Will Swardstrom

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Will Swardstrom is a speculative fiction author. He has two full length novels, Dead Sleep and Dead Sight, and is at work on the finale in the trilogy.
He also has three stories in The Future Chronicles anthology series (Uncle Allen in The Alien Chronicles, Z Ball in The Z Chronicles, and The Control in The Immortality Chronicles). Each of those anthologies has charted in the Top 5 on the SF Anthology list and The Alien Chronicles reached as high as #6 on the Overall Top 100 List. The Control from The Immortality Chronicles has been nominated for Best American Science Fiction.
He also has a few stories set in Hugh Howey's WOOL Universe among his various other short stories and novellas. He lives in Southern Illinois with his wife and two kids.

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The Alien Chronicles (The Future Chronicles) Jan 9, 2015

by Hugh Howey, B. V. Larson, Jennifer Foehner Wells, Daniel Arenson, Blair Babylon, Annie Bellet, Peter Cawdron, WJ Davies, Patrice Fitzgerald, Autumn Kalquist, Moira Katson, Samuel Peralta, Will Swardstrom, Geoffrey Wakeling, Nicolas Wilson, David Gatewood, Stefan Bolz

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Intelligent life on other planets: it's the brass ring of space exploration. Do extra-terrestrial species exist? Will we ever make contact? Perhaps, have we made contact already?

In the latest addition to the Future Chronicles series of sci-fi anthologies, the answer to all of these questions is a resounding yes. From first contact to last stand, these original short stories range from quiet tales of personal connection to adrenaline-infused inter-species space conflicts. Each tale promises to present you with a different look at what intelligent alien life might be like -- and how we Earthlings might respond to it.

The Alien Chronicles features stories by bestselling authors Hugh Howey (WOOL), B. V. Larson (the Starforce series), and Jennifer Foehner Wells (Fluency), plus twelve more of today's top authors in science fiction.

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WOOL Gathering (A Charity Anthology) Mar 13, 2014

by WJ Davies, Ann Christy, Will Swardstrom, David Adams, Carol Davis, Logan Thomas Snyder, Thomas Robins, Fredric Shernoff, Lyndon Perry

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Long after the dust has settled and the survivors of the Silo Saga have gone to seed, Hugh Howey's bestselling WOOL trilogy continues to captivate readers worldwide. The power of Hugh's story is underscored all the more by the number of authors who have embraced the invitation to tell their own stories in his ever-expanding world. The first of its kind, this gathering brings together nine of the Silo Saga's most acclaimed authors to further expand upon the groundbreaking world first laid forth in WOOL, SHIFT, and DUST. From the power struggles of the Up Top to the darkest depths of the mines and everything in between, this anthology promises something for everyone bold enough to venture another journey deep below the surface of the best and worst humanity has to offer.

(Proceeds from the sale of this anthology benefit National Novel Writing Month / NaNoWriMo)

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The Z Chronicles (Future Chronicles Book 4) Jun 15, 2015

by Hugh Howey, Samuel Peralta, Jennifer Foehner Wells, David Adams, Christopher Boore, Angela Cavanaugh, Peter Cawdron, Ann Christy, Stacy Ericson, Deirdre Gould, Kris Holt, Theresa Kay, Geoffrey Wakeling, Lesley Smith, Will Swardstrom, Ellen Campbell

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Z. Among the most monstrous creations of our imaginations, the zombie terrifies, with its capacity to pursue its prey, to run it down, exhaust it to surrender, unrelentingly.

In this title in the acclaimed Future Chronicles series of speculative fiction anthologies, fourteen authors confront the nightmare, that horrific mirror of ourselves that pursues us with untiring hunger.

The Z Chronicles features stories by bestselling authors Hugh Howey (Wool), Jennifer Foehner Wells (Fluency), plus twelve more of today's top authors in speculative and science fiction.

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Alt.History 102 (Future Chronicles Book 10) Jan 29, 2016

by Samuel Peralta, Jennifer Ellis, Will Swardstrom, Alex Roddie, Therin Knite, Artie Cabrera, Rysa Walker, J.J. Brown, Drew Avera, Hank Garner, Asha Bardon, J.E. Mac, Adam Venezia, Nolie Wilson

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Alt.History repeats itself... From the creator of the #1 bestselling Future Chronicles anthology series comes a collection that turns the world you know upside down.

In Alt.History 102, twelve top speculative fiction authors re-imagine the world - as one where a beautiful actress becomes a spy for the Allied forces, as one where the Internet is tightly held only by an elite few, as one where the Native American population is resistant to European diseases - and nine other compelling stories charting the histories of our world.

Enter worlds so much like our own, yet so different - where everything you know... is history.

Chronicle Worlds: Legacy Fleet (Future Chronicles Book 20) May 17, 2019

by Samuel Peralta, Nick Webb, K.J. Fieler, Will Swardstrom, J.E. Mac, David Adams, Ralph Kern, Patrice Fitzgerald, K.J. Heritage, Jon Frater, Matthew Alan Thyer, Peter Cawdron, Joseph Robert Lewis, Christopher J Valin, Felix R Savage

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The #1 Kindle Worlds bestseller... NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE ON AMAZON!

These are the untold stories from the ‘Legacy Fleet’ universe—a universe of conflict , of alien invasion, and of human resistance and courage in the face of overwhelming odds.

From Samuel Peralta, creator of the acclaimed Future Chronicles anthology series, and based on the Legacy Fleet universe from USA Today bestselling author Nick Webb – 'Chronicle Worlds: Legacy Fleet' is a ground-breaking anthology that brings together work from some of today's most exciting science fiction authors.

Spanning a time between the First Swarm War – and humanity’s first devastating encounter with the alien race – and the events of ‘Constitution’, ‘Warrior’, and ‘Victory’, these fourteen stories chart the human drama behind an epic 75-year vista of Earth’s expansion in space, and the dawn of the Second Swarm War.

If you loved the movie, if you loved ‘Legacy Fleet’, you’ll love the television series. Because here it is, the entire season, this amazing collection of episodes, of short stories— ‘Chronicle Worlds: Legacy Fleet’.

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"The best place to discover new SF authors, I think, is any of the anthologies coming from Samuel Peralta"
-- Hugh Howey, NY Times bestselling author of Wool

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"A powerful new voice in speculative fiction"
--Nick Webb, USA Today bestselling author of the Legacy Fleet trilogy

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Created by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Samuel Peralta, The Future Chronicles is the #1 bestselling anthology series that brings together work from visionary new voices and from the grandmasters of modern speculative fiction.

Its unique take on major science fiction and fantasy themes - A.I., time travel, dragons, robots, aliens, zombies, immortality, galactic battles, cyborgs, doomsday - has made it one of the most acclaimed anthology series of the digital era.

The Immortality Chronicles (Future Chronicles Book 6) Sep 4, 2015

by Samuel Peralta, Will Swardstrom, Thomas Robins, D. Robert Pease, Paul B. Kohler, D.K. Cassidy, John Gregory Hancock, Harlow C. Fallon, Patricia Gilliam, E.E. Giorgi, Drew Avera, David Bruns, Gareth Foy, Carol Davis

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What if you could live forever? Defy death itself? Even now, scientific advances in regenerative medicine, life extension, cryonics, cybernetics, and in other areas have brought humans to the brink of solving life's final conundrum.

In this volume of the acclaimed ‘Future Chronicles’ anthology series, twelve authors imagine that uninterrupted journey, confronting not just how, but what it means when human life can continue indefinitely, invulnerable, immortal.

“The Immortality Chronicles” features stories by award-winning scientist and author E.E. Giorgi (Chimeras), Amazon bestselling author Will Swardstrom (Contact Window) and ten more of today's most visionary authors in science and speculative fiction.

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OCEANS: The Anthology (Frontiers of Speculative Fiction Book 2) Sep 26, 2017

by Ken Liu, Rysa Walker, Daniel Arthur Smith, R.D. Brady, Alex Shvartsman, Caroline M. Yoachim, Nathan M. Beauchamp, S. Elliot Brandis, P.K. Tyler, Hank Garner, Will Swardstrom

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“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears.
We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came.”
- John F. Kennedy

Underwater cities, lost civilizations, crops, climate change, and dead zones.
In this collection of ocean-themed stories, twelve of today’s top speculative fiction writers explore our morality, our built-in societal restraints, and reflect upon our state of grace.
The waves roll in, the waves roll out.

“OCEANS: The Anthology” features stories from bestselling authors such as winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards Ken Liu, Rysa Walker (the Chronos series), Daniel Arthur Smith (Tales from the Canyons of the Damned), R.D. Brady (the Belial series), Alex Shvartsman (the Unidentified Funny Objects series), P.K. Tyler (the UnCommon series), plus six more of today’s top authors in speculative and science fiction.

Daniel Arthur Smith presents OCEANS: THE ANTHOLOGY, book 2 of the 2 book Frontiers of Speculative Fiction series that began with the top-ranking CLONES: The Anthology!

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Terrible Cherubs: Tales of Sinners, Mistakes, and Regrets Apr 10, 2015

by Steve Wetherell, Katrina Monroe, Robert Brumm, Renee Miller, J.W. Kent, Allison M. Dickson, Thomas Cardin, Hanna Elizabeth, Will Swardstrom, Brian L. Braden, Tony Bertauski

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What if? What could have been? If only…

Angels and demons await us at the crossroads of our decisions. In the light of day, our choices seem rational. Masters of our own fate, we control the future. In the dead of night, second thoughts plague the mind and doubts torment the hapless.

Let DeadPixel Publications take you to places where choices lead to the unexpected and bizarre. Eleven writers explore those pivotal moments where fateful decisions have profound consequences. Hope and horror, regret and adventure, passion and murder. Sometimes, the angels of our better nature abandon us to our own folly. And once and a while, they give us a kick in the ass.

Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 21 Jan 26, 2018

by Daniel Arthur Smith, Michael Ezell, Will Swardstrom, Terry R. Hill, Jessica West, Amira K. Makansi

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This twenty-first issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories-each from a different featured master of speculative fiction.

Michael Ezell shares a tale of Stranger Things
Will Swardstrom delivers A Cookie Cutter Story
Terry R. Hill drops in on the hospitals Third Shift
Amira Makansi and Jessica West team up to share a tale of the night
And Daniel Arthur Smith eaves drops on the Lacemaker

Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black Mirror and Amazon's Electric Dreams in the short story format. And it's a bargain. Each monthly issue has three-to-five sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales from today's top speculative fiction writers.
These are Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

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Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: Omnibus No. 3 Apr 25, 2017

by Daniel Arthur Smith, Peter Cawdron, Samuel Peralta, Nathan M. Beauchamp, A.K. Meek, Kevin Lauderdale, Jason LaVelle, Chris Pourteau, Will Swardstrom, Ernie Howard

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This Third Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of Fourteen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from Twelve of todays top speculative fiction writers.

Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's Black Mirror in the short story format. And it's a bargain. Each monthly issue has three-to-five sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales from today's top speculative fiction writers.
These are Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

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Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: Omnibus No. 1 Jul 2, 2016

by Daniel Arthur Smith, Will Swardstrom, A.K. Meek, S. Elliot Brandis, Hank Garner, Bob Williams, Jon Frater, Ernie Howard, Jason Anspach

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Nominated in the P & E Readers' Poll for Best Fiction e-zine published in 2016!

This Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of Eighteen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from Nine of todays top speculative fiction writers.

Dark Sci Fi Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

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Collateral Damage: A Superhero Anthology (Superheroes and Vile Villains Book 3) Nov 2, 2017

by Steve Beaulieu, Christian Kallias, Will Swardstrom, Michael David Anderson, J.D. Brink, Jeremy Flagg, Jon Frater, Michelle Garza, Ed Gosney, Melissa Lason, A.J. McWAIN, SCOTT MOON, DAVID NETH, WILL SWARDSTROM, JASON ANSPACH, AARON HALL, Jason Anspach

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Have we ever needed caped crusaders more than today?

Thirteen wildly talented authors join forces to bring you never-before published tales of Superheroes doing what they do—saving the world.

Live vicariously through the Supers of today in the all original series Superheroes and Vile Villains.

Defy the Guild with the lovable, but arrogant Baron Steel, discover what it would be like if a super-powered man played baseball in Will Swardstrom's Pastime, experience a man out of time, in both senses of the word in Chris Kallias' Out of Time, and so much more.

More stories than you could shake a radioactive cat at for less than the price of one!

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