Short Story Sales:


• Nomad in Abyss & Apex; available online.

  1. This story was also selected for the book The Best of Abyss & Apex; Volume One.

  2. Reviews:

  3. • Tangent Online: “the best story in this issue”

  4. • The Fix Short Fiction Review: “shows that SF and romance can be combined to good effect”


• Pilgrimage in Writers of the Future, Vol. 23; also available as an audiobook.

  1. This story was a winner in the WotF competition and appears in their yearly anthology.

  2. Reviews:

  3. • Sandstorm Reviews: “approach[es] greatness”

  4. • Starfleet News Service: “[a] must-read in the volume”

  5. • The Fix Short Fiction Review: “a moving tale about the importance of time and life”

  6. • Black Gate; Adventures in Fantasy Literature: Recommended reading list for 2007


  1. •Murder in Abyss & Apex; available online.

  2. Reviews:

  3. • Gardner Dozois in Locus Magazine, July 2009: “a well-crafted offworld mystery.”


• Under the Shouting Sky in Cosmos Magazine, issue #28; also available online.

  1. This story also won first place in The Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Short Story Contest.

  2. This story has been selected for The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (publication upcoming).

  3. Reviews:

  4. • Locus Magazine’s Recommended Reading List for 2009  

  5. • Tangent Online’s 2009 Recommended Reading List 


  1. •Jerry in Neo-Opsis, issue #18; purchase here.

  2. Reviews:

  3. • Tangent Online: “simply the best piece in the magazine”


  1. •Worm Days in Electric Velocipede (publication upcoming).


  3. •Chester in Escape Velocity (publication upcoming).

Biography:

  1. Currently a software engineer in my day job, I’ve been a jeweler, musical instrument maker, sculptor, mechanical technician, and a few other even-less-interesting things. I live in Boston, MA with my wife, a dog and a cat.

Photo:

  1. Yeah, I know, you can't see what I look like very well here. I'm trying to be mysterious, like Thomas Pynchon. Also, using an unclear picture means I don't have to update it or apologize for it being out of date.

Contact me:

  1. At karlbunker at mac dot com.

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  1. No, no, no, and no. I have quite enough ways in which to waste my time already, thankyouverymuch.

Greetings. I am Karl Bunker, a new science fiction author. I currently have a few short story sales to my credit, but more output and more sales are expected for the future.