Hello, and welcome to the website of Saskatchewan-based writer (and sometimes artist/flash fiction editor/poet) Kurt Kirchmeier. Here you’ll find news and links regarding recent and forthcoming short fiction and poetry releases, as well as general updates on what I am working on now (middle grade and young adult novels, for the most part). Follow the links on the right for more detailed information, and to stay apprised of recent developments, check back often.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy your visit!

Tesseracts 15: A case of quite curious tales

I’m very pleased to announce that my short story “Four Against Chaos” will be appearing in Tesseracts 15: A Case of Quite Curious Tales, edited by Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor. This is an all-Canadian anthology that I’ve been dying to be a part of for years now, and the fact that this year’s edition is YA-themed just made me want to be a part of it even more. Tesseracts is published annually by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy, and will be widely available later this year (September). ISBN# 978-1-894063-58-6

Below is the gorgeous cover art for this year’s edition, as well as the full TOC (and what a fine TOC it is!).


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Safety of Crowds by E.L. Chen 
Fragile Things by Amanda Sun 
Just Dance by Erika Holt 
Poem - adaptation by Francine Lewis 
Saving the Dead, or The Diary of an Undertaker’s Apprentice by Jennifer Greylyn 
Feral by Nicole Luiken 
A+ Brain by Katrina Nicholson 
The Road of Good Intentions by Cat McDonald 
The Windup Heiress by Leslie Brown 
The Bridge Builder by Kevin Cockle 
My Name is Tommy by Mike Rimar 
Darwin’s Vampire by Elise Moser 
Costumes by Shen Braun 
Poem - Civility by J.J. Steinfeld 
Take My Waking Slow by Michele Ann Jenkins 
The Weirdo Adventures of Steve Rand by Claude Lalumière 
Every You, Every Me by Virginia Modugno 
The Oak Girl by Helen Marshall 
Edge of Moonglow by Ed Greenwood 
Split Decision by Robert Runte 
Hide by Rebecca M. Senese 
Four Against Chaos by Kurt Kirchmeier 
Ice Pirates by Claire Eamer 
Poem - You Always Knew by Michelle Barker 
The Illumination of Cypher-Space by Lynne M. MacLean 
The Tremor Road by Tony Pi 
The Memory Junkies by K. Boorman 


– April 4, 2011.

New fiction and poetry

I’m happy to report that my flash fiction story “Clicks and Whirs” is now live at Every Day Fiction, and that my poem “Matchstick Men” is available in issue 33.4 of speculative poetry magazine Star*Line. Order info here. I hope you’ll check them out.

Happy New Year!

–December 31, 2010

Murky Depths

I’m thrilled to report that my short story “Smiles” will be appearing in a future issue of the uber-stylish comic/magazine hybrid, Murky Depths. To illustrate just how stylish and cool MD really is: They just won a British Fantasy Award for best periodical/magazine, over such stiff competition as Interzone, Black Static, and Cemetery Dance.

This will actually be my second appearance in Murky Depths, the first being back in issue #2, which is still available through the link on my purchase page. That one was a ghost story told from the perspective of a dead hooker, whereas this new one is a take on the zombie genre. Hopefully readers will like it.

September 19, 2010

Free Fiction

I’ve decided to add a new page to my website so that I might share a few of my previously published stories. The first one I’m posting is “Souls on Display,” a contemporary fantasy piece that first hit print in 2007 and was reprinted in 2009. It also happens to be one of my personal favorites. Just click the free fiction link on the menu to read. I hope you enjoy it!

– August 14, 2010 

New Fiction

My steampunk story “Love, Must” is now available in the Hugo-award-winning super-zine, Weird Tales. I hope you’ll check out the issue. It’s a great one. Also newly available are my stories “Myths and Messerschmitts” and “Symphony of Bones,” in Tales of the Unanticipated and Withersin, respectively. “Myths” is a high-octane blend of SF and Japanese legend, and “Symphony” might well be the best piece of horror fiction I’ve written. Below are the covers for all three magazines. Click the purchase page for order information.

August 10, 2010.