About Me

Who does this guy think he is?

Derrick Boden is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His stories have appeared in LightspeedClarkesworldApex Magazine, and elsewhere. His story “Ten Steps for Effective Mold Removal” was a finalist for the 2023 Sturgeon Award. He is also a software developer, an adventurer, and a graduate of the Clarion West class of 2019. He currently calls Boston his home, although he’s lived in fourteen cities across four continents.

Forthcoming Fiction

  • “The Unfactory”, Diabolical Plots

Recent Fiction

Homunculus

Weird Horror, September, 2024

Trolls of 34th Street

Trollbreath, September, 2024

Down the Dust Hatch

Apex Magazine, May, 2024

The Arborist

Clarkesworld, April, 2024
Audio edition – Clarkesworld, April, 2024

Third Eye Peeled

ZNB Presents, Feb, 2024

Built to Cheat

Robotic Ambitions (Apex Books), November, 2023

Factory Faerie

Dark Matter Magazine, Nov-Dec, 2023

When the Giants Came Through the Valley

Lightspeed, April, 2023
Audio reprint – PodCastle, March, 2024

Migratory Patterns of the Modern American Skyscraper

Clarkesworld, August, 2022

Audio edition – Clarkesworld, August, 2022

Audio reprint – Escape Pod, July, 2023

Correctional Memory

Darkness Blooms, May, 2023

Valor Bones

Beneath Ceaseless Skies, April, 2022

Sunder Island

Weird Horror, March, 2022

More Fiction

NonFiction, Interviews, etc

Contact

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