Fiction

Fiction
Image: Andrew Liptak

This is where you can find my fiction online.


Short Fiction

Fragmented’, Galaxy's Edge #8, 2014

A soldier comes to terms with his combat experiences and leaving it behind. 2,551 words.

Letters of Transit’, Transfer Orbit, April 2019

A migrant navigates a twisted set of spells to cross a formidable border. 1,857 words.

  • Self published, April 2019.

Proposals for Regulating Free-Range Velociraptors’, Transfer Orbit, June 2019

A neighborhood is fed up with a new problem that they face: free-range velociraptors. 1,354 words.

  • Self published, June 2019.

Ten steps to expedite a departure from Pantaga Station’, Transfer Orbit, September 2019

A ship's XO goes over the ways in which to make a quick escape from a space station. 1,035 words.

  • Self published, September 2019.

Walk in the Woods’, Transfer Orbit, October 2020

A contractor takes on a hike for a client. Originally written for a local contest. 2,747 words.

  • Self published, October 2020.

'Embers', Horizon 2045 Far Futures, May 2024

A mission specialist comes face to face with his family's past while retrieving a nuclear warhead lost in Earth's orbit. 4,172 words.

  • Published in Horizon 2045 Far Futures digital anthology, May 2024. (Including audio adaptation
  • Republished on Transfer Orbit August 2025.

'Deficiency Agent' Future Tense Fiction, January 2026.

A Surface Systems Support Officer (3S0) tasked with accompanying soldiers in the field serves as a sort of interpreter for an artificial intelligence system called TION (Tactical Intelligence Optimization and Navigation). While out on a mission, they run into some of the system's limitations and downsides. 7,538 words.

  • Published in Future Tense Fiction, January 2026.

Anthologies

War Stories: Modern Military Science Fiction, co-edited with Jaym Gates