Books

One of the most original and adventurous writers of strange SF for the past decade.
— Rich Horton, from The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Plague Birds (novel from Apex Books)

Finalist for the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel!
Finalist for the 2022 Philip K. Dick Award!

Plague Birds is a genre-bending mix of science fiction and dark fantasy and the epic tale of a young woman betrayed into becoming one of the future’s hated judges and executioners, with a killer AI bonded to her very blood.

Heaven’s Touch and Other Science Fiction Dreams

A monk praying over the cremation of a dead friend, who thanks to nano-technology might still live despite the flames. A time angel created by humanity to preserve the memories and lives of people from long ago. An astronaut betrayed by her best friend and stranded on a comet hurtling toward the sun. These are only three of the stories in Heaven's Touch and Other Science Fiction Dreams, the second short story collection by two-time Nebula Award nominated author Jason Sanford. The nine stories in this collection span space and time as they explore the wonders and terrors and delights of Sanford’s unique fictional vision of our universe.

Never Never Stories

Ranging from science fiction to fantasy, the stories in Never Never Stories have won the Interzone Readers’ Poll, been nominated for the BSFA Award, longlisted for the British Fantasy Award, and printed in numerous magazines and book anthologies including Year's Best SF

Sublimation Angels

Originally published in the British magazine Interzone, Sublimation Angels was a finalist for the Nebula Award, won the Interzone Readers' Poll for best story, and was longlisted for the British Fantasy Award.

Her Scientifiction, Far Future, Medieval Fantasy

Princess Krisja Jerome lives in a futuristic playground universe of stone castles and dragons, where gallant knights fight for honor and glory using lasers and unbreakable synthetic swords. But when invaders destroy Krisja's carefully managed life, she sets out on a quest with a King Arthur duplicate to discover the truth of their world. Along the way she learns it’s not enough to merely experience great deeds – to be a true hero you must risk everything you love and hold dear.

Mirrorblink

On a future Earth where the stars, moon and sun have vanished, people fear both strangers and those with too much learning. However, a young woman named Ein refuses to be trapped by other people's fears. She travels across a dangerous land to discover what happened to Earth's skies and to learn if humanity will ever return to the world we once knew.

Books Edited by Jason Sanford

Million Writers Award: The Best New Online Voices

For nearly a decade the Million Writers Award has honored the best fiction published in online magazines and journals. Now collected for the first time are the most exciting literary voices recognized by this award.

Million Writers Award: The Best Online Science Fiction and Fantasy

(Starred review in Publisher's Weekly) For nearly a decade the Million Writers Award has honored the best fiction published in online magazines and journals. Now collected for the first time are the most exciting science fiction and fantasy voices recognized by this award.