knotanumber
Knot what you expect
from science fiction
The knotanumber credo
Be succinct. How long does it take to drink a coffee? Answer: longer than it takes to read one of my chapters.
Be imaginative. Tell stories that are original and unexpected. Break the tropes.
Be excellent. It’s embarrassing to admit how many revisions and edits I go through. Quality matters.
Be responsive. I try to respond to all comments personally. I want to hear what you think.
The High Five
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Setting out on their maiden voyage is the first space crew with disabilities: an all-American basketball star, a celebrity streamer, a computer genius, a military hero, a walking encyclopedia, and the first human born in space. But when a massive solar flare threatens the ship and festering secrets divide the crew, is their mission crippled from the start?
West of Nothing
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When a sorority prank with a microbot lands him in hot water, university student Mason Donnelly is recruited to work on a secret project at a remote research facility. As the newest member of a team of brilliant misfits, he must help reverse engineer a new class of robot with capabilities beyond anything they thought was possible. But the robot may have an agenda of its own...
Negative Energy
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Resurrection doesn’t come cheap.
To pay off his body debt to a future society, Matt Harmon must help a sentient power company track down a saboteur. As he scours the energy mesh for signs of foul play, he finds troubling links to his past and omens of a future without humanity.
apexeno vol I
In Progress…
With all of those exoplanets out there, who is looking back at us?
Inspired by Carl Sagan's Life on Jupiter, apexeno is a collection of short stories that explores the scientific weirdness of extra-solar planets and the sentient creatures that rule over them.
What is knotanumber?
NaN, or "not a number," is a database error caused by invalid input into a mathematical calculation, such as when you try to compute numeric pi with apple strudel. Knotanumber is also what you get when you start with a pimply, asthma-ridden, Bible belt-on, Atari-binging, Asimov-reading, never-been-kissed nerd and, through the application of epigenetic lifestyle factors and Pokemon pellets, transform him into a gently aged, distance-running, veggie-eating, anti-evangelical, badass middle manager-who is still a nerd.