Alan Smale
SF writer: CLASH OF EAGLES trilogy (Del Rey), plus HOT MOON, RADIANT SKY, and BURNING NIGHT (Arc Manor), 50+ short stories. Two-time Sidewise Award winner. Singer with The Chromatics (high-energy a cappella). Astronomer, NASA scientist (emeritus)
- In which I am interviewed by John Goodwin for the Writers & Illustrators of the Future podcast, for an in-depth discussion of my latest Cold War space race novel, Burning Night, and "its combination of real science, real geopolitics, and imaginative fiction." writersofthefuture.com/podcast/epis...
- Happy Book Birthday to SKULL X BONES, featuring space pirates, fantasy-world pirates, and in my case, ancient world alternate pirates! (Mine is called "Caesar at Sea", which gives you a clue ..). Anyway, me hearties, this is a really varied and interesting bunch of pirate tales, so give it a look!
- Today is the release day for the next ZNB #SFF anthology SKULL X BONES! Don't forget to grab it as a gift for all of your SF&F pirate fans! Kindle: amzn.to/48rReUR B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/skull-x-bo... Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... #fantasy #urbanfantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #pirate
- Just released! My exclusive Q+A with the great Paul Semel about the genesis and influences on my new novel, Burning Night, the third and final volume in my Apollo Rising sequence. (No spoilers beyond what you'd get anyway if you read the book cover copy or Amazon description.)
- Podcast Monday! Okay, so that's not actually a thing, but ... my interview with Edward Willett on the Worldshapers podcast went live today! Hear me wax lyrical about the third book in my Apollo Rising trilogy, and various other topics, at the link! theworldshapers.com/2025/12/08/e...
- Okay cool but do it like Rocky Horror: fling our empty popcorn buckets for the trash compactor, do the wave for "These are not the droids you're looking for" and OBVS shriek, "If you strike me down now..." That would rock. Let's "make it so" (crap, wrong universe). www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...
- Launch day! Happy Book Birthday to 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, the final book in my Apollo Rising series. Hard SF alt.hist set on and around the Moon (and beyond) during the Cold War, following the adventures of astronaut Vivian Carter and her various NASA crews and Air Force colleagues… and Soviet adversaries.
- A collection of handy buying linkydoodles for 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩: www.alansmale.com/hotmoon/buyi...
- Reposted by Alan SmaleThe Sunday Morning Transport soars today with a story from Alan Smale (@alansmale.bsky.social) in which a familiar figure follows a very different arc. Read a sample or subscribe for the whole story - and our whole catalog!
