Ken Scholes
Encyclopedia
Ken Scholes is a science fiction
and fantasy
writer living in St. Helens, Oregon
. He refers to himself as "trailer boy", a reference to his childhood home.
His short story Into the Blank Where Life is Hurled won 3rd place in the 4th quarter of the 2005 Writers of the Future
contest.
His first novel, Lamentation, was published on February 17, 2009. Based on a previous short story entitled "Of Metal Men and Scarlet Thread and Dancing with the Sunrise", it is the first of five in the Psalms of Isaak saga. Book two, Canticle, was released in October 2009.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
writer living in St. Helens, Oregon
St. Helens, Oregon
St. Helens is the county seat of Columbia County, Oregon. It was founded by Captain H. M. Knighton, a native of New England, in 1845 as "Plymouth". The name was changed to St. Helens in the latter part of 1850 for its view of Mount St. Helens some away in Washington. The population was 10,019 at...
. He refers to himself as "trailer boy", a reference to his childhood home.
His short story Into the Blank Where Life is Hurled won 3rd place in the 4th quarter of the 2005 Writers of the Future
Writers of the Future
Writers of the Future is a science fiction and fantasy story contest that was originated by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s. Hubbard...
contest.
His first novel, Lamentation, was published on February 17, 2009. Based on a previous short story entitled "Of Metal Men and Scarlet Thread and Dancing with the Sunrise", it is the first of five in the Psalms of Isaak saga. Book two, Canticle, was released in October 2009.
Books
- Last Flight of the Goddess, Fairwood PressFairwood PressFairwood Press is a small press publishing company, specializing in speculative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. It was founded by Patrick and Honna Swenson and is currently located in Kent, Washington....
, 2006 - Long Walks, Last Flights, and Other Strange Journeys, Fairwood PressFairwood PressFairwood Press is a small press publishing company, specializing in speculative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. It was founded by Patrick and Honna Swenson and is currently located in Kent, Washington....
, 2008 - Diving Mimes, Weeping Czars and Other Unusual Suspects, Fairwood PressFairwood PressFairwood Press is a small press publishing company, specializing in speculative fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. It was founded by Patrick and Honna Swenson and is currently located in Kent, Washington....
, 2010
Psalms of Isaak
- Lamentation, Tor BooksTor BooksTor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...
, February 2009 - Canticle, Tor BooksTor BooksTor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...
, October 2009 - Antiphon, Tor BooksTor BooksTor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...
, September 2010 - Requiem, Tor BooksTor BooksTor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...
, Forthcoming - Hymn, Tor BooksTor BooksTor Books is one of two imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC, based in New York City. It is noted for its science fiction and fantasy titles. Tom Doherty Associates also publishes mainstream fiction, mystery, and occasional military history titles under its Forge imprint. The company was founded...
, Forthcoming
Short fiction
- "The Taking Night", Talebones, Winter 2000
- "So Sang the Girl Who Had No Name", Twilight Showcase, 2001 and Fortean Bureau, December 2004
- "Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk", Talebones, Spring 2001 and Best of the Rest 3: Best Unknown Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2001, ed. Brian Youmans, Suddenly Press, 2002 and Revolution SF, July 2006 and Escape Pod, February 2008
- "Fearsome Jones' Discarded Love Collection", Fortean BureauFortean BureauThe Fortean Bureau was an online magazine published from Laramie, Wyoming, between 2002–06 and edited by Jeremy and Sarah Tolbert. It was published monthly from July 2002 to December 2004, then quarterly in 2005, with the final issue published in April 2006. There was a total of 33 issues.The...
, July 2004 - "A Good Hair Day in Anarchy", Lone Star Stories, June 2005 and Best of the Rest 4: Best Unknown Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2005, ed. Brian Youmans, Suddenly Press, 2006
- "Into the Blank Where Life is Hurled", L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXI, ed. Algis Budrys, Galaxy Press, 2005
- "The Santaman Cycle", TEL:Stories, ed. Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005
- "On the Settling of Ancient Scores", Son and Foe, November 2005
- "The Man With Great Despair Behind His Eyes", Talebones, Winter 2005 and Prime Codex, ed. Lawrence M. Schoen and Michael Livingston, Paper Golem, 2007
- "That When I Waked I Cried to Dream Again", Insidious Reflections, January 2006
- "Action Team-Ups Number Thirty-Seven", Shimmer MagazineShimmer MagazineShimmer Magazine, or Shimmerzine, is a quarterly magazine which publishes speculative fiction, with a focus on material that is dark, humorous or strange. Established in June 2005, Shimmer is published in digest format and Portable Document Format and is edited by Beth Wodzinski...
, Winter 2006 - "East of Eden and Just a Bit South", Aeon Speculative Fiction, February 2006
- "There Once Was a Girl From Nantucket (A Fortean Love Story)" (with John A. Pitts), Fortean BureauFortean BureauThe Fortean Bureau was an online magazine published from Laramie, Wyoming, between 2002–06 and edited by Jeremy and Sarah Tolbert. It was published monthly from July 2002 to December 2004, then quarterly in 2005, with the final issue published in April 2006. There was a total of 33 issues.The...
, March 2006 - "Of Metal Men and Scarlet Thread and Dancing with the Sunrise", Realms of Fantasy, August 2006 and Best New Fantasy 2, ed. Sean Wallace, Prime BooksPrime BooksEdited by two-time Hugo-nominee and 2006 World Fantasy-winner Sean Wallace, Prime Books is an award-winning independent publishing house, specializing in a mix of literary/commercial anthologies, collections, novels, and two magazines: Fantasy Magazine and Lightspeed Magazine. Some of its...
- "That Old-Time Religion", Weird TalesWeird TalesWeird Tales is an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine first published in March 1923. It ceased its original run in September 1954, after 279 issues, but has since been revived. The magazine was set up in Chicago by J. C. Henneberger, an ex-journalist with a taste for the macabre....
, November 2007 - "Soon We Shall All Be Saunders", Polyphony 6, ed. Deborah Layne and Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2006
- "One Small Step", Aeon Speculative Fiction, Issue 9, November 2006
- "The Great Little Falls Revival", Science Fiction Trails, Pirate Dog Press, ed. David P. Riley, 2007
- "Summer in Paris, Light from the Sky", Clarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. The first issue was published October 1, 2006 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Caitlin R...
, November 2007 - What Child Is This, I Ask the Midnight Clear", Shimmer Magazine Holiday Chapbook, Winter 2007
- "The Doom of Love in Small Spaces", Realms of FantasyRealms of FantasyRealms of Fantasy is a professional bimonthly fantasy speculative fiction magazine published by Damnation Books, which specializes in fantasy, nonfiction, and art. The magazine publishes short stories by some of the genre's most popular and most prominent authors...
, April 2008 - "The God-Voices of Settler's Rest", Intergalactic Medicine ShowIntergalactic Medicine ShowInterGalactic Medicine Show is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. It was founded by multiple award-winning author Orson Scott Card. An anthology also called Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show was published by Tor in August, 2008, featuring selected stories from...
, July 2008 - "The Night the Stars Sang Out My Name", Abyss and Apex, Third Quarter 2008.
- "Invisible Empire of Ascending Light", Eclipse 2, Nightshade Books, ed. Jonathan Strahen,2008
- "The Second Gift Given", Clarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. The first issue was published October 1, 2006 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Caitlin R...
, February 2009
External links
- Official website
- "An Interview with Ken Scholes", Pat's Fantasy Hotlist, January 2009
- "Trailer Boy Makes Good: An Interview With Ken Scholes, Author of Canticle" by Spencer Ellsworth, September 2009
- "Keeping Ahead of the Fear: An Interview with Ken Scholes" by Jeremy L. C. Jones, Clarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld MagazineClarkesworld Magazine is an American online fantasy and science fiction magazine. The first issue was published October 1, 2006 and it has maintained a regular monthly schedule since, publishing fiction by authors such as Sarah Monette, Catherynne Valente, Elizabeth Bear, Caitlin R...
, October 2009