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Derek Künsken
@derekkunsken

My fiction

NOVELS (Represented by Kim-Mei Kirtland, Morhaim Agency, NY, and Michael Prevett, Circle of Confusion, Hollywood)

The House of Styx
    Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug 2020
    Solaris Books, ebook, August 2020 - buy links
    Penguin-Randomhouse UK Audio, August 2020

    Solaris Books, Hardcover, April 2021
  Reviews
      Publishers' Weekly Starred Review
      Publishers' Weekly Top Ten Fall 2020 Scifi/Fantasy Releases
      Library Journal Starred Review
      Goodreads Reviews

The House of Saints
       Solaris Books, October 2022

 The Quantum Magician
       Serialized (English), Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Jan/Feb - May/Jun 2018
       Solaris Books, ebook, Recorded Books, October, 2018
       Serialized (Mandarin), SFWorld, Nov-Dec, 2017
       Mandarin, SFWorld, May 2018
       Japanese, Hayakawa SF, November, 2019
       French, Albin-Michel, Feb 2020
     Reviews
       Goodreads
     Buy The Quantum Magician
       Amazon.com
       Amazon.ca
       Barnes and Noble
       Chapters-Indigo
     Accolades
       Nominated for the Locus Award (Best First Novel)
       Nominated for the Aurora Award (Best Novel)
       Nominated for the Chinese Nebula Award (A.K.A. the Xing Yun Award, Best Translated Novel)
       Longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award
       Longlisted for the Sunburst Award
       2018 Locus Recommended Reading List
       Barnes & Noble's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2018

The Quantum Garden
     Solaris Books, October, 2019
     Serialized (Mandarin), SFWorld, 2019
     Mandarin, SFWorld, 2019
     French translation by Albin-Michel Imaginaire - March, 2022
   Buy The Garden
​     Amazon.com
     Amazon.ca
     Barnes and Noble
     Chapter-Indigo
     Waterstones
Accolades
     Nominated for the Aurora Award (Best Novel)
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The Quantum War
      Solaris Books, October, 2021

SHORT FICTION

Needles Like Flowers, Asimov's Mar/Apr, 2021
    Asimov's Magazine
    Non-Exist Magazine (Publisher: Future Affairs Administration, China)
Accolades
     Finalist, Asimov's Readers' Poll Award - short story category
     Selected for Inclusion in "The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 6"

Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County, Asimov's Jul/Aug, 2020
     Asimov's Magazine
     Mandarin-language Anthology
   Interview
     Asimov's Author and Editor Blog
Accolades
     Finalist, Asimov's Readers' Poll Award - Novella category
     Selected for Inclusion in "The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5"

Tachyon Hearts Cannot Love, Asimov's, Mar/Apr 2020
     Asimov's Magazine
     Non-Exist Magazine (Publisher: Future Affairs Administration, China)

Ghosts of Ganymede, January, 2019
     Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 148
     Audio version (free!)

Water and Diamond, Asimov's, Nov/Dec, 2018
       Asimov's Science Fiction
     Reprints
       Mandarin (Non-Exist Magazine and Anthology)

Flight From the Ages, Asimov's, April/May, 2016
      Asimov's Science Fiction
     Accolades
       Inclusion in Garnder Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction, Vol. 34

Pollen From a Future Harvest, Asimov's, July, 2015
      Asimov's Science Fiction
     Reprints
       SFWorld (Mandarin)
 
Ghost Colors, Asimov's Science Fiction
      Asimov's Science Fiction
     Reviews
       Locus
       SFRevu
       Tangent Online
       Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon - Blog of Alastair Reynolds
     Reprints
       Revue Solaris (French, Québec)

Prophecy Breakers, Nameless Magazine
     Nameless Magazine
​     Long Road (Chinese Translation)

Buddha Circus, in the Bram Stoker-nominated anthology Darke Phantastique
     Darke Phantastique
     Author Spotlight from Darke Phantastique

Persephone Descending, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November, 2014
     Analog Science Fiction and Fact - excerpt and An Article on the Cover art by Joshua Meehan
    Reprints
     The Year's Best Military SF and Space Opera (Bean)
     StarShipSofa Podcast (in press)
     Reviews
      Tangent Online
      IntergalacticRobot
      SFFChronicles
    Accolades
     The Year's Best Military SF and Space Opera (Baen)
     Tangent Online 2014 Recommended Reading List - 3 stars

Schools of Clay, Asimov's Science Fiction, February, 2014
     Asimov's Science Fiction (excerpt)
   Reprints
     Nowa Fantastyka (Poland)
     SFWorld (China) 
     Escapepod (audio)
   Reviews
     Locus - Recommended review by Lois Tilton, also, mentioned in her year-end wrap-up
     Blog Post - G. Russell
     TPI's Reading Diary
     Castle
     Fantasy Literature
     SF Old and New
     Kurzweil News (don't ask me how this review got onto this site...haha)
     BestSF
     A Happiness that Madness Often Hits On Blog
     Sara's Review's
   Accolades
     Locus 2014 Recommended Reading List 
     Tangent Online 2014 Recommended Reading List - 2 stars

Dog's Paw, in Chilling Tales 2: In Words, Alas, Drown I
      Available for purchase here
  Reviews
     Tangent online (a bit hostile to the whole anthology...)
     We Crashed the Gate Doing 98
  Reprints
     The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Six, ed. ellen Datlow
     Pseudopod Episode 392 (listen for free)
     Long Road (Chinese Translation)

Juan Caceres in the Zapatero's Workshop, in When the Hero Comes Home II
      Table of Contents 
  Reprints
      Podcastle (listen to the audio version free)
      Long Road (Chinese Translation)

Long Leap, On Spec, Spring 2012
      On Spec the Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic
  Reprints
     XB-1 (Czech Republic)
  Reviews
      Locus - Recommended review by Lois Tilton
      Speculating Canada

Way of the Needle, Asimov's Science Fiction, March, 2012
  Asimov's Science Fiction (read online or listen to audio podcast here)
  Reviews
      Bestsf
      SFRevu
      Tangent Online
      Locus
      Johns Reading Blog
      Medieval Bookworm
      My Magic Book Review
      Twisted SciFi
      Mark Webb Blog
      Oulfis Blog
      Goodreads
Accolades
      2012 Asimov's Readers' Award
      Honourable Mention in Imaginarium 2013: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing 
Reprints
     Esli (Russian)
     Escapepod (in press)     
     XB-1 (Czech Republic) (in press)
     Escapepod Episode #446 Audio podcast
     SFWorld (Mandarin)

Parable of the Clown, in Blood & Water, Bundoran Press, 2012
      Blood & Water e-book
  Reviews
      Page of Reviews

The God Thieves, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #84, 15 December, 2011
  Full text at Beneath Ceaseless Skies
  Reviews
      The Weaving Knight
      Tangent Online
      Fantasy Literature.com
  Reprints
      Ceaseless Steam
      SFWorld (Mandarin)

To Live and Die in Gibbontown, Asimov's Oct/Nov 2011
  Asimov's Science Fiction
  Reviews
      Page of Reviews
      Locus
      Tangent Online
      BestSF
      SFRevu
      Snake Oil Review
      TPI's reading Diary
  Accolades
      Aurora Award Finalist 2012
  Reprints
      Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing
      Asimov's Magazine Podcast (listen for free)
  Artwork
      Courtesy of Page of Reviews

The Gifts of Li Tzu-Ch'eng, Black Gate Fantasy Magazine #15, Spring, 2011
  Black Gate.com
  Reviews
      Locus
      SFSite  
      Tangent Online
Accolades
      Honourable Mention Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing
  Artwork
      The amazing Malcolm McClinton

Getting High with Thomas the Apostle, sub-Terrain #52, 2009 (literary)
  Full text at sub-Terrain

Beneath Sunlit Shallows, Asimov's June 2008
  Asimov's Science Fiction
  Reviews: 
      Short Bits
      Internet Review of Science Fiction
      Russ Allbery's Reviews
      SFRevu
      Spiral Galaxy Musings  
  Accolades:
      Fourth place in Asimov's Reader Poll 2009
      Honorable Mention in Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year
  Reprints:
      Esli (Russian)  
  Artwork
      Courtesy of Esli 

Tidal Maneuvers, On Spec #66, Fall, 2006
    On Spec the Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic
   Reviews:
     Tangent Online




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