Reprint in The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. 'Marley and Marley' / The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (November/December 2017 issue) But when her sister offers her a way out, she doesn't know if she can leave. But now her mother has kidnapped her into space and fitted her with an artificial conscience that has glitched and malfunctioned to the point where Merribelle doesn't know who she is anymore. Merribelle's mother once was a pilot, just like Merribelle once was a brave little girl. ( Buy Here) ( Click Here for Eligibility 2019) ( Interview about 'When We Flew' at F&SF blog) 'When We Flew Together Through the Ice' / The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (November/December 2018 issue) ( Click Here for Eligibility 2020) ( Click Here to Read)Ī woman living underground tells a story about the world above. 'You Ask Me to Tell You a Story'/Daily Science Fiction (September 2019) ( Click Here for Eligibility 2021) ( Click Here to Read) ( Click Here to Listen) ( Interview about 'Name' at Lightspeed)Ī young college student gets the chance to meet a sister who never was, thanks to a dimensional leap.

'She'd Never Had a Name Before' / Lightspeed Magazine (January 2020 issue) But with the Circus King drawing nearer, she might have to give everything in order to protect those she loves. The Ringmaster's circus is real magic, and she grants real wishes. Rin's circus has something he wants, and he won't stop until it's his.THE FIRST BRIGHT THING / Tor (Summer 2023) It takes the form of another Spark circus, with tents as black as midnight and a ringmaster who rules over his troupe with a dangerous power. And Rin's past creeps closer every day, a malevolent shadow Rin can't fully escape. The future holds an impending war that the Sparks can see barrelling toward their Big Top and everyone in it. Every night, Rin and the Fantasticals enchant a Big Top packed full with audiences who need to see the impossible.īut while the present is bright, threats come at Rin from the past and the future. Like the circus she's built and the magical misfits and outcasts – known as Sparks – who've made it their home. With the scars of World War I feeling more distant as the years pass, Rin is focusing on the brighter things in life. Ringmaster – Rin, to those who know her best – can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. Welcome to the Circus of the Fantasticals. Dawson is a spellbinding debut for fans of The Night Circus and The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue.

If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today?

The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson