A Kraken Gets Shortlisted for a Hugo and Wins a British Award

🦑 In recent good news, my 2023 short story How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub”—a tale of colonialism, sea monsters, and men of ambition—is a finalist for the Hugo award (wow!) and a few weeks ago, won for Best Short Fiction at the British Science Fiction Association Awards! (Whuuut?!) Back when it was featured in January 2023 by Uncanny Magazine, it was my first published new short story in three years. So, these acknowledgments have been some wonderful surprises. Didn’t know this short story had legs—or in this case, tentacles! Below is somewhat of a repost from what I wrote back in January 2023 on the story’s origins and inspiration, with some updates on recent events.🦑

Image: “Le Poulpe Colossal,” drawing by Pierre Denys-Montfort, engraved by Étienne Claude Voysard, 1801

Television and My X-Men Life

It’s the 90s again, and our favorite mutants are back in a new animated series, X-Men ’97. The X-Men are back on TV! But this isn’t a detailed review of the new series, as much as it me recounting how television shaped my X-Men life.

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

New book about to drop! Well, sort of. Some news on the latest novella….good, slightly un-good, and otherwise.

Revisiting George Washington’s Nine Negro Teeth

In which I revisit my 2018 story of slavery, magic, resistance, and George Washington’s Nine Negro Teeth…

Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold: Cover Reveal!

The cover to Abeni’s Song 2 is out! The book is still a ways off (April 2025), but we can talk about it!