{"id":6206,"date":"2023-03-22T22:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T22:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markdjacobsen.com\/?p=6206"},"modified":"2023-03-22T22:22:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T22:22:49","slug":"the-repair-at-asimovs-sf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markdjacobsen.com\/2023\/03\/22\/the-repair-at-asimovs-sf\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Repair” at Asimov’s SF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-two years ago, as a college sophomore, I took 1st runner up in the Dell Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing<\/a>\u00a0(then known as the Asimov Award). Sheila Williams<\/a> (the editor of Asimov’s Science Fiction<\/em><\/a> magazine) and Rick Wilber<\/a> flew me and the other finalists out to a writing conference, where I sat by the pool and talked writing with Joe Haldeman, Sean Stewart<\/a>, Kelly Link<\/a>, Charles Sheffield, Nancy Kress<\/a>, Daniel Keyes, Ted Chiang, Octavia Butler<\/a>, Brian Aldiss<\/a>, Neil Gaiman<\/a>, and many others. The next year, I won the contest and went back. These were life-changing experiences for a young person with only distant dreams of being a writer. I realized that \u201cmaking it\u201d was well within reach and began submitting stories, without success.<\/p>\n

I got busy after that, with my Air Force career and a young family. Writing came and went. In 2020, amidst the pandemic and a transition into a teaching job, I committed to writing more seriously. It has only taken 22 years, but with \u201cThe Repair,\u201d I finally made it into Asimov\u2019s.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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The story began as an experiment, as I tried to stretch my usual style and write a cyberpunk tale with the atmosphere of\u00a0Blade Runner.\u00a0<\/em>It took on a life of its own and grew into a commentary on cancellation, asking that classic speculative fiction question: “What if this continues?”<\/p>\n

Asimov SF’s blog also ran an interview with me<\/a> about the story.<\/p>\n

I’m a little late getting this post up, but you might still be able to find the March\/April issue on the shelves at your favorite bookstore. You can also order it at www.asimovs.com<\/a> or purchase the digital issue via Amazon Kindle<\/a>. Even better, you can subscribe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My new short story “The Repair” is now available in the March\/April 2023 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n"The Repair" at Asimov's SF - Mark D. Jacobsen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My short story "The Repair" is now available in the March\/April 2023 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/markdjacobsen.com\/2023\/03\/22\/the-repair-at-asimovs-sf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\""The Repair" at Asimov's SF - Mark D. 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