Aniara (dir. Hugo Lilja, Pella Kågerman, 2018): 7/10 A colony ship leaves earth. It bumps into some debris which knocks it off course. It wanders out into the outer dark of the solar system. So far, so sci-fi, and a little ho-hum. It’s in the later, more demented, part of this movie that the original, haunting vision of…
[ACADEMIC] MY TALK ON JAPANESE LAUNCH FACILITIES IS LIVE!
My research has been featured on the Harvard Asia Centre’s webpage! You can watch the 15 minute video there, and on Youtube. Enjoy!
[FICTION] MY SHORT STORY, ‘HOMECOMING’, HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN FROM THE FARTHER TREES!
A tale of wistfulness, loss, and memory, ‘Homecoming’ has just been published in From the Farther Trees. This is a lovely, hand-made publication available on Etsy, and buying it will help you support a publication that’s clearly made with a lot of love. Please go check it out!
[FICTION] ‘THE TRAPEZOID’ IS OUT NOW IN ‘THE COLORED LENS’!
My short story ‘The Trapezoid’ has been published in the summer edition of The Colored Lens! You can buy a copy of the magazine here.
THE PROMETHEAN KNOT
The ensigns find Jala crumpled in a corner of the observation deck. When they try to help her up she goes limp and resists and will not take her eyes off the planet in front of them, splayed against the dark of space, its surface being consumed by a coruscating rash of flame. ‘No,’ she…




