Stephen Dedman
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Author of THE ART OF ARROW CUTTING, SHADOWS BITE, SHADOWRUN: A FISTFUL OF DATA and MAY THE ARMED FORCES BE WITH YOU: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE FICTION AND THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. Nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, the Seiun Award, the Sidewise Award, and the Spectrum Award.
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The Lady Macbeth Blues
Published Jul 4, 2019 · 6,876 words (26 minutes) · 6 likes · 322 views
Science Fiction dystopia nanotechnology BSFA nominee
As jobs are automated away, a rising tide of “traditional values” groups erodes the rights of women to hold jobs or leave marriages. But as they’re poised to cement their control with longevity-increasing nanotechnology, just one woman stands in their way. This BSFA Award-nominated story was originally published in Interzone.
Author Stephen Dedman has been publishing short stories and novels for more than twenty years. He’s been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and many more. Content warning: racism, misogyny.Free
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Probable Cause
Published Jun 3, 2019 · 1,742 words (7 minutes) · 2 likes · 114 views
Horror Science Fiction Historical Serial Killer parallel worlds alternative timelines vanishing hitchhiker
A man picks up a hitchhiker on a dark desert highway, and tells her his story...
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Easy Meat
Published Apr 30, 2019 · 2,421 words (9 minutes) · 97 views
Horror body horror pick-up artist
A horror story for Walpurgis Nacht.
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Schrodinger's Catalyst
Published Apr 12, 2019 · 4,666 words (17 minutes) · 111 views
Science Fiction Butterfly Effect time travel academia Murder Physicists Schrodinger F&Sf
"Nobody believes in time travel, not even chaos theorists or science fiction writers!"
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Vigil
Published Mar 19, 2019 · 3,833 words (14 minutes) · 2 likes · 197 views
Fantasy Science Fiction ghosts urban fantasy Hamlet
"Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" This time, though, it's the wall between this world and the afterlife. My second sale to F&Sf, inspired by the Killeen Massacre.
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Tour de Force
Published Feb 14, 2019 · 4,954 words (19 minutes) · 2 likes · 117 views
As promised, the sequel to 'As Wise as Serpents'.
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As Wise as Serpents
Published Jan 21, 2019 · 3,367 words (13 minutes) · 147 views
Why did a previously friendly alien ambassador to Washington DC suddenly kill two men?
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Upon the Midnight Clear
Published Dec 20, 2018 · 3,901 words (15 minutes) · 159 views
Merry Christmas!
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Christmas at the Chushingura Cafe
Published Dec 1, 2018 · 941 words (4 minutes) · 2 likes · 178 views
Inspired by a workmate who kept singing the same verse of the same Christmas carol...
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Oh Have You Seen the Devil?
Published Nov 9, 2018 · 3,784 words (14 minutes) · 2 likes · 144 views
Horror Mystery Historical Serial Killer Jack the Ripper
On November 9th 1888, the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper murdered Mary Jane Kelly. She was his last victim - but was she the fifth, or only the fourth?
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