Derrick Boden

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Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl – Stars and Sabers Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl by award-winning author P.A. Cornell is a sci-fi romance novelette set in a retrofuturistic Toronto, publishing February 3, 2026 via Stars and Sabers Publishing.

Wishing a very happy book birthday to @cornellwriter.bsky.social for Shoeshine Boy and Cigarette Girl! It's a delightful read: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

Hell yeah! Congrats!!

You're too good! Thank you ❤️

Thank you!!

Here's the story itself, at @undertow.bsky.social: www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/homunculus

Thrilled to see one of my stories on @datlow.bsky.social's "Best of Horror" rec list: ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...

Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Jan/Feb Issue

A few days late, but I'm happy to share that my story "Unsung" is live in the Jan/Feb issue of @analogsf.bsky.social. One reader described it as "cold, technical, and emotionally brutal," an A+ compliment if I've ever heard one.

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This is a story with strong Dark City vibes. What happens when others create our reality and dictate what we love and remember and what is allowed to exist? In this game of unmaking is anything left standing?

by @derrickboden.bsky.social in @diabolicalplots.com

Thanks for the shout-out, Eugenia!!

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I'd love to judge another drabble contest. It's always so much fun to read what everyone comes up with. 😁💙

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Eugenia Triantafyllou across the table from me holding a spoon with a soup dumpling up to her mouth with one hand while holding chopsticks in the other. Her hair is orange, and she's wearing a green T-shirt with the number 1990 on it in black lettering.

Episode 264 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast is now live with guest @foxesandroses.bsky.social! Join us at the table and learn why she ended up as a fantasy writer rather than a comic book creator, how a pantser handles world building — and much more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Very happy to share that my story Unsung has been accepted for publication at @analogsf.bsky.social. It's about heroism and exploitation and very uncomfortable spaceships, among other things. Can't wait to share it with you all!

It was so great to meet you and Trevor in Seattle!

Excellent! I'll DM you with my info

I'll be there! Would love to say hi at some point!

Thank you!

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Valor Bones by Derrick Boden Leti sat down in the mud alongside the monster-thing. Her fingers grazed the book's cover; she remembered the attic. Daka's cold and callused body. And across town, the terrifying illness that had tak...

Here's the original, in print and podcast: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/valo...

Love a good bone story, happy to see "Valor Bones" in this list (first appeared in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social a few years back). Thanks for the shout-out, @reactorsff.bsky.social!

Migratory Patterns of the Modern American Skyscraper by Derrick Boden Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

And here's the original story at @clarkesworldmagazine.com: clarkesworldmagazine.com/boden_08_22/

Here's the Babelzine project: babeluo.com