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MJKE WOOD
Science Fiction &
Fantasy Writer
Mjke Wood is the author of over 30 short stories. His novels include Deep Space Accountant (in the Sphere of Influence series) and Old Man in a Spacesuit (Martian Dreams series). He is a Writers of the Future winner, and was the first winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Contest.
S h o r t S t o r i e s
​Stories Currently Online
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Songs in a Lesser-Known Key (Pseudopod podcast)
https://pseudopod.org/2021/08/06/pseudopod-769-songs-in-a-lesser-known-key/
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Dead Man’s Shoes

Thousand War Soldier
http://www.raygunrevival.com/thousand-war-soldier-mjke-wood/

Call Me Murph
http://short-story.me/science-fiction-stories/378-call-me-murph.html

Risqueman (StarshipSofa Audio version)
http://www.starshipsofa.com/category/podcast/fact-articles/then-and-now/

The Third Attractor
http://www.abyssapexzine.com/2013/01/3rd-attractor/www.abyssandapex

Ship of Fools
http://www.kasmamagazine.com/ship-of-fools.html

The Photograph
http://www.lamplightmagazine.com/volume-i-issue-iv/
The Biggest Pumpkin in the World
http://short-story.me/featured-stories/601-the-biggest-pumpkin-in-the-world.html
The Abolitionist
Bring Me My Broadsword and my Spreadsheets of Fire
​The Last Fisherman of Habitat 37
Dagan Books’ Fish Anthology
Ed. Carrie Guinn and K.V. Taylor
​Caohime's Water Music
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Ed. Trevor Quachri
Nov/Dec 2021
A Better Sense of Direction
Jim Baen Memorial Award: The First Decade
Ed. William Ledbetter
Publ. Baen
The Best of Jim Baen’s Universe II
Ed. Eric Flint
Publ. Baen
​Loose?
Murky Depths Issue 11
Ed Terry Martin and Anne Stringer
Publ. The House of Murky Depths
Short Stories in Print
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The Shackles of Memory
The Singularity Magazine, Issue 3
Ed. Lee P.Hogg
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​Risqueman
Writers of the Future vol XXV
Ed. K D Wentworth
Publ. Galaxy Press
​The Photograph
Lamplight Volume 1
Ed. Jacob Haddon
​Ship of Fools
Cosmic Vegetable
Ed. David Nell
Dreamscape Press
​The Last Days of Dogger City
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Ed. Trevor Quachri
April 2015