Promotional art for “The Last Oasis of Mars.”

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My steampunk science fantasy short story “The Last Oasis of Mars” has been accepted for publication in the brand new periodical High Tower Magazine.

So far, the publication is entirely digital, so I don’t have any promo art from them. That’s why I posted some of my AI art (the story is 100% me) above for the visual.

“Oasis” is a callback to the “Barsoom” tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs as well as the pulp fiction of the early part of the 20th century. A lot of this was my introduction to science fiction and fantasy when I was a teen, so it’s near and dear to my heart.

“High Tower” is a Superversive publication which means it emphasizes heroism and the goodness in human beings (as opposed to subversive which we see a lot of in the SF/F genres these days). This emphasis was a big part of my “gateway” into starting my writing and my first publishing opportunities.

Yes, there are “space pirates” and greedy empires, innocent victims and heroic daring-do in the pages of my wee tale. Get set for adventure.

I don’t have a solid confirmation on this yet, but it looks like “Oasis” will be published in the inaugural issue of “High Tower” on June 14th.

I’ll post more details as they come available.