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Josh Roseman

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The United States

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http://roseplusman.com

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller

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Hi, I'm Josh, and I write stuff.

My short fiction has previously appeared in Asimov's, Escape Pod, and the Crossed Genres anthology Fat Girl in a Strange Land, among others. I have also been reprinted by the Parsec-winning Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and the Hugo-winning StarShipSofa, and my shorter works have been collected in The Clockwork Russian, released November 2015, and Boss Fight, released 2019. My novel After the Apocalypse was released in 2017. I am a graduate of the Taos Toolbox Writing Workshop and an active member of SFWA.

When not writing, I mostly complain about the fact that I'm not writing.

I engage in pogonotrophy on a regular basis, and sometimes suffer from sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. I was once cool for about fi ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 185 ratings · 52 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Fat Girl in a Strange Land by Kay T. Holt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bart R. Leib (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sabrina Vourvoulias (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2011 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Beckett (Contributor), Paul Cornell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2012 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James Patrick Kelly (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Ira Cleary (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Apocalypse by Josh Roseman (Goodreads Author), Sara Noto (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Santa 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memories of My Father by Josh Roseman (Goodreads Author), Sara Noto (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clockwork Russian and Other Stories by Josh Roseman (Goodreads Author), Sara Noto (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Abstract Jam: Issue 3 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Boss Fight is an imaginative, thought provoking collection that thrusts readers into battles both extraordinary and deeply personal. Across seventeen tales of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, this anthology explores what it means to fight not only against external threats, but also against grief, regret, and the limits of one

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The Canopy Keepers (The Scorched Earth, #1)

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Josh’s Quotes

“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.”
― Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening

tags: despair, self

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“The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it's no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won't come.”
― J R R Tolkien, The Return of the King

tags: despair, hopelessness, worry

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“But if they're so successful, why haven't parasites taken over the world? The answer is simple: they have. We just haven't noticed. That's because successful parasites don't kill us; they become part of us, making us perform all the work to keep them alive and help them reproduce.”
― Daniel Suarez, Daemon

tags: parasites, science

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“The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis

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“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”
― Alexander Fraser Tytler