Josh Roseman
(not the trombonist; the other one)

Welcome to the official website for Josh Roseman, fiction writer and voice artist. You may have seen my writing in Asimov's, or heard my voice on Escape Pod and StarShipSofa. I'm also a web developer, a father, and a human being. I have a full bio here, and a full listing of my published works here. Please feel free to add me to your RSS reader, or to whatever social network you prefer. You can e-mail me if you want me to write or voice something for you. Thanks for visiting.
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My short-story “Greener”, which I’m very proud of, is in the April/May 2012 issue of Asimov’s. Click here to put it in your eyeballs.

From Guatemala, where a woman dreams of becoming La Gorda, the first female luchador, before discovering a greater calling in “La Gorda and the City of Silver”; to the big city in the US, where superhero Flux refuses to don spandex in order to join her new team in “Nemesis”; to the remote planet Sidqiel in “Survivor”, where student Wen survives a crash landing, only to face death from the rising sun. Fat Girl in a Strange Land takes its characters – and its readers – places they’ve never been.

My story “Survivor” — my first anthology sale — is available today from Crossed Genres publications. It’s only $5 on the e-reader of your choice.

Fat Girl in a Strange Land (Anthology) | Crossed Genres

My two favourites were both on the science fiction side, one about a group of terraformers and one about a survivor of a crashed spaceship.

Another nice mention for “Survivor”, which is in the upcoming Fat Girl In A Strange Land anthology. The book will be released this Friday, 2/17. More info here.

Reviews: Fat Girl in a Strange Land by Kay T. Holt | LibraryThing

Some of the other stories that hit real high notes for me include Josh Roseman’s ”Survivor,” because he fucking kills it in that story. His protagonist Wen is a believable teenage girl. Sometimes whiny, sometimes brave, Wen is faced with a fight for survival on her own that could cripple an adult, and meets it head on. I threw the horns with both hands at the end.

Early review of the Fat Girl in a Strange Land anthology. She apparently enjoyed my story. The anthology will be released in February.

» Fat Girl in a Strange Land: Lillian Cohen-Moore

The table of contents for Fat Girl in a Strange Land has been announced, which therefore means I can announce here that I have made my first sale to an anthology.

It will be released on 2/17/12. When it is, I’ll post links to where you can buy it.

“Bring on the Rain”, originally published in the July issue of Asimov’s, has been reprinted in audio form by StarShipSofa. I was asked to narrate the story as well — it’s a new experience, narrating my own stuff — and, at the end, I was interviewed about the story submission and acceptance process. Take a listen.

The standouts for me were Rusch, Spinrad, and Josh Roseman.

Being mentioned in company like that still makes me squee a little.

Okay, more than a little.

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To go back to my comment on storytelling style — the best way to explain it is that I felt like I was reading Anita Blake: God Hunter. The same problems I have with Laurell K. Hamilton’s storytelling, I had with Kingdoms (although this book was well-edited, whereas some of Hamilton’s novels unfortunately contain grammatical errors and spelling inconsistencies).
Warp drive. Hyperspeed. Folding space. Immersion. The Infinite Improbability Drive. Read five different pieces of science fiction and you’re guaranteed to find five different propulsion methods with five different names. But one thing I can guarantee is that you’ve never seen a starship being powered the way Nobilis Reed does it in Scouts.

Book Review: “Scouts” by Nobilis Reed : Escape Pod

Please note: the novel is for adults, and the review contains discussions of adult material.

A young woman is considered all-too replaceable by her demanding husband Michael. This is the unofficial winner of the annual Broken Mirror Story Event for 2009.

I forgot to link this a few months ago, but “27 Jennifers” was named #4 on a Top 10 Dunesteef Episodes list.

But wait…There’s more! - Alarming episode on Dunesteef podcast

IF YOU CAN READ THIS MESSAGE ACCEPT OUR GREETINGS ATTEND THE SPORTING CONTEST BETWEEN THE TWINS OF MINNESOTA AND THE DEVIL RAYS OF FLORIDA ON THE 194TH DAY OF THE HUMAN CALENDAR YEAR INFORM YOUR COMRADES SO THEY MAY WITNESS THIS EVENT

“Belief” — Fusion Fragment — Issue #16

The above is from my short-story “Belief”. It’s one of the first stories I wrote with intent to sell.

Use of the present tense in narrative writing is generally a technique of the avant-garde, but here in “Bring On the Rain” it’s put to its use in a piece of military-oriented fiction, seeming either out of place or too much in place. Isn’t it the truth, though—there’s no hope for men at war and in the modern world where isn’t there war? I don’t think the author would dispute that his characters are war-mad. You can’t call a story pessimistic when you have nothing optimistic to compare it with, so you call it “realistic”. Yes, there’s little hope for the Earth in this one—in fact, there isn’t any. Except to say “it’s only a story”, but that doesn’t work out too well, or wouldn’t if it wasn’t sf.

Commentary on “Bring on the Rain”, from the Asimov’s forum.

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“Bring on the Rain” is now available in the July 2011 issue of Asimov’s. You can purchase it electronically or… um… non-electronically.

It’s a huge thrill — my hands are still shaking — to be in the same magazine as such greats like Joe Haldeman, Norman Spinrad, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Robert Silverberg.

Enjoy the story.

Port Iris Magazine has reprinted “27 Jennifers”, which originally appeared on the Dunesteef. For more fiction from Port Iris, visit their homepage.

“Section 3A” was first published online at the Big Pulp imprint “Golden Ark”, and is now available for print-on-demand and download as part of their Winter 2010 issue.