In a world filled with menace, dare to paint on a grin.The world is full of images of scary clowns: packs of grinning figures with knives plaguing towns; pom-pom clad serial killers; loners who like children in the wrong way.But clowns can be a force for good: it takes a kind heart to put other people’s joy first; keeping children entertained is honest work; what better disguise than one that makes the villains laugh?What if, rather than being child...

This is Vol. 1 of the Longshot Island magazine publication released in 2016. Stories by Barry GJ Quinn, Stephanie Buosi, M.H. Vesseur, Benjamin Logan Miller, Dhaval P. Nayi, Nick Yates and EN Heim.What does Face Forward mean? It's a reference to society. It's that condition of looking ahead even when things may not seem right. It's marching in time when the clocks are all broken. Students in the classroom must face forward. Old men stumbling down busy sidewalks must face forward. S...

In Vol. 3, we find stories by Orson Scott Card, Robert J. Sawyer, Eric Del Carlo, David R. Grigg, Nathan Susnik, Ernest Hogan and John Koch. Edited by Daniel Scott White.This magazine is about the ways in which technology-based data may be used to change our view of reality. In the future, what will we crave more, simulated reality or our own senses? Here are stories that warp our perception of the world in some very surprising ways.• In "Ender's Game" (the short story) by ...

Featuring Ken Liu, Jerry Oltion, Yoon Ha Lee, Robert J Sawyer, Rebecca Linam, Joe Taylor, and Liam Hogan. Edited by Daniel Scott White.There's a common thread in this magazine. And it's a good one. From over the rainbow, far beyond the edge of the real world, bards and sages keep telling us: "Be careful what you wish for!"You might think the grass is greener on the other side, but there's a price to be paid when the genie offers you those three lucrative wishes. There are u...

Some say the first real science fiction story is Frankenstein. This classic has always fascinated me because Dr. Frankenstein, the creator of the monster, was actually trying to make the world better through the application of technology. Little did he know how wrong his experiment would go. He could cheat death, but there were deadly consequences. And out of this we find the basis for many modern science fiction stories in which technology is ultimately evil, technology leads us to an unp...

This collection of short stories was released in 2019.The stories are a lot more polished. As before, it took me a lot of time to write then, finesse them, get them where I wanted, but I could tell, looking back, that things had improved.Here are some of the best stories I've written. Some of them will always be my favorites, I'm certain. Hope you like them too!

Featuring Martha Wells, Yoon Ha Lee, Emily Devenport, Adithi Rao, J.D. Astra, Tais Teng, Jessica Needham, Joe Taylor, George Salis, and Liz Kellebrew. Nonfiction by David R. Grigg and Eric Del Carlo. Edited by Daniel Scott White.This magazine is about fiction that isn't made for this world. So let go. Get unreal for a moment. Let the magic take you away!- In "Adaptation" by Martha Wells, we find a shapeshifter struggling to cope with being transformed into a shape he's not ...

This is Vol. 2 of the Longshot Island magazine publication released in 2017. Stories by Joanie Chevalier, Julia Proud, Manuel Royal, Jacqueline Scifres, L.S. Hicks and Barry GJ Quinn.Who are the fallen leaves? They are angels and they are monsters. They are friends, wives, mothers, and lovers. They are rainbows and falling stars. They are all around us. They are within us.Some are bitter and cold and they crush in your hands on a cold winter day. Some are warm and colorful ...

Vol. 5 includes stories by John Matthew Fox, Jennifer Robinette, Rhianna Herd, Scott Archer Jones, Kyler Campbell and Jane Finch.Here you are, on Longshot Island. Prepare to enter a magical place. Be ready to go in new directions. We're going to take you on a journey to somewhere you've never seen before, unlike anything else you've dreamed.For me, it's been an exciting time working on the magazine. I've met many new authors and the magazine has grown rapidly. There have be...

This magazine includes stories by Ken Liu, Cat Rambo, Yoon Ha Lee, M. Yzmore, David R. Grigg, Michael Merriam, J.B. Toner, Tim Major and Eric Del Carlo. Edited by Daniel Scott White.In Vol. 2, we take a closer look at the realms of cyberpunk and steampunk with a collection of stories that are both imaginative and convincing.• Ken Liu expertly stretches time and dimensions in "Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer" to such a skilled degree you can hardly doubt the wor...

*This edition features David Brin, Robert Silverberg, Jerry Oltion, David R. Grigg, LJ Cohen, Emily Devenport, Eric Del Carlo, Joe Taylor, and Bruce Golden.This magazine is about fiction that isn't fit for 'them'. What do I mean by 'them'? Who in particular are 'they'? They are the government. They are your parents. They are your teachers. They are everywhere.-In David Brin's fantastic story "The River of Time" scientists are coping with co-existing streams of time as some ...

Vol. 3 includes stories by Read Cook, Guinotte Wise, Demetria Claire, Brittanie Maccarone, Ed Cooke, Mike Fiorito, Adithi Rao and Edith Clark.What do we mean by leaving home? For some of us, it's the first time away from family. The first time living on your own. And for others, it's the time we ran away from somewhere, or something.For young couples, it's a break up. For a father kissing his daughter goodbye when she goes to school, it's the pang of emotion that can't be d...