The Alien from Verapaz by Tobias S. Buckell At five’o’clock, agents working for ICE swarmed through the doors of a childcare center on 35th Street, across the road from Eastern Park, and arrested the children of a superhero. Simeon got called in at six, when he was already on the Scozi Island ferry and thinking…
Author: Tobias Buckell
Why I Downgraded My 2017 MacBook Pro to a 2015 MacBook Pro
For the past 11 months I’ve been using a 13″ 2017 MacBook Pro after my old 2014 MacBook Pro was dropped going through airport security by an agent who picked up my bag without realizing the bag wasn’t zipped. The 13” was a workhouse that did well for me, and I’ve been using the model…
The Alien from Verapaz
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Life Considered as a Set of Common Online Security Questions
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Sweet Songs of Melody Pure
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Destination Day Blues
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The Fear Itself
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Read 'Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance' for free at Lightspeed Magazine Online
Lightspeed Magazine has reprinted my story ‘Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance’ today online for all to read. Also, Locus put the story on their 2017 Recommended Reading List. This is the story that will be in 3 of the Year’s Best anthologies. I’m grateful to everyone who has highlighted this story and talked…
Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance to be in THREE different Year's Best Collections and Year's Top Ten Tales
My short story ‘Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance’ has caught me off guard with just how much people seem to be singling it out. As of right now, I have signed four contracts for the story to appear in Year’s Best collections. I am beyond amazed and incredibly grateful for the honor. Here…
I Stopped Using QWERTY and Switched to an Entirely Different Key Layout
I’m prone to being into the cult of self-improvement. I keep track of how much I write via spreadsheets and have figured out when in the day I can write more, and when I am more creative. I have kept body weight, body fat, and tape measurements since 2003 (I an not super fit, if…



