D. Thomas Minton
writes speculative fiction from his home in the mountains of British Columbia.
Category Archives: Science Fiction
The Alien is Here
The other day, someone asked me where I get ideas for alien worlds. That made me pause as I realized that I don’t write many stories that take place on alien worlds or which even have aliens in them. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Fine Art of Surfacing, Hoodoo
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NPR’s Top 100 SF&F Books
Probably everyone on the planet has seen this already—or at least that’s the way it usually works for me—but in August NPR announced the results of its reader poll to name the Top 100 science fiction and fantasy books. I’m a … Continue reading
Last Day Front and Center
Today is the last day “Thief of Futures” will be featured on the front page of Lightspeed Magazine. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, head over and read it. Starting tomorrow, Ursula Le Guin’s “The Island … Continue reading
Inspiration: “Thief of Futures”
If you’ve been following my scribbles, then you already know that my story “Thief of Future” is available for free reading over at Lightspeed Magazine. Also available is an author’s profile (by Robyn Lupo) in which I talk about the story setting … Continue reading
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Tagged Indonesia, Lightspeed Magazine, Thief of Futures
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“Thief of Futures” Now Available Online
A few weeks ago, my story “Thief of Futures” could be purchased as part of the September issue of Lightspeed Magazine. For those of you who were patient—or maybe unwilling to fork over some cash?—my story is now available for free … Continue reading
A Gothic Bit of Schlock (Magazine)
Teodor Reljic and Michael Vella, fellow members of my writing group Hopefull Monsters, produce an online publication called Schlock Magazine. It’s a quarterly publication that contains, well, “schlocky” speculative fiction stories. What does that mean? The editors describe schlock as “trash, treasures, … Continue reading
“Observations on a Clock” Set for February 2012
A quick update: My story “Observations on a Clock” has been scheduled for the February 2012 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Now I need to send information for my author’s bio…always a challenge…hmmm….
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Tagged Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Observations on a Clock, Short Story
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“Thief of Futures” Now Available
The September issue of Lightspeed Magazine contains my story “Thief of Futures”. An electronic version is available for purchase now, or you can wait until September 20th to read my story free online. I’m excited to share the September issue with some … Continue reading
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Tagged Lightspeed Magazine, Short Story, Thief of Futures, World Fantasy Award
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Inspiration: “Memories of Childhood”
The podcast of “Memories of Childhood” recently went live at Nil Desperandum, but I wrote this story many years ago. After it was published by OG’s Speculative Fiction in 2009, several people asked me how much of it was based … Continue reading
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Tagged Memories of Childhood, Nil Desperandum, OG's Speculative Fiction, Podcast
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Hot Mustard—I’m in There!
I stumbled across the Internet Speculative Fiction Database recently while exploring the vast reaches of the interweb. I hadn’t heard of it before, so I checked it out. Like any moderately vain person, I typed my own name into it … Continue reading
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Tagged Fantasy, Internet Speculative Fiction Database, Short Story
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D. Thomas Minton 