Thrilled to share that AFTERGLOW has been picked up by Alien Buddha Press!! I was re-reading Riddley Walker, my favorite speculative fiction novel, when the email came in. I’ve wanted to publish a spec fic book since I was a kid, so this is a dream come true. It made me cry. 😊
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Afterglow is done!
I finished Afterglow today! I’m so excited to talk with Electric Sheep SF about this in early March. Now to assemble, edit, and send this out! I also want to thank the mags that saw something in this wild spec fic book and published (or will soon publish) pieces from Afterglow. Sledgehammer Lit, Bullshit Lit, Orca Literary, Cult of Clio, Idle Ink, Literary Canteen, and Antipodean SF: thank you so, so much. 😊❤️
Read my first Afterglow flash, “Glow Storms”!
Second bit of news today: This is the first Afterglow story I wrote, a piece on nostalgia & memory & sickness & a shopping mall from the beforetimes where rain & vines now get through the broken skylight. Hope you enjoy this spec fic!
Nick Olson 