Words are what we wretched writers are. William Gass.
I’m planning to keep this website pared to its essentials: publications as they come out, the occasional link, and a serialized novel or two. I’m currently looking into some self-publishing options for a couple novels, and this will be the place to come for that, too.
Bill Kte’pi, writer of wrongs
There was no time for shoes if I wanted the hooker to live.
What is The Saint of Daybreak?
The Saint of Daybreak is a novel that’s being serialized right on this website. The first chapter has been posted for free, and subsequent chapters will be posted every time “donations” reach a certain amount. Read the rest…
Most of what I’ve published isn’t available online, or isn’t anymore. These are the exceptions:
At Strange Horizons:
“The Minotaur,” the first of the Slumberland stories (an unofficial tag for my stories about a world in which an accident has caused everyone’s dreams to come to life).
“Start With Color,” the second Slumberland story, nicely reviewed here and there.
“You Can Walk On The Moon If The Mood’s Right.” This was originally, well, something that happened to me — sort of. I incorporated it into a novel about New Orleans, later extracted parts of the novel into this story, and have since reincorporated the story into a novella.
At The Fortean Bureau:
“David Bowie’s Mars Triptych.” I will forever love the kind and talented people at TFB for having published this story, which I thought damn near unmarketable. It is, in its simplest terms, fan fiction: “real person fan fiction,” which I’ve heard of but have never read other than, well, this story. Bowie’s been a bigger influence on my work than it may look like: I have a whole novel about a Bowie cover artist billed as the Second Coming of Christ. This story plays on the musician’s habit of reinventing himself, and his knack for suggesting worlds.
“The Kingfish and the Tunguska Machine.” I know Nikola Tesla alternate histories are a dime a dozen, but they’re so tempting. This one’s actually set after Tesla’s death, but there’s no question — as the title implies — that the setting’s point of divergence is his doing.
Elsewhere:
It isn’t available online, but Yog’s Notebook published my short story “Everything Life Carries On Without,” about a post-immortality Mississippi town, in their debut issue.