“Your Honor” is a meditation on one possible AI future and was just published in issue 7 of The Independent Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine. I thank editors J.D. Evans and Kura Jane Carpenter for including in their thought provoking magazine! Here’s the link to the publication’s website:https://ifs-mag.com
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Our Civil War was fought to end slavery. Hundreds of thousands died to bring reality more closely in line with the ideals expressed in our Declaration of Independence. The War ended, but the struggle to live up to our ideals continues. Cavalry skirmishes near Atlanta in the summer of 1864 afforded me the idea for this story. It saddens me that the story’s message remains timely now. “One Stone” was just published on the Literally Stories site. Here’s the link: https://literallystories2014.com/2026/09/24/one-stone-by-robert-walton/
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My story “Big Stick” is a small SF nod to Teddy Roosevelt and was just published in Strange Tales of Space and Time. I thank Burial Books editor Steven Harris for including it in this fine new anthology! Here’s the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX34LW34?fbclid=IwY2xjawUNMstwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMU5aYU9UUGdhTVdZeWNhOUpzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeWrjT5Z30eooeBbsaede3sX_LtiYA5OW3qajHbeH38dSkpdlpr3VMEHtey5U_aem_XoLfBqGLK3s0h60BGyTSxQ
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“Like a Thorny Child” won first place in the Central Coast Writers 2012 fiction contest. It was subsequently published in the contest journal and hasn’t been seen since. I thank editor Ivy Quigley for including this story in the August edition of Breath and Shadows! Here’s the link: https://www.abilitymaine.org/bs2026aug/%22like-a-thorny-child%22
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I’m proud to share the news that the Saturday Writers just honored “Mrs. Turkolu’s Emerald” with an award in their 2026 Children’s Literture contest. This story became the opening chapter in The Emerald Owl’s Secret, my (as yet!) unpublished picaresque fantasy novella for young people. It will be included in the 2026 anthology. Thanks to the contest administrators and judges!
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Several of my poems are in this issue of Red Wolf Journal. I thank Editor Irene Toh for including them in such a fine collection.
Try page 59 .https://redwolfjournal.wordpress.com
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Satire is not dead! Just how popular is that Qatari jet that used to be Air Force #1? Read Boris the Tyrannosaurus and find out. I thank editor Hansen Adcock for including it in Once Upon a Crocodile! Here’s the link: https://onceuponacrocodile.wordpress.com/current-issue/boris-the-tyrannosaurus/
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