The January/February 2010 issue of Analog will be the 80th anniversary issue. And my favorite story I’ve written, “Rejiggering the Thingamajig,” will be in that issue. If you subscribe now, then you won’t have to hunt the issue down on the newsstands. You’ll also get tons* of great science fiction by authors who aren’t me. *Not literal tons: the issues... read more »

I’m in L.A. for the 25th annual Writers of the Future awards.  For the first time, the awards ceremony will be broadcast live over the internet.  It’s highly unlikely that you’ll see me on the broadcast, but if you want to see what the awards ceremony is like, go here.  It starts at 8:30 pm Pacific Time.

My sword & sorcery story "Like Diamond Tears From Emerald Eyes" is now available at Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show. The issue also includes a story by Darren Eggett, who lived across the street from my family when we lived in Bountiful, Utah, during the 1980s. Here's how my story begins: Larindo and I were standing guard at the... read more »

We pretty much have more business than we can handle, so my company has posted a job listing on Craigslist for a Web Designer/Developer.  The job mainly consists of taking graphic designs by other designers and turning them into working web pages – often using a WordPress theme.  This is an in-house position at our office in Pleasant Grove, UT.

AnthologyBuilder is having a 50% off sale until noon EST today.  That means it’s the perfect time for you to get my new anthology, Eric James Stone & Company, Volume II. (And if you don’t have Volume I, you can get both volumes for the price of one.) Here’s the introduction: Like the previous volume, this book contains stories by... read more »

My friend James Maxey is giving away free copies of his latest book to people who donate to support breast cancer research: Followers of my blogs, and the readers who read the acknowledgement pages of my books, will know that I lost my partner Laura Herrmann to breast cancer in May 2005. I've been interested in cancer research since then... read more »

Best SF’s review of my story in the April issue of Analog has spoilers for the plot of the story.   But I can easily forgive that, because here’s how the review begins: In the short biog that goes with the story, Stone mentions being brought up on Golden Age SF, and having fond memories for The Early Asimov collections.... read more »

Those of you who read my blog on my website may have noticed something in the sidebar that says “Translator” and has 42 flags underneath it. (Those who read my blog elsewhere will not have noticed.) That is the Global Translator plugin for WordPress, which I consider to be one of the most awesome plugins ever made.  Behind the scenes,... read more »

Here’s my schedule for CONduit this year:   Friday, May 22 4:00pm – Reading (Eric James Stone, JoSelle Vanderhooft) 5:00pm – Panel: Stephen King: Is He Still King? (Michael R. Collings, Paul Anderson, Eric James Stone, Anne Wingate)   Saturday, May 23 Noon – Panel: What can writers learn from Harry Potter? (Suzy Gehring, Stacy Whitman, Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury, Eric James... read more »

In honor of International Pixel-Stained Techno-Peasant Day, I am posting one of my rarest published stories: “The Six Billion Dollar Colon.”  I wrote this story especially for Jay Lake: Intelligently Redesigned, a “Get Well” anthology put together by Jeff Richárd last year after Jay was diagnosed with colon cancer.  Since the anthology was published in a very limited edition, only... read more »