Authors in this Issue
“The Outsiders” by Shane Tourtellotte
Shane Tourtellotte began Making Appearances Frequently In Analog in 1998, and will continue at least into 2025. “The Outsiders” completes his “Malady” series, though he has learned to very seldom say never. Shane lives in western North Carolina, where the flying squirrels have been leaving him alone for a change.
“That Far, Uncharted Ocean” by Auston Habershaw
Auston Habershaw is a science fiction and fantasy author who lives in Boston, Massachusetts. He has published four novels and over thirty short stories in places like F&SF, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and of course Analog. He was a sailor in his youth, but probably couldn’t survive Barsaylus with a bunch of snails as crew. You can find him online at aahabershaw.com
“A Short, Future History of Whales” by Jenny Williams
Jenny Williams is the author of The Atlas of Forgotten Places, which Ghanaian author Kwei Quartey praised as “Nothing short of astonishing.” She works at the intersection of AI, writing, and product design, and is writing a novel about AI and motherhood. She lives in the Southwest U.S. with her partner and young son. Get in touch with her via jennydwilliams.com.
“The Touchstone of Ouroboros” by David Cleden
David Cleden is a British SF/F writer whose work has appeared in venues such as Interzone, Galaxy’s Edge, and two Best of British SF anthologies. His work has won the James White Award and Aeon Awards. This is his third story for Analog. He has a website at www.quantum-scribe.com and can be found on Bluesky as @davidcleden.bsky.social. Inspiration for the Touchstone came from once visiting an art installation comprised of a large number of freeze-dried rats. For those who are squeamish, googling this is not recommended.
“Lady Ballistic: Fast and Accurate Cleaning” by Alexander Jablokov
Alex grew up reading Analog at his hometown library in La Grange, Illinois, but this will be his first publication in the magazine. He has published stories in Asimov’s, F&SF, Amazing, and other outlets, some of which were collected in The Breath of Suspension. He has also published six novels, with Brain Thief the most recent. He is currently working on a novel, and can be found at www.ajablokov.com.
“Hell Five” by Arlan Andrews, Sr.
“Hell Five” marks Arlan Andrews, Sr.’s, 48th professional publication in Analog since “Science, Fiction” (June 1982). The opening line from his article “Single Stage to Infinity!” (June 1993) is now a standard industry phrase: “The first true spaceship will take off the way God and Robert Heinlein intended . . .” A retired engineer, Arlan is founder and director of SIGMA, the science fiction think tank (“SIGMA: Summing Up the Situation,” September 2012). Arlan’s new trilogy of novels—Thaw, Melt, and Floe—reveals the further adventures of the post-Ice-Age bird-riding warriors, Rist and Rusk, who first appeared in “Thaw” (July/August 2012), “Flow” (November 2014, Hugo-nominated), and “Fall” (July/August 2016).
“Emergency Calls Only” by Kelsey Hutton
Hutton is a Métis author from Treaty 1 territory and the homeland of the Métis Nation, also known as Winnipeg, Canada. Kelsey was born in an even snowier city than she lives in now (“up north,” as they say in Winnipeg). She also used to live in Brazil as a kid. Her work has appeared in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Augur Magazine and others. When she’s not beading or cooking, you can find her at KelseyHutton.com, on Instagram at @KelseyHuttonAuthor, or on Twitter/X at @KelHuttonAuthor.
“Death of an Intelligence” by Mjke Wood
Mjke lives in the UK, on the Wirral peninsula, with his wife, Sarah, a botanical artist. This is Mjke’s fourth appearance in Analog. His stories have appeared in several other short fiction venues, and he has won both the Jim Baen memorial prize and Writers of the Future. Mjke’s longer fiction includes the Sphere of Influence trilogy, soon to be extended to four books with a stand-alone novel in the pipeline. His Martian Dreams series is now a genuine series, following publication of book two, The Oneiromancer of Mars, in 2023.
“If This Flesh Were Thought” by Matt McHugh
Matt McHugh was born in suburban Pennsylvania, attended LaSalle University in Philadelphia, and after a few years as a Manhattanite, now calls New Jersey home. His fiction has appeared in Analog, The Saturday Evening Post, and DreamForge. His story “Burners” won the 2019 Jim Baen Memorial Award and “Jennifer Gives Her Heart to Radioland” is PARSEC’s 2021 Short Story Contest winner. In 2022, he was a grant finalist for The Speculative Literature Foundation.
“In Your Dreams” by Jerry Oltion
Jerry reports that the accident and the dreamless nights at the beginning of this story actually happened. Even the bit where the woman who ran into him called him on the phone a couple of days later—that happened, too. It’s only the explanation for their dreamless nights that takes off into science fiction, and that came to him in a dream a few days later. Which means . . . naaahh.
“A Garden in the Sky” by William Paul Jones
William Paul Jones (he/him) is either a sci-fi/fantasy author or two golden retrievers wearing an overcoat so they can get into R-rated movies; it’s hard to say which. He studied writing at UNC Chapel Hill and currently lives nomadic in his RV trying to find the best sunsets for wine drinking. He is attended by one hilarious wife, a pair of insane dogs, and whichever new best friend he happens to run into in the desert. His short fiction has been seen in Analog SF&F, Metastellar, Amazing Stories, and more. He often burns himself while performing circus acts, plays the guitar passably well, and is usually filled with roasted chicken and quinoa.
“The New Saharan Energy Company, Annual Report 2058” by David McGillveray
David McGillveray was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but now lives with his family in London. After a long period of writing silence, the pandemic got him started again. His fiction has previously appeared in Interzone Digital, Kaleidotrope, and Starship Sofa, and is forthcoming in Shoreline of Infinity and Clarkesworld.
“Galilean Crossing” by Pauline Barmby
Pauline Barmby (she/her) is an astrophysicist who believes that you can’t have too many favorite galaxies. She lives in London, Canada and hopes to someday visit her namesake main belt asteroid, minor planet 281067. When not reading or writing she is probably knitting or running. Her fiction has appeared in Nature: Futures, Utopia Science Fiction, and OnSpec and in multiple anthologies. Find links to more stories at www.galacticwords.com.
“Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc” by Mary Soon Lee
Mary Soon Lee was born and raised in London, but now lives in Pittsburgh. Her latest book is The Sign of the Dragon, an epic fantasy told in poems, winner of the 2021 Elgin Award.
“Interstellar Paranoia” by Dr. David S. Lindsay
David Lindsay studied physics at Harvard, then general relativity in graduate school at UC Berkeley before switching to computer science so he could actually get a job. He subsequently worked for several computer and semiconductor manufacturers, some of which are nevertheless still in business. He has also worked for the US Department of Defense, which may explain the enlightened attitude toward planetary defense described in this article. He is now retired and lives in the hills above Oakland, CA, where he amuses himself and bores his remaining friends with research in general relativity applied to the early universe. This is his first non-technical publication.
Guest Editorial: “Homo Obsolescens?” by Howard V. Hendrix
Howard V. Hendrix’s first four published novels appeared from ACE Books, his fifth and sixth from Ballantine Del Rey. His most recent collection is The Girls with Kaleidoscope Eyes (Fairwood Press 2019). His first poetry collection is Living Fossils are the Happiest Kind (In Case of Emergency Press, 2023). He is at work on nonfiction about the science and fiction of population and extinction, for McFarland & Company.
Alternate View: “A Mitochondrial Jumpstart for Age Reversal” by John G. Cramer
John’s new third hard SF novel, Fermi’s Question, and its prequel, his second hard SF novel Einstein’s Bridge, are available as eBooks from Baen Books at https://www.baen.com/einstein-s-bridge.html. His first hard SF novel Twistor is available online at: https://www.amazon.com/Twistor-John-Cramer/dp/048680450X. John’s 2016 nonfiction book The Quantum Handshake—Entanglement, Nonlocality, and Transactions, (Springer, January 2016) is available online as a hardcover or eBook at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/3319246402.
Guest Alternate View: “How the Science of Moral Understanding Can Reduce Polarization in Politics” by Richard A. Lovett
When he was young, Richard A. Lovett read classic science fiction and dreamed of writing for Analog. He also dreamed of getting a Ph.D. in astrophysics and studying cosmology. Instead, he got a Ph.D. in a wildly different field, became a newspaper and magazine journalist, and gave up on science fiction. Until Analog columnist John G. Cramer encouraged him to submit a science fact article. Since then he’s been in Analog nearly 200 times, in all departments ranging from fact to fiction. Eighteen of his best fact articles are collected in Here Be There Dragons: Exploring the Fringes of Human Knowledge, available in print and eBook on Kindle and Amazon.com, and his popular Floyd & Brittney stories are now a novel-length book, Neptune’s Treasure, on the same sites. Find him on Facebook or at www.richardalovett.com.
The Reference Library by Rosemary Claire Smith
Rosemary Claire Smith is a Sidewise Award nominee who has worked as a field archaeologist, union leader, and election lawyer. Over the years, Analog has published her alternate histories, time-travel tales, and other science fiction stories, as well as several guest editorials and book review columns. Rosemary has also written fantasy, horror and an interactive adventure game, T-Rex Time Machine. Her stories and essays also appear in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, and other periodicals and anthologies. Follow her on-line: www.rcwordsmith.com and across social media @RCWordsmith to find out what else she is up to.