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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Reading at the Bright Hill Literary Center

bright-hillNext Thursday, June 9th at 7pm, I’ll be reading at the Bright Hill Literary Center in Treadwell, New York alongside poet Kirby Olson. I’ll likely be reading from a new short story and/or an excerpt from the new novel Queen …

June 2, 2016

Read “One Spring in Cherryville” for free until April 12th

cover-smEdit: Today is the last day to read “One Spring in Cherryville” for free. Get it today for nada and tomorrow (and thereafter) at 99 cents.

From now until April 12th, you can read my short story “…

April 8, 2016

“The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies” in XB-1

4_2016 1a.cdrI’m happy to announce my story “The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies” now appears in the Czech magazine XB-1. I share the TOC with Jason Sanford, Mercurio D. Rivera, and Will McIntosh, among others. This marks my third appearance …

March 24, 2016

Storyological on “Demon in Aisle 6”

nightmare-nov-2015Storyological, a new podcast series, discusses my story “Demon in Aisle 6,” which was published in November in Nightmare Magazine and also Alyssa Wong‘s Nebula Award-nominated “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” (also from Nightmare).

They …

February 23, 2016

Pop Matters on “The Sounds of Old Earth”

Nebula Award Showcase 2015My Nebula Award-nominated story “The Sounds of Old Earth” (originally published in Lightspeed Magazine) was reprinted in the 2015 Nebula Award Showcase, edited by Greg Bear, and is recently reviewed by Pop Matters, who has …

February 11, 2016

Back to Basics

Shirley Jackson

I’ve been reading Shirley Jackson’s short fiction. I had read her novels The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (the latter being one of my favorite novels of understated horror), and I’ve enjoyed both …

February 8, 2016

30-Second Sci-Fi Book Review on “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye”

Here’s 30-Second Sci-Fi Book Review giving my Nebula-nominated story “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye” their “highest recommendation.” In case you want to watch, the review of my story starts at 3:24. (I love that they use the …

January 26, 2016

“Demon in Aisle 6” is a Finalist for the Sippy Awards

Sippy_Face4My story “Demon in Aisle 6” (published in Nightmare Magazine) was a finalist for the Sippy Awards. The winner going to “When Your Child Strays From God” by Sam J. Miller. Of my story, they …

January 18, 2016

Nebula Awards Showcase 2015

Nebula Award Showcase 2015The Chicago Tribune reviews the 2015 Nebula Awards Showcase, edited by Greg Bear, which contains the Nebula winners and finalists from 2014, and has nice things to say about some of the stories, including works by Rachel Swirsky and …

December 23, 2015

“The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye” in Romanian

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almanah_anticipatia_2016_siteI’m happy to announce that my Nebula-nominated short story “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye,” has been translated into Romanian and appears in the Almanah Anticipatia 2016. The anthology contains fiction from Alastair Reynolds, Ursula Vernon​, Gray Rinehart, Sarah Pinsker​, …

December 22, 2015

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

What Makes the Perfect Short Story?

nightmare-nov-2015SFSignal has some love for “Demon in Aisle 6,” my story just out in Nightmare Magazine​ as part of their Mind Meld series, this one on What Makes the Perfect Short Story?

“One of my very favorite stories

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December 17, 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

Quick Sip Reviews “Demon in Aisle 6”

This morning I received this nice review of “Demon in Aisle 6” from Charles Payseur at Quick Sip Reviews:

“Stories like this wreck me. Just absolutely wreck me. There is an aching beauty and tragedy to this story

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November 23, 2015

“Demon in Aisle 6” Out Today in Nightmare

nightmare-nov-2015My story, “Demon in Aisle 6,” is out today in Nightmare Magazine. It’s about a gay romance in an unwelcoming high school, plus demons. Here’s the opener:

I first saw the demon the Sunday after you died. It was

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November 18, 2015

“Demon in Aisle 6” in Nightmare Magazine

nightmare-nov-2015This month my story “Demon in Aisle 6” appears in Nightmare Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams. You can purchase the ebook of the issue now, or you can wait until November 18th to read this story for …

November 3, 2015

“The Problem of Meat” in Grendelsong

Grendelsong Autumn 2015

Grendelsong Autumn 2015My new short story “The Problem of Meat” has just been published in the debut issue of the online magazine Grendelsong, edited by Paul Jessup. My story shares the table of contents with such talented folks as …

November 1, 2015

36 Days of Judaic Myth: Day 26, Adne Sadeh, The First Man

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

To celebrate the October 13th release of my forthcoming debut novel, King of Shards, I will be featuring one new blog entry a day about a different Judaic myth for 36 days. Today’s entry is on Adne Sadeh, The …

October 3, 2015

Short Story Sale to Grendelsong

I’m happy to announce I’ve sold a new story to Grendelsong, the magazine edited by Paul Jessup. My story is called “The Problem of Meat,” and it’s about inter-dimensional creatures who eat our emotions. Grendelsong, back in the 00s …

September 28, 2015

“Meeker” makes BookTubeSFF Shortlist for Best Short Work

I’ve just found out that “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye” (from May 2014 Clarkesworld Magazine) has made the BookTubeSFF Awards shortlist for Best Short Work. Some pretty great company to be in, with my work listed …

July 23, 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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