mafia.
“The Astrologer of the Fifth Floor” (Abandoned Places) – Mar 2018 – Probably the only time I’ll share a table of contents with Ray Bradbury, Dashiell Hammett, and Edgar Allen Poe!
“The Long View” (Reading 5X5) – Mar 2018 – I supplied a story seed, and five writers built tales around it. Proceeds from the project went to the Jo Clayton Memorial Medical Fund.
Stories
“The USS Copernicus Sixth (Semi-Annual) Contraband Run.” (Stupefying Stories Showcase) – Feb 2023
“The Linen Closet Nexus.” (Stupefying Stories Showcase) – Feb 2023
“The Last Best Day of Antonio Silveri, Ph.D.” (On Spec) – Sep 2022
“The Witch’s Oath” (Dreamforge) – Jun 2022
“Five Things You Should Know Before Summoning a Demon” (Wyldblood) – Mar 2022
“Final Exam, Demonology” (Wyldblood) – Oct 2021
“Stones of Särdal” – a revision of the podcast story (Little Blue Marble) – Sep 2021
“The Last Feast of Silas the Wizard” (Stupefying Stories, Vol. 23) – Mar 2021
“Sullied Flesh” (Speculative North, Issue 3) – Yes, I wrote a Hamlet story – Dec 2020
“The Carpetbaggers Ball” (Stupefying Stories Showcase – Book 1) – Feb 2020
“Just Another Night on Telegraph” (Factor Four Magazine, Vol. 1) – A Halloween horror flash story – Mar 2018
“On the Snark Watch” (Perihelion SF) – Written from a prompt and a toy – Jan 2018
“Papa Pedro’s Children” (Metaphorosis Magazine) – Inspired by sitting in the rocker one night, giving my child a bottle – July 2017
“We Who Stay Behind” (Fireside Fiction) – Written in a coffee shop. Seriously. – July 2017
“Three Breaths” (Perihelion SF) – The inspiration for this story came from the rows of abandoned buildings I passed on my then-commute route. Trunked it for a bit, then resurrected it at Paradise Lost – Jan 2017
“Comes the Tinker” (Metaphorosis Magazine) – A fun story to write, but it took a long time to find the right editor. See this post for more info – Oct 2016
“The Baked Bean Tourney” (Robbed of Sleep, Vol. 5: Stories to Stay Up For) – I wrote this dark & funny piece well before “Brexit” entered our vocabulary – Sep 2016
“The Packrat Machine” (Perihelion SF) – I wrote the first draft many years ago in an obvious Jack Vance sort of mood – Jan 2016
“Human Faces” (Perihelion SF) – The opening lines woke me at 3 am, and I found the story to support them – Feb 2015
“Layover” (BuzzyMag) – This story was originally workshopped at Viable Paradise XVI – Dec 2014
“An Alien Warmth” (Fiction Vortex) – One of my favorite POV stories – Dec 2014
Podcasts, etc.
Four Flash Stories – Story Hour (Facebook) – July 13, 2022
“Stones of Särdal” (The Word Count Podcast) – Episode 100, Season 10 – Nov 2020 (story begins at 14:30)
“Burial Detail” (The Word Count Podcast) – Episode 82, Season 9 – Jan 2019 (story begins at 19:20) — For a text version, click here.
Poetry
“Seven Cups of Landfall” (Dreams & Nightmares Vol. 115) – May 2020
Feedback, reviews, and interviews:
- Maria’s Reading – “Stones of Särdal“
- Words for Thoughts – “We Who Stay Behind“
- Quick Sip Reviews – “We Who Stay Behind“
- Fraser Sherman’s Blog – Strange Economics
- Broadswords and Blasters – Strange Economics
- Stupefying Stories – “The Carpetbaggers Ball”
- Poseidon’s Scribe – Author interview for The Science Fiction Tarot
