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Author Archives: Rati Mehrotra
Ghosts of Englehart
I’m pleased to report that my story Ghosts of Englehart is now live at AE – The Canadian Science Fiction Review. I love the illustration by Roan Carter. It’s beautiful and captures the feel of the story perfectly, I think. … Continue reading
Schrödinger’s email
Ah! An email from magazine xyz, where my story has been held for the last several months. My fingers hover over the mouse, anxious. In this moment, there are two possibilities – acceptance or rejection. Once I click and read the email, the possibilities will appear … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, Writing
Tagged Schrödinger's cat, science fiction, Short story
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Laughing my way through Heinlein
I knew, before I picked up Stranger in a Strange Land, that I would probably find parts of it dated and offensive to women, and possibly racist. It was, after all, written in 1961. What I did not expect was … Continue reading
Posted in Books and media, Science fiction and fantasy
Tagged Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
10 Comments
Another year, another Con: SFContario 5
I’d been looking forward to Toronto’s SFContario 5 for months, and then a few days ago I read Michael Matheson’s disturbing blog post on why he wasn’t going to attend. My spirits plummeted. I almost did not go myself. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy
10 Comments
Short story now live at Inscription Magazine
Woohoo! My YA science fiction story Anjali is now live at Inscription. Inscription is a great new magazine that publishes science fiction and fantasy for teens. All the stories are free to read online, and you don’t have to be a teen … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, Writing
Tagged Anjali, Inscription, Short story, YA science fiction
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Reality as a Mathematical Construct – really??
I’m reading cosmologist Max Tegmark’s Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality. I’m a sucker for popular science books on maths and physics, especially when they’re as well-written as this one. Max Tegmark argues that not … Continue reading
Posted in Books and media, Science
Tagged Big Bang, maths, Max Tegmark, Our Mathematical Universe, Physics
2 Comments
Short story now live at Abyss & Apex
Yay! My short story Hatyasin is now live at Abyss & Apex, a great speculative fiction magazine. You can read my story here. I enjoy perusing the fiction they publish every quarter and am so pleased to find Hatyasin among them. All the stories are free to … Continue reading
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, Writing
Tagged Abyss @ Apex, fantasy, Hatyasin, Short story
10 Comments
Literary agent news
News! I am now represented by the lovely Mary C. Moore, literary agent with Kimberley Cameron & Associates. Mary wears many hats – she’s a writer and editor as well as being a literary agent. You can read one of her … Continue reading
Spaceships, Magicians and Walruses
Ah, September. The smell of new backpacks, the rude 6 am alarms, and the return, one hopes, to a writerly routine. Eventually, once the dust has settled… Yes, I know I totally missed posting in August. One of the reading … Continue reading
Posted in Books and media, Science fiction and fantasy, Writing
Tagged Ancillary Justice, Lewis Carroll, The Magicians
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Rati Mehrotra 