Author
Tais Teng
As a sculptor his most heart-felt wish is a Star Wars laser cannon to carve mountains or one of the lesser Jupiter moons. He doesn't share his home with a cat like most authors, not even with a gold fish, but a wife and three kids should count for something?
Tais Teng is one of the founders of ziltpunk, optimistic climate fiction set in a decidedly Dutch future, with mile-high dykes, hurricane-herders, and mangrove islands in front of the coast. His website is taisteng.atspace.com. His art website is taisteng.deviantart.com. He is on twitter @taisteng.
Shadows on a brick wall
"They are very new, you know," he said. "Like those butterflies that sat on black trees. Because of the coaldust and smoke. Moths. Whatever. So they turned dark themselves." He was trying to charm me, calling me "love" and touching my elbow at every third word. He was also…
Slow-boat inspector
Chang Mei's little patrol boat was pure climax tech, as ancient and durable as a Kalashnikov or a stone ax. Never hand potential enemies technology they didn't already have. She looked back to the dazzling blue fire of the Rigel system. The habitats of the Third Kingdom wove…
You should have seen their faces
Tinder did an update, right in the middle of a session. Everything was reset to neutral. I had to fill in that whole stupid list before they would send a new picture. Are you identifying as female/male? Followed by that whole smorgasbord of letters, ending in "asexual--same sex…