Authors in this Issue
Guest Editorial: “Rewriting the Inevitable” by David Ebenbach
David Ebenbach is the author of eleven books of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, including his new book, The AI Suspects It Might Be a Hungry Ghost. He lives with his family in Washington, DC, where he teaches creative writing and literature at Georgetown University. You can find out more at davidebenbach.com.
“Xmas in Derbtown” by M. T. Reiten
- M. T. Reiten served in the military and worked as a scientist at a national lab in NM for over a decade proving that there is such a thing as too much research for writing science fiction. He practiced aikido, makes pizza, and now lives near Washington D.C. with his family. He has won a few awards for short stories over the years and has published stories in magazines and anthologies. (mtreiten.com)
“Murderer” by Nick Wolven
Nick Wolven’s science fiction has been spotted in such magazines as Clarkesworld, Wired, Asimov’s, and F&SF. He lives in a tiny apartment in New York City.
“Beyond the Sonic Screwdriver: How the Weird Wide World of Acoustical Research Is Revolutionizing Everything from Medicine to Microplastics, Part I” By Richard A. Lovett
Richard A. Lovett is one of Analog’s most prolific writers, appearing 212 times since 1999 and winning a record thirteen AnLab awards, split about 50/50 between fiction and fact. His “day job” has primarily involved science writing, though he is also a distance-running coach whose masters women’s team recently set an American record for the 4×800 relay. Eighteen of his best science articles are collected in Here Be There Dragons: Exploring the Fringes of Human Knowledge, available on Kindle and Amazon.com. His popular Floyd & Brittney stories are novelized in Neptune’s Treasure, on the same sites. Find him on Facebook or at www.richardalovett.com.
“Built to Last” by Clancy Weeks
Clancy is a composer and music educator by training (nearly three-dozen published works for wind ensemble and orchestra) but always was an author at heart. Having read SF/F for over fifty years, his life took a sharp U-turn when he published his first novel, Sleepers, a SF thriller. Nine other novels and a handful of short stories soon followed, with a few published in Analog and Stupefying Stories and various anthologies.
“A Grove of Binding” by Tom R. Pike
Tom R. Pike is a climate policy research analyst, a job which requires him to stare into the abyss. “A Grove of Binding” is meant for all those who struggle to find their place in a decaying world. You can find more of his work at tomrpike.com, including where to buy his debut novel.
“When It Came Time to Disband the Dragon Corps” by Eric Del Carlo
Eric Del Carlo makes his ninth appearance in Analog with this story. He would like to thank W. Shakespeare, whose work he seems to be borrowing from for titles lately. His “space-opera-punk” fiction has also appeared multiple times in Asimov’s and Clarkesworld.
“Orders of Magnitude” by Jerry Oltion
Jerry Oltion has been publishing stories in Analog since 1982. He hasn’t been particularly prolific, just a story or three a year, but even small numbers add up over time. This is his 104th story in Analog, and his 200th publication overall. Jerry has been putting some of his early stories up in electronic format on Amazon, and hopes to upload the whole works within the next year or two. Check out his webpage at www.jerryoltion.com.
“The Day Before” by Shane Tourtellotte
Shane Tourtellotte began Making Appearances Frequently In Analog in 1998, with a Hugo-nominated novelette published here in 2001. Readers may visit his website at shanetourtellotte.com to see some of his other work, and to enjoy the best in 20th-century web design. Shane lives in western North Carolina, where you can barely tell they had a hurricane a couple years ago, in most places.
“Blue Dot and the Unmoving Red Oval” by Jeff Dasteel
Jeff Dasteel is an arbitrator living in Southern California. This is his first work of fiction.
“What’s a Douglas Fir?” by James Van Pelt
James Van Pelt writes full-time in western Colorado where he taught high school and college English, and enjoys the hiking trails near his home. He has been a finalist for the Nebula, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (now the Astounding Award), and been reprinted in several Year’s Best anthologies. He hangs out on Facebook and loves chatting with fans and writers at www.jamesvanpelt.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/james.vanpelt.14/.
“A Question of Focus” by Craig Kenworthy
A multi-genre writer, Craig Kenworthy’s speculative fiction has been recognized in The Best American Mystery and Suspense and appeared in numerous anthologies including Madame President, a collection of stories about women in leadership roles. A member of SFWA and The Dramatists Guild, he is at work on a novel about a family entering the federal witness protection program.
“Do Not Ship” by Ted Kosmatka
Born and raised near Lake Michigan, Ted’s spent a lot of time bouncing between Seattle and the Midwest. He’s written games, novels, comics, and various species of short fiction. His work has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and won the Asimov Award twice. This is his first story in Analog.
“Wormholes, Warp Drives, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, and Congress” by Tony Rothman
Tony Rothman holds a PhD in theoretical physics (1981) from the Center for Relativity at the University of Texas. Now retired, he has authored approximately 80 journal articles and taught at Princeton, Harvard and NYU. He is also author of 15 books, including the sf novel The World is Round, the hard-science novel Firebird and the historical trilogy The Course of Fortune about the Great Siege of Malta, 1565.
“A Eulogy for Pandora” by Don Raymond
Originally from San Jose, Don Raymond now lives in the deer-haunted hamlet of Alturas, CA, where he works as an accountant for the county, something his guidance counselors never warned him about. Winner of the SF-PA’s 2021 Poetry Competition, his work has appeared in Penumbric, Space is the Place and The Saturday Evening Post. He spends his free time arguing with the local wildlife.
“Jumal’s Drift” by Hayden Trenholm
Hayden Trenholm is an award-winning editor, playwright, novelist, and short storywriter. His 40 short stories have appeared in many magazines, including Analog, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (November 2026), anthologies and on CBC radio. His first novel, A Circle of Birds (Anvil Press), won the 3- Day Novel Writing competition. His trilogy, The Steele Chronicles (Bundoran Press), were each nominated for an Aurora Award. His most recent, The Passion of Ivan Rodriguez (Tyche Books), was published in 2023. In addition, he has published 4 murder mysteries set in Paris in the 1920s. In 2022, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame. See more: www.haydentrenholm.com
“Father of the Year” by Brandon Keaton
Brandon Keaton is the author of Transference, a quasi-religious sci-fi novel that Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer praised as “a crackerjack debut!” Most recently, “N-spired Learning,” his short story about a sentient calculator, rather improbably won the 2025 Sir Julius Vogel Award. Brandon is fond of comic books and gummy bears, and lives in New Zealand.
“Derailed” by Hûw Steer
Hûw Steer is an author and historian from London. He specializes in ancient science fiction, which has led to some very strange story ideas. His short stories can be found in Utopia, Etherea and Grimdark magazines, as well as Shoreline of Infinity and now Analog. He has now self-published four novels and a novella; the first The Blackbird and the Ghost, was a semi-finalist in the 5th SPFBO.
“Hundred-Handed” by John Markley
John Markley is a lifelong resident of Illinois who has been writing science fiction since he started creating terrible Wing Commander/The Mote in God’s Eye pastiche in junior high. This is his fourth story in Analog.
“ELDER” by James Dick
James Dick is an actor, author, screenwriter, and director from Scarborough, Ontario. His stories have appeared around the world in markets such as Analog, Escape Pod, and Andromeda Spaceways, among many others. “ELDER” marks the completion of his Europa Trilogy, which began in Analog with the critically acclaimed “EDIE” and continued with “ESRI”. James’ debut novel is Seekers of the Fallen Stars, a nautical fantasy forthcoming from Flame Arrow Publishing in 2027. Find him at jamesdickauthor.com for information on his back catalogue, publishing updates, and reviews of science fiction books, film, and television.