Ken Scholes
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| Born | January 13, 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | Early 21st century |
| Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
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Ken Scholes (born January 13, 1968) is a science fiction and fantasy writer living in St. Helens, Oregon.[1] He refers to himself as "trailer boy", a reference to his childhood home.[2]
His short story Into the Blank Where Life is Hurled won 3rd place in the 4th quarter of the 2005 Writers of the Future contest.[3]
His first novel, Lamentation, was published on February 17, 2009.[4] Based on a previous short story entitled "Of Metal Men and Scarlet Thread and Dancing with the Sunrise",[5] it is but the first of five in the Psalms of Isaak saga. Book two, Canticle, was released in October 2009.[6]
Books
- Last Flight of the Goddess, Fairwood Press, 2006
- Long Walks, Last Flights, and Other Strange Journeys, Fairwood Press, 2008
- Diving Mimes, Weeping Czars and Other Unusual Suspects, Fairwood Press, 2010
Psalms of Isaak
- Lamentation, Tor Books, February 2009
- Canticle, Tor Books, October 2009
- Antiphon, Tor Books, September 2010
- Requiem, Tor Books, June 2013
- Hymn, Tor Books, Forthcoming 2014
Short fiction
- "The Taking Night", Talebones, Winter 2000
- "So Sang the Girl Who Had No Name", Twilight Showcase, 2001 and Fortean Bureau, December 2004
- "Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk", Talebones, Spring 2001 and Best of the Rest 3: Best Unknown Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2001, ed. Brian Youmans, Suddenly Press, 2002 and Revolution SF, July 2006 and Escape Pod, February 2008
- "Fearsome Jones' Discarded Love Collection", Fortean Bureau, July 2004
- "A Good Hair Day in Anarchy", Lone Star Stories, June 2005 and Best of the Rest 4: Best Unknown Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2005, ed. Brian Youmans, Suddenly Press, 2006
- "Into the Blank Where Life is Hurled", L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXI, ed. Algis Budrys, Galaxy Press, 2005
- "The Santaman Cycle", TEL:Stories, ed. Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005
- "On the Settling of Ancient Scores", Son and Foe, November 2005
- "The Man With Great Despair Behind His Eyes", Talebones, Winter 2005 and Prime Codex, ed. Lawrence M. Schoen and Michael Livingston, Paper Golem, 2007
- "That When I Waked I Cried to Dream Again", Insidious Reflections, January 2006
- "Action Team-Ups Number Thirty-Seven", Shimmer Magazine, Winter 2006
- "East of Eden and Just a Bit South", Aeon Speculative Fiction, February 2006
- "There Once Was a Girl From Nantucket (A Fortean Love Story)" (with John A. Pitts), Fortean Bureau, March 2006
- "Of Metal Men and Scarlet Thread and Dancing with the Sunrise", Realms of Fantasy, August 2006 and Best New Fantasy 2, ed. Sean Wallace, Prime Books
- "That Old-Time Religion", Weird Tales, November 2007
- "Soon We Shall All Be Saunders", Polyphony 6, ed. Deborah Layne and Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2006
- "One Small Step", Aeon Speculative Fiction, Issue 9, November 2006
- "The Great Little Falls Revival", Science Fiction Trails, Pirate Dog Press, ed. David P. Riley, 2007
- "Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky", Clarkesworld Magazine, November 2007
- What Child Is This, I Ask the Midnight Clear", Shimmer Magazine Holiday Chapbook, Winter 2007
- "The Doom of Love in Small Spaces", Realms of Fantasy, April 2008
- "The God-Voices of Settler's Rest", Intergalactic Medicine Show, July 2008
- "The Night the Stars Sang Out My Name", Abyss and Apex, Third Quarter 2008.
- "Invisible Empire of Ascending Light", Eclipse 2, Nightshade Books, ed. Jonathan Strahen,2008
- "The Second Gift Given", Clarkesworld Magazine, February 2009
- "A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon", tor.com, February 2009
- "Love in the Time of Car Alarms", The Trouble with Heroes, ed. Denise Little, DAW Books, November 2009
- "In Time of Despair and Darkness", Realms of Fantasy, December 2009
- "The Starship Mechanic" (with Jay Lake), tor.com, January 2010
- "A Symmetry of Serpents and Doves", Metatropolis: Cascadia, Audible Frontiers, ed. John Scalzi, November 2010
- "Making My Entrance Again With My Usual Flair", tor.com, January 2011
- "If Dragon's Mass Eve Be Cold and Clear", tor.com, December 2011
Notes and references
- ↑ http://kenscholes.livejournal.com/profile
- ↑ http://kenscholes.livejournal.com/
- ↑ http://www.writersofthefuture.com/awards.htm#2005
- ↑ http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2009/02/lamentation-by-ken-scholes-wbonus-guest.html
- ↑ Nothing to Lament About, Publishers Weekly, December 2008
- ↑ http://numberonenovels.blogspot.com/2009/03/ken-scholes-lamentation.html
External links
- Official website
- Ken Scholes at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- "An Interview with Ken Scholes", Pat's Fantasy Hotlist, January 2009
- "Trailer Boy Makes Good: An Interview With Ken Scholes, Author of Canticle" by Spencer Ellsworth, September 2009
- "Keeping Ahead of the Fear: An Interview with Ken Scholes" by Jeremy L. C. Jones, Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2009
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