Stories by Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇)

KANGAROO TOO (Thomas Dunne Books, 2017)
    "as smart and sassy as its title character" - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
    "Anyone who loves science fiction is sure to love this book." - The Oregonian
    "kept me turning pages well past my bedtime" - Tina Connolly, Nebula-nominated author of Ironskin
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WAYPOINT KANGAROO (Thomas Dunne Books, 2016)
    2017 Locus Awards Finalist, First Novel Category
    2017 Endeavour Award Finalist
    "an engaging character and a rich, believable world" - Kirkus Reviews
    "[a] rollicking splice of mystery and high-tech SF" - Publishers Weekly
    "a great, fun read for anyone who loves a mystery or a spy story" - Booklist
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Curtis is represented by Sam Morgan at Foundry Literary + Media.

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In Print

"Fire in the Pocket" (Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers, forthcoming)

"Go, Space Racer!" (Playboy, 2018)

"Have Spacesuit, Will Travel" (Oregon Reads Aloud, 2016)

"Ghost Patrol" (Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, 2016)

"Laddie Come Home" (2016 Young Explorer's Adventure Guide, 2015)

"Ten Days Up" (Mission: Tomorrow, 2015)
    "suspenseful" - Locus Online // "often satirical, sometimes hopeful" - Publishers Weekly

"Making Waves" (SNAFU, 2014)
    "a tale that's begging for [a] film version, preferably directed by Guillermo del Toro" - Horror Talk // more reviews...

🌲"Somebody's Daughter" (Leading Edge Issue 65, 2014)

"Don't Fence Me In" (Song Stories: Blaze of Glory, 2013)

"At Long Last, Love" (From the Porch Swing, 2010)

"The Stories We Tell Ourselves" (100 Stories for Haiti, 2010)

Online

Ninth Step Station (series contributor, Serial Box Publishing, forthcoming)

"Players" (Kaleidotrope, 2018)

"Like a Ghost I'm Gonna Haunt You" (Daily Science Fiction, 2016) + audio podcast (Toasted Cake, 2018)

"Bounty Call" (Perihelion Science Fiction, 2015)

"Godwin's Law" (The Future Fire, 2015)

"It's Machine Code" (Unlikely Story #11: The Journal of Unlikely Cryptography, 2015)
    "a story that gets best right at the end" - Charlotte Ashley // more reviews...

"Zugzwang" (Daily Science Fiction, 2014)
    "not in the least bit groundbreaking, but still enjoyable" - Psocoptera // more reviews...

"Born to the Legion" (Sledgehammer Writing Contest, 2013)

"Restart" (Strangetastic, 2009)

"Love Lucy" (365 Tomorrows, 2007)

"Ghosts of Earth" (365 Tomorrows, 2006)

"Birthdays" (365 Tomorrows, 2006)

"Antique" (365 Tomorrows, 2006)

FREEFALL: an outer space adventure serial (1995-)

512 Words or Fewer

A weekly anthology of flash fiction (2008-2013), now collected in THURSDAY'S CHILDREN
    "some of the tales would make great bedtime stories. Others will keep your kids up at night." - GeekDad

My Audio Narrations of Other Authors' Stories

"Silkstrand, a Minute of" by Anton Stark (Cast of Wonders, 2018)

"To the Moon" by Ken Liu (cast member, PodCastle, 2018)

"The Heaven-Moving Way" by Chi Hui; translated by Andy Dudak (Apex Magazine, 2018)

"A Spirited Education" by Tony Pi (PodCastle, 2017)

"Or Be Forever Fallen" by A. Merc Rustad (PodCastle, 2017)

"How to Write a Query Letter" (SFWA Bulletin #213, 2018)

Eating Authors: Curtis C. Chen (lawrencemschoen.com, 2017)

Reddit AMA (r/Writing, 2016)

The Kanga-Roundup (CKL's HotSheet, 2016)

Special Synopsis Sauce (SFWA Blog, 2016)

My Murdered Darling — "The Crazy Flirty Lady" (KatTales, 2016)

The Page as Performance (NaNoEdMo, 2016)

The Joy of Deadlines (ShadowSpinners, 2016)

I applied to Clarion West SIX TIMES (CKL's HotSheet, 2016)

original WAYPOINT KANGAROO query letter (Query Shark, 2013)

Me and Ken Levine (CKL's HotSheet, 2008)

Curtis C. Chen's Journal

Some Folks Call It a Blog

Travels With Our Cats (2008)

CKL+D drive across the USA with Jasper and Bayla.