Author: Daniel Ausema

"Hands That Cannot Grasp" in Kaleidotrope!

A bit late to this (and there's more news coming very soon to add to it...). But I'm thrilled that my poem "Hands That Cannot Grasp" appeared in the latest issue of Kaleidotrope. It is a poem of transformation:Why did we do it? Why thistransformation i......

"Excavating Lost Languages" in Frozen Wavelets #8! (and more…)

My flash story "Excavating Lost Languages" came out in that latest issue of Frozen Wavelets! It's short and full of linguistic whimsy and imaginary writing systems, lost to time.Also, as a follow-up to my most recent post, my story from the Enigmatic S......

"Excavating Lost Languages" in Frozen Wavelets #8! (and more…)

My flash story "Excavating Lost Languages" came out in that latest issue of Frozen Wavelets! It's short and full of linguistic whimsy and imaginary writing systems, lost to time.Also, as a follow-up to my most recent post, my story from the Enigmatic S......

"The Life Cycle of a Shadow" in The Compendium of Enigmatic Species!

 A new flash story came out recently in this anthology, The Compendium of Enigmatic Species!My story is a pseudo-journalistic piece about the lesser and greater shadows and the threat one specific shadow poses to the world. Check it out!...

"The Life Cycle of a Shadow" in The Compendium of Enigmatic Species!

 A new flash story came out recently in this anthology, The Compendium of Enigmatic Species!My story is a pseudo-journalistic piece about the lesser and greater shadows and the threat one specific shadow poses to the world. Check it out!...

Accepted, full member of SFWA!

I’m now a full member of SFWA! I was expecting the approval to take longer–I didn’t get the forms submitted until Jan 1 and got the acceptance late Jan 4.When I started trying to get short stories accepted, all the writers I interacted with marked thei......

Accepted, full member of SFWA!

I’m now a full member of SFWA! I was expecting the approval to take longer–I didn’t get the forms submitted until Jan 1 and got the acceptance late Jan 4.When I started trying to get short stories accepted, all the writers I interacted with marked thei......

2022 publications — Award Eligibility Post

These past months have been chaos. No apologies or explanations, but there have been a number of things published since my last post. They will be included in this award eligibility post:In 2022 I had 8 short stories published, 3 poems, and 2 novels (t......

2022 publications — Award Eligibility Post

These past months have been chaos. No apologies or explanations, but there have been a number of things published since my last post. They will be included in this award eligibility post:In 2022 I had 8 short stories published, 3 poems, and 2 novels (t......

The Boatman Statue an editor’s choice in Star*Line

I have a new poem out this week! "The Boatman Statue" is in the latest issue of Star*Line, and because the poem was selected as an editor's choice, it's available to read online, as a teaser to get you to buy the full issue--or even join the SFPA and...