I actually wrote this story seven years ago for an anthology of alternative Jewish history. It’s a coming-of-age story about a young person living in a Jewish space station among other community space stations, orbiting an earth blighted by war, plagues, and ecological disaster. My purpose in writing the story was to talk about community defined broadly and how to best do your part in trying to heal the world. It didn’t get into the anthology, and I ended up putting the story aside. Recently, I decided again to try to get it published, and I succeeded.

For some readers, this story may seem more timely now than when I originally wrote it. Check it out here. It is the lead story of this spring’s edition of AFTER THE STORM magazine.

For all of you who asked if I’d ever write a sequel to Cycling to Asylum, that moment has arrived! Five Points on an Invisible Line, which takes place three years after the events in the first book came to a close, is scheduled to launch at the end of the summer with Flame Arrow Publishing. Flame Arrow will also be republishing an updated version of Cycling under the title Invisible Line.

Stay tuned for cover reveals and other updates!