D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
Category Archives: Science Fiction
A Quick-as-Flash Update (part deux)
I guess I jumped the clichéd gun yesterday with my update, because I awoke this morning to find “page” proofs for my story “Still Life Through Water Droplets” in my email inbox. Daily Science Fiction has scheduled it to be mailed … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Science Fiction, Still Life Through Water Droplets
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“Observations on a Clock” Available December 20th
I had a spike in the number of visitors to my site today, so I figured something was up. A little looking around and a timely Google Alert lead me to SFScope. They’ve posted the contents and release date for … Continue reading
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Tagged Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Observations on a Clock, Short Story
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“Thief of Futures” Podcast Now Available
Paul Cole at Beam Me Up! has posted part one of his podcast of “Thief of Futures.” Mr. Cole reads short fiction as part of his science news show, broadcast out of WRFR in Rockland, Maine. It’s an eclectic show, with space news, spacey music, … Continue reading
A Little Love for Thief
Rusty Keele runs a site called Best Science Fiction Stories. Every few days, he features a story that has caught his eye, and last Monday he featured my story “Thief of Futures.” Considering the number of speculative fiction stories published every … Continue reading
Thief Gets a Dose of Vinegar
As a writer, I never know what will happen to one of my stories once it’s out there. I expect people to read it, discuss it, and critique it as a piece of literature and (to a lesser extent) as commentary about … Continue reading
Reviewed in 8 Words
For Shakespeare, brevity was the soul of wit. If that’s true, I recently received one of the wittiest reviews I will probably ever get. This isn’t a complaint, mind you. I appreciate when anyone takes the time to read one … Continue reading
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Tagged Lightspeed Magazine, Reviews, Thief of Futures
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“Clownspace” Finds a Place
My flash fiction story “Clownspace” has been accepted by 10Flash Quarterly for their January 2012 issue. Each quarter they publish ten flash pieces (thus the publication’s title) around a theme; January’s theme will be: “The end of the world as we know it.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 10Flash Quarterly, Clownspace, Sale, Short Story
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The Instellar Autobahn
Recently, I’ve been reading a lot about time, time travel, black holes, and traversable wormholes for the time travel story I’ve been working on. While I’m not a physicist by any stretch of the imagination, I admit to finding it … Continue reading
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“Thief of Futures” Beams Up
This is a first for me… Mr. Paul Cole at WRFR, community radio in Maine, emailed me about two weeks ago and asked if he could produce a podcast of “Thief of Futures” for his weekly radio show. After talking with John … Continue reading
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Tagged Beam Me Up!, Podcast, Sale, Thief of Futures
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My First Reviews Are In
“Thief of Futures” was my first story to appear in a major speculative fiction publication, so I was expecting it to get a wide readership and garner a few reviews. I’ve never had my work formally reviewed by total strangers before, … Continue reading
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