Matthew Kressel

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“Sword of the Silent”
Unioverse: Stories of the Reconvergence
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“Now We Paint Worlds”
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2021 Edition
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“Still You Linger, Like Soot in the Air”
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Six
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“Now We Paint Worlds”
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“Your Future is Pending”
Science Fiction World
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“Still You Linger, Like Soot in the Air”
Lightspeed Magazine
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“The Marsh of Camarina”
Lightspeed Magazine - Issue 121
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“Very Surely Do I Not Dream”
Psi-Wars: Classified Cases of Psychic Phenomena
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“Your Future is Pending”
Clarkesworld Magazine #158
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Queen of Static
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“Truth is Like the Sun”
Lightspeed Magazine 108
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“The Last Novelist (or a Dead Lizard in the Yard)”
2019 Nebula Awards Showcase
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“White Roses in Their Eyes”
Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People
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“Love Engine Optimization”
The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2018 Edition
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“The Last Novelist (or a Dead Lizard in the Yard)”
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 3
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“The Walk to Distant Suns”
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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“The Marsh of Camarina”
Shades Within Us
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“Will You Meet Me There, Out Beyond the Bend?”
Nightmare Magazine 63
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“In Memory of a Summer’s Day”
Mad Hatters and March Hares
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“The Last Novelist (or a Dead Lizard in the Yard)”
Tor.com
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“Love Engine Optimization”
Lightspeed Magazine 85
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“The Singularity is in Your Hair”
Cyber World
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“The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye”
Nebula Awards Showcase 2016
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“Demon in Aisle 6”
Nightmare Magazine 38
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“Saving Diego”
Interzone #221
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“The History Within Us”
Clarkesworld Magazine #42
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“The History Within Us”
The People of the Book
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“The Bricks of Gelecek”
Naked City
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“The Great Game at the End of the World”
After
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“The Sounds of Old Earth”
Lightspeed Magazine and io9.com
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“The History Within Us”
Clarkesworld Year Four
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“The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye”
Clarkesworld Magazine #92
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“Cameron Rhyder’s Legs”
Clarkesworld Magazine #98
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“The Sounds of Old Earth”
Nebula Awards Showcase 2015
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“The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies”
Clarkesworld Magazine
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Tag king of shards

Chris Willrich on KING OF SHARDS

King of Shards by Matthew Kressel

As a writer, it’s super nice to know when someone really gets what you’re trying to do. Author Chris Willrich has some supremely nice things to say about King of Shards on twitter, which I’ve unrolled here.

KING OF SHARDS

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July 9, 2019

Queens Book Festival and Writer’s Digest Conference

Queens Book Festival

In August I’ll be appearing at the Queens Book Festival and the Writer’s Digest Conference. Hope you can come by to watch the panels, get your book signed, or just to say hi!

Queens Book FestivalQueens Book Festival

Sunday, August 7th, Marquee …

July 13, 2016

Bible as Fantasy Literature Panel from Arisia 2016

Thanks to Noah Beit-Aharon, the video of our “Bible as Fantasy Literature Panel” from Arisia 2016 is now available for your viewing pleasure. This was a lot of fun so I’m happy it’s now online.

Here’s the description:

“What can

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July 12, 2016

The Reporter Group Reviews King of Shards

The Reporter Group, the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton, New York, praises King of Shards in their latest review. 

“Kressel does an excellent job in fashioning a fantasy world based on Jewish lore and in creating interesting characters and a

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June 24, 2016

Interview at the Washington Independent Review of Books

At the Washington Independent Review of Books, Craig L. Gidney interviews me about portal fantasies, Syfy’s The Magicians, adapting mythology for fiction. Jewish fantasy, Sybil’s Garage, and the follow up to King of Shards, Queen of Static.

You …

April 26, 2016

Goodreads Discussion Group

Goodreads-LogoOver at Goodreads, I’ve started a discussion group for King of Shards and the forthcoming Queen of Static. The group is for general Q&A and discussions about both books. There will likely be spoilers for book one, but …

April 6, 2016

Queen of Static Cover Reveal

Queen of Static by Matthew Kressel

So it went like this: my sister sent me a link to someone who had given a great review of King of Shards on Goodreads, and while there I noticed another book was listed besides mine: Queen of Static…

March 30, 2016

Podcast and Essay

kgbbarOver at Fran Wilde’s Cooking the Books, Ellen Datlow and I share inside secrets about the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, the esoteric art of anthology editing, and the black divination of novel writing. Fran has a …

March 29, 2016

Coming Up For Air

I feel like a whale who has just come up for air or the hermit who has reentered civilization after months of seclusion. The reason? I just turned in the manuscript for Queen of Static, the follow-up to last …

March 24, 2016

King of Shards Available as Audiobook in UK and EU

Audible

AudibleKing of Shards has just been released as an audiobook in the United Kingdom and the European Union, which is great news, because some people had contacted me who wanted to download the audiobook, only to find the audiobook wasn’t …

March 10, 2016

My Arisia Schedule

colorlogoI’ll be at Arisia this weekend. I’ve never been to the con before, so I’m excited! Here’s my schedule:

Reading – Saturday, 10am, Hale, Writing Track, with Matthew Kressel, Shira Lipkin, Lauren M. Roy, Julia Rios

Panel – Sunday, 11:30am, …

January 15, 2016

Interview in Fantasy Scroll Magazine

Fantasy Scroll Magazine

Fantasy Scroll Magazine

Over at Fantasy Scroll Magazine, Iulian Ionescu interviews me in their December issue. I give my life story in three paragraphs, wax philosophical about character creation, and give (gasp!) advice to aspiring writers. Not for the faint of heart! Here’s …

December 21, 2015

Interview in the Brooklyn Rail

The Brooklyn Rail

The Brooklyn RailOver at The Brooklyn Rail, Valya Dudycz Lupescu interviews me about King of Shards and my short fiction, delving deep into themes that recur frequently in my work. And Valya really dug deep, finding themes I wasn’t consciously aware of …

December 10, 2015

Guest on Hour of the Wolf Tonight

Hour of the WolfI’ll be a guest on Jim Freund’s Hour of the Wolf radio program tonight, broadcast on WBAI 99.5 FM and streamed / archived on wbai.org. The show will air at 1:30 AM EST, and will be available for three months …

December 9, 2015

Jewish Narnia: 5 Fantasy Books with Jewish Themes

Barnes and Noble LogoKing of Shards gets mentioned over at the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, along with several other titles, including The People of the Book, edited by Rachel Swirsky & Sean Wallace, which includes my story “The …

December 8, 2015

King of Shards by Matthew Kressel Audiobook and ARC Raffle (GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED)

Update: the raffle has ended and the winners have been notified. Thanks for participating!

On Friday, December 18th at 10am EST (The raffle has ended) I’ll be raffling off five copies of the King of Shards Audible.com audiobook and two …

December 6, 2015

Reddit AMA, Today, November 17th

reddit-fantasyTODAY, November 17th, I’m participating in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) over in their fantasy subreddit. Come on by during the hours of 11am through about 11pm Eastern Daylight Time. 

Here is the link to the Reddit AMA.…

November 13, 2015

Back from the World Fantasy Convention

King of Shards in the dealer's room.

The World Fantasy Convention this past weekend in Saratoga Springs was a smashing success. I hadn’t been in Saratoga Springs, New York since 2007, and back then I was publishing Sybil’s Garage and had just published Paper Cities, An …

November 9, 2015

Last-Minute Reading at the Kill Bar in Times Square

times-scare-nyc2I’ll be reading from King of Shards tomorrow, November 4th, 7pm at The Kill Bar at Times Scare in Manhattan, filling in for Lisa L. Hannett, who could not make it due to travel problems. I’ll be reading alongside Angela …

November 3, 2015

Shelf Awareness Reviews King of Shards

Shelf Awareness

Shelf AwarenessShelf Awareness reviews my debut novel King of Shards and calls it “compelling fantasy” and a “fascinating first novel” and says,

King of Shards is the first entry of the Worldmender Trilogy, and its use of Hebrew culture and legend

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November 2, 2015
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About Matt

I am a 3x Nebula Award finalist, a World Fantasy Award finalist, and a Eugie Award Finalist. I have published more than seventy short stories, two novels, and I am the co-host of the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series in Manhattan. I am also the creator of the Moksha submissions system, among other things.

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