Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer
Kenneth Mark Hoover
Kenneth Mark Hoover
Allen, TX 75013
United States
kmhoover
Bibliography
I write almost everyday. On those days I’m not physically writing (i.e. putting something down on paper), I’m reading, editing, studying, researching, planning, and handling the myriad thousand other details that comes with being a professional writer. Sometimes I'm attending science fiction and writer conventions or meeting writers at the coffee shop to chat or brainstorm ideas. Frankly, it’s a full-time job!
I came across this quote speaking to the seeming futility of writing. I think it captures a philosophical truth about perseverance and why you should never quit. Mainly, because it's not about you. It's about the words themselves that have power and meaning in our lives. Here it is:
"Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for a boat to save; they just stand there shining." --Anne Lamott
Fiction
“Lucy, Wherefore Art Thou?” Alpha Adventures, January 1986.
“Fevreblau” The Fractal, May 1998. This is the short story which my later novel, FEVREBLAU, was partially based upon. The story itself was written in the mid-80s, but didn’t sell so I rewrote it.
“Fevreblau” Neverworlds, (reprint), sold November 2000.
“Joke Hell” Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, Summer 2000.
“Mawn” State of Being, July 2000
“Slugball–Part 1” Strange Horizons, May 7, 2001.
This was my first sale to a professional magazine. It was the beginning of a happy relationship with the new on-line magazine.“Slugball–Part 2” Strange Horizons, May 14, 2001.
“Slugball” was illustrated by Frank Wu
“Slugball” apparel, housewares and tote bags can still be purchased with Frank Wu’s story illustration at Cafepress.
“The Final Solution–Part 1” Strange Horizons, February 18, 2002.
“The Final Solution–Part 2” Strange Horizons, February 25, 2002.
"Flight Wind" Cyberkwoon, April 2002.
"The Hour of the Tiger" Cyberkwoon, May 2003.
“Big Chill on Changpi” Continuum Science Fiction, Issue #2, Summer 2004.
“Ashes, Ashes” Cosmic Science Fiction, June 2004.
“The Engines of Manta-Geth” Bewildering Stories, September 2004.
"Scavengers" Astounding Tales, September 2004.
“The Perfect Quest” SDO Fantasy, October 2004.
“The Bonebreaker” Challenging Destiny, Issue #21, September 2005.
“Heart’s Issue” Drops of Crimson, October 2008.
"Death Storm" Drops of Crimson, February 2009.
“Haxan” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, March 26, 2009.
"Sea Devil" Drops of Crimson, April 2009.
"Haxan" Podcast by Beneath Ceaseless Skies, June 18, 2009.
"The Gate Between Worlds" Drops of Crimson, July 2009.
"Tryst" Three Crow Press, August 2009.
"Till Death Do Us Part" The Western Online, October 2009.
"In the Image of Our Maker" The Western Online, October 2009.
"Widdershin" Three Crow Press, November 2009.
Three Wise Men" The Western Online, November 2009.
"High Moon" Beneath Ceaseless Skies, December 2009.
"Rubber Monkeys" Destination: Future, Hadley Rille Books, 2010.
"White Hawk" Frontier Tales Magazine, March 2010
"Grand Guignol" Darker, July/August 2010.
"To Stand With Kings" Zero Gravity, Pill Hill Press, 2010.
"Phaedra" coming soon in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine!
"Vengeance is Mine" coming soon in the Beauty Has Her Way anthology!
Novel & Anthologies
Zero Gravity is the new anthology from Pill Hill Press offering thirteen SF stories set in the cold vacuum of space. My story "To Stand Among Kings" is among them. The anthology is available for purchase from Amazon and Pill Hill Press.
The anthology DESTINATION: FUTURE published by Hadley Rille which includes my short story, "Rubber Monkeys" is now available for purchase at Amazon Barnes & Noble and Powell's.
Publisher's Weekly gave it a starred review and called it an "...exceptional science fiction anthology."
FEVREBLAU, Five Star Press (Tekno Books)
Non-Fiction
“Review of Journal of Asian Martial Arts #1" Cyberkwoon, April 2001.
“Review of Journal of Asian Martial Arts #2" Cyberkwoon, June 2001.
“Sex and Romantic Love in the Heian Culture: Japan (794-1185)” Cyberkwoon, June 2001.
“Review of Journal of Asian Martial Arts #3" Cyberkwoon, Fall 2001.
“James Van Pelt Interview” Strange Horizons, August 2001.
“Richard Parks Interview” Strange Horizons, November 2001.
“Les Johnson Interview” Strange Horizons, 2003.
“Lee Martindale Interview” Strange Horizons, April 2004.
“Laura J. Underwood Interview” Strange Horizons, May 2004.
"The Technocratic Society and its Impact on the Future of Humanity", The Mad Philosophers Guild Journal, Volume I Issue 4 (Future Humanity), Fall 2005.
"Future Humanity Viewed Through the Lens of Punctuated Progressivism", The Mad Philosophers Guild Journal, Volume I Issue 4 (Future Humanity), Fall 2005
“Selena Rosen Interview” Strange Horizons, June 2006.
"Wordcraft and War Fiction: An Interview with David Weber", Strange Horizons, August 2009.
Poetry
“Stargasso” Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, Summer 2004.
Erotica
"Red Rain" Clean Sheets, 2001
"Pale Master" Logical-Lust Bookstore, Eternal Bonds Anthology, 2004
"Sugar Fire" Fishnet Magazine, 2004
NOVEL NEWS! | ||
My novel, FEVREBLAU, has been published by Five Star Press. You can order your copy here! |
And a review....
From Library Journal: (from the SF/Fantasy column by JackieCassada)
Congrats to Kenneth Mark Hoover for this Library Journal review! (November 15, 2005 issue)
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Hoover, Kenneth Mark. Fevreblau. Five Star: Gale. Dec. 2005. c.290p. ISBN 1-59414-361-7. $25.95. SF
After calibrating a signal reception device known as Project Star Whisper on the lunar surface, Nikolai Sholokhov receives a trip to Moscow that includes a rare visit with women "sheltered" in Union House. When one of the women escapes and begs Nikolai to take her away from Earth, he flees with her to one of the orbiting habitats of the Archipelago, where he finds himself in the middle of a vast revolution set upon changing the world. Set in a future in which most women have perished in a gender-specific pandemic, leaving the surviving females either protected or exploited, Hoover's first novel combines space adventure with social commentary in a fast-moving story that is suitable for large sf collections.
Kenneth Mark Hoover
Allen, TX 75013
United States
kmhoover
