Who does this guy think he is?
Derrick Boden is a writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His stories have appeared in Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Apex 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.
Recent Fiction
When the Giants Came Through the Valley
Lightspeed, April, 2023
Audio reprint – PodCastle, March, 2024
Ten Steps for Effective Mold Removal
Apex Magazine, September, 2022
2023 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalist
Migratory Patterns of the Modern American Skyscraper
Clarkesworld, August, 2022
Audio edition – Clarkesworld, August, 2022
Audio reprint – Escape Pod, July, 2023
More Fiction
- “Ephemera” – Strange Locations (Apex Magazine), August, 2024
- “Ghost Nebula Diver’s Tonic” – Strange Libations: Dark Cocktails (Apex Magazine), February, 2023
- “Legacy” – Analog Science Fiction & Fact, November/December, 2022
- “The Unrepentant” – Escape Pod, January, 2021
- “Faulty Worker Process” – Dark Matter Magazine, January, 2021
- Audio edition – Dark Matter Magazine, November, 2021
- “Confessions of a Forward Thinker” – Cossmass Infinities, January, 2021
- “Factory Girl” – Abyss & Apex, October, 2020
- Reprinted in The Best of Abyss & Apex, Volume Four, October, 2021
- “The Patron” – Beneath Ceaseless Skies, September, 2020
- “The Silence That Consumes Us” – Galactic Stew (Zombies Need Brains), July, 2020
- “Hustle” – Escape Pod, February, 2020
- “Two-Legged Race” – Daily Science Fiction, December, 2018
- Studio recording (SoundCloud and iTunes) – Figure of Speech, WRBH 88.3, May, 2019
- “My Hooks Within You” – aliterate, Spring, 2018
- “Giant Robot and the Infinite Sunset” – Diabolical Plots, April, 2018
- “The Night Golem” – Capricious, Fall, 2017
- “Wait Calculation” – Compelling Science Fiction, Fall, 2017
- “The Rot Parade” – Freeze Frame Fiction, April, 2017
- “Ghosts of Bunker Seven” – Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, February, 2017
- Podcast edition – Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, March, 2019
- “Stars Above, Stars Below” – Unsung Stories, January, 2017
- “Stages of Grief” – Dark Magic: Witches, Hackers, & Robots, October, 2016
- “Derelict” – Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, June, 2016
- Reprint, September, 2018
- “A Winner’s Smile” – Flash Fiction Online, June, 2016
- Audiobook edition – Audible.com, January, 2017
- Studio recording – Figure of Speech, WRBH 88.3, May, 2019
- “A Guide to Serious Parenting” – Triptych Tales, May, 2016
- “Paranoia Underground” – Freeze Frame Fiction, April, 2016
- “Clay Soldiers” – Daily Science Fiction, November 24th, 2015
- “The Last Mardi Gras” – Flash Fiction Online, August, 2015
NonFiction, Interviews, etc
- Deborah Davitt’s Shining Moon Speculative Fiction Podcast – November, 2023
- “The Revision Machete” – Odysseg Blog, December, 2018
Contact
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