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The Complete Short Fiction
Short Fiction Bibliography
“A Niche” 1990, First appeared in Tesseracts 3.
“Nimbus” 1994, First appeared in On Spec #17, Summer 1994, Vol. 6 No. 2.
“Flesh Made Word” 1994, First appeared in Prairie Fire Magazine Vol. 15, #2.
“Fractals” 1995, First appeared in On Spec, Spring 1995.
“Bethlehem” 1996, First appeared in Tesseracts 5.
“The Second Coming of Jasmine Fitzgerald” 1998, First appeared in Divine Realms: Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy.
“Home” 2000, First appeared in On Spec #36, Spring 1999, Vol. 11 No. 1.
“Bulk Food” 2000, First appeared in On Spec, Falll 2000.
“Ambassador” 2002, First appeared in Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes.
“Defining an Elephant” 2004, First appeared in Odyssey.
“A Word for Heathens” 2004, First appeared in ReVisions.
“Mayfly” 2005, First appeared in Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Science Fiction.
“Repeating the Past” 2007, First appeared in Nature #450, 760, November 28, 2007.
“The Eyes of God” 2008, First appeared in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 2.
“Hillcrest v. Velikovsky” 2008, First appeared in Nature, July 23, 2008.
“The Island” 2009, First appeared in The New Space Opera 2.
“The Things” 2010, First appeared in Clarkesworld #40, January 2010.
“Malak” 2011, First appeared in Engineering Infinity.
“Firebrand” 2013, First appeared in Twelve Tomorrows.
“A Niche” 1990, First appeared in Tesseracts 3.
“Nimbus” 1994, First appeared in On Spec #17, Summer 1994, Vol. 6 No. 2.
“Flesh Made Word” 1994, First appeared in Prairie Fire Magazine Vol. 15, #2.
“Fractals” 1995, First appeared in On Spec, Spring 1995.
“Bethlehem” 1996, First appeared in Tesseracts 5.
“The Second Coming of Jasmine Fitzgerald” 1998, First appeared in Divine Realms: Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy.
“Home” 2000, First appeared in On Spec #36, Spring 1999, Vol. 11 No. 1.
“Bulk Food” 2000, First appeared in On Spec, Falll 2000.
“Ambassador” 2002, First appeared in Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes.
“Defining an Elephant” 2004, First appeared in Odyssey.
“A Word for Heathens” 2004, First appeared in ReVisions.
“Mayfly” 2005, First appeared in Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Science Fiction.
“Repeating the Past” 2007, First appeared in Nature #450, 760, November 28, 2007.
“The Eyes of God” 2008, First appeared in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 2.
“Hillcrest v. Velikovsky” 2008, First appeared in Nature, July 23, 2008.
“The Island” 2009, First appeared in The New Space Opera 2.
“The Things” 2010, First appeared in Clarkesworld #40, January 2010.
“Malak” 2011, First appeared in Engineering Infinity.
“Firebrand” 2013, First appeared in Twelve Tomorrows.
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March 8, 2022
A few short stories were gems, some so-so and a couple made me doubt whether I should finish it because of the very edgy 90's bent of them. You can see the development of the author but the collection fails to properly follow either a narrative flow or a timeline/portfolio style.
June 20, 2025
Some thought provoking short stories contained in this compilation. I particularly liked the different narrative take in "Things" which is a corollary of John Carpenter's "The Thing"told from the alien shapeshifters perspective. Freeze frame Revolution is also very good.
May 23, 2025
Some interesting stories including The Island and The Things both of which I had read before and enjoyed.
December 12, 2025
I love Watts so much, and he's nowhere near well enough known. he's such an incredible writer.
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