“Northern Lights and Southern Robots”

Sunday Morning Transport, Edited by Fran Wilde

april 2026

“The Forest Guard Rescue Service”

Grimoire: A Grim Oak Press Antholology for Seattle Worldcon 2025, EDITED BY SHAWN SPEAKMAN

March 2026

“Bards and Heralds”

Smoke and Mirrors: All New Tales of Valdemar, EDITED BY MERCEDES LACKEY

November 2025

“The Forest Final”

Sunday Morning Transport, Edited by Fran Wilde

September 2025

“The Secret Cabal of Free Tinkers”

Grimoire: A Grim Oak Press Anthology for Seattle Worldcon 2025, Edited by Shawn Speakman

August 2025

“The Seventh Feeling”

When Mothers Dream, Edited by Brenda Cooper

August 2025

“Her Granddaughter’s Teachers”

When Mothers Dream, Edited by Brenda Cooper

August 2025

“Annalee of the Orcas”

When Mothers Dream, Edited by Brenda Cooper

August 2025

“When Mothers Dream”

When Mothers Dream, Edited by Brenda Cooper

August 2025

“The Robot and the Winding Woods”

Analog, Edited by Trevor Quachri

May 2025

“A Better President”

Alternative Liberties, Edited by Bob Brown and Cliff Winning

January 2025

“A Single Row of Vines”

Feuds: All-New Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

November 2024

“Where There is Smoke”

Anything With Nothing: All-New Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

November 2023

“The Planet and the Pig”

High Noon at Proxima Centauri B, Edited by David Boop

Baen Books, February 2023

Solastalgia Meets the Alps

Anthropocene Magazine, Climate Parables, Edited by W. Wayt Gibbs

December 2022

“Companion’s Lesson”

Shenanigans, All-New Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

Daw Books, December 2022

Out of Ash

Slate Magazine, Edited by Joey Eschrich

May 2022

The Windless City

Seattle Magazine

April 2022

“Dusty Rose Comes To D.C.”

Jeff Sturgeon’s The Last Cities of Earth, Edited by Jennifer Brozek and Jeff Sturgeon

January 2022

“The Gift of Twins”

Boundaries, All-New Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

Daw Books, December 2021

Paper of Elephants

Clarkesworld, Edited by Neil Clarke

October 2021

“The Border Within”

Passages: All-New Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

November 2020

Callme and Mink

Clarkesworld, Edited by Neil Clarke

October 2020

Reprinted in The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Second Annual Collection

“Children of the Last Battle”

In Harm’s Way, Edited by Mike McPhail

October 2019

“Death, Butterflies, and Makers of War”

Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers, Edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

Titan Books, November 2019

“Southern Residents”

Current Futures, A Sci-Fi Ocean Anthology, Edited by Ann Vandermeer

Xprize, June 2019

“For the Snake of Power”

The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures, Edited by Joey Eschrich

March 2019

“How the Roamer’s Got Their Wagons”

Stories of Fremont’s Children, Edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

November 2018

“Water Lily Hunting Grounds”

Stories of Fremont’s Children, Edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

November 2018

“Maybe the Monarchs”

After the Orange, Edited by Manny Frishberg

August 2018

“The Crystal Harvester”

The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound, edited by Susan Forest and Lukas K. Law

September 2017

“Blackstart”

Overview: Stories of the Stratosphere, Edited by Michael G. Bennet, Joey Eschrich, and Ed Finn

August 2017

“Heroes”

Children of a Different Sky, Edited by Alma Alexander

August 2017

“Unforeseen Consequences”

Seat 14C (Xprize), Edited by Kathryn Cramer

June 2017

“Street Life in the Emerald City”

Chasing Shadows: Visions of our Coming Transparent World, Edited by David Brin

January 2017

“Along the Northern Border”

Defending the Future: Man and Machine, Edited by Mike McPhail

Espec Books, December 2016

“The Hand on the Cradle”

Humanity 2.0, Edited by Alex Shvartsman, Phoenix Pick, An Imprint of Arc Manor

October 2016

“Iron Pegasus”

Mission Tomorrow, Edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

November 2015

Reprinted in The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1, Edited by Neil Clarke

“Biology at the End of the World”

Asimov’s Magazine, Edited by Sheila Williams

September 2015

“Star of Humanity”

Original to the Collection Cracking the Sky, Edited by Brenda Cooper

Fairwood Press, August 2015

“Elephant Angels”

Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, Edited by Kathryn Cramer and Ed Finn

September 2014

“A Heart of Power and Oil”

Coming Soon Enough: Six Tales of Technology’s Future, Edited by Stephen Cass

IEEE Spectrum, August 2014

“The Barest Gift”

No True Way: All-New Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

December 2014

“The Apprentice and the Stablemaster”

Tempest: All-New Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

December 2014

“For the Love of Metal Dogs”

Dogs of War, Edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

October 2013

“Touches the Earth”

Sun in Glory and Other Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

December 2013

“Holly Defiant”

Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age, Edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

December 2013

“All Hallows in the High Hills”

Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre, Edited by Paula Guran

September 2013

“A Lingering Scent of Bacon”

Maiden, Matron, Crone, Edited by Kerrie Hughes

Daw Books, May 2005

Reprinted in Unconventional Fantasy, A Celebration of Forty Years of the World Fantasy Convention, 2014

“The Ghost in the Doctor”

Westward Weird, Edited by Kerrie Hughes

February 2012

“Between Lines”

Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear, Edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie

Peggy Bright Books, January 2012

“Slow and Steady”

Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

Daw Books, December 2011

“Tea with Jillian”

Nature Magazine, Edited by Henry Gee

December 2011

“Speaker for the Mayans”

In an Iron Cage: The Magic of Steampunk, Edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail

Dark Quest Books, August 2011

“Phoenix Dogs”

Tales for Canterbury: Survival|Hope|Future, Edited by Anna Caro and Cassie Hart

May 2011

“The Hebras and the Demons and the Damned”

Analog, Edited by Stan Schmidt

December 2010

Reprinted in Year’s Best SF 16, Edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

“Songs of a Certain Sort”

Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

Daw Books, December 2010

“Single Larry Ti, or Fear of Black Holes and Ken”

Analog, Edited by Stan Schmidt

July 2010

“My Father’s Singularity”

Clarkesworld, Edited by Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace

June 2010

Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection, Edited by Gardner Dozois

“Mind Expeditions”

Nature Magazine, Edited by Henry Gee

May 2010

“The Robot’s Girl”

Analog, Edited by Stan Schmidt

April 2010

Reprinted in The Russian Magazine ESLI (If) and Cracking the Sky

“Riding in Mexico”

Daybreak Magazine, Edited by Jetse DeVries

February 2010

“Recovery”

Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly

October 2009

“In Their Garden”

Asimov’s Science Fiction, Edited by Sheila Williams

September 2009

Reprinted in Year’s Best SF 15, Edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

“Her Black Mood”

Zombie Raccoons and Killer Bunnies, Edited by Kerrie Hughes

October 2009

“The Licit Zone”

Nature Magazine, Edited by Henry Gee

A Kindle Original, July 2009

“For the Love of Mechanical Minds”

Nature Magazine, Edited by Henry Gee

February 2009

“The Last Part of the Way”

Changing the World: All-New Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

December 2009

“The Power of Three”

Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, Edited by John Helfers

Daw Books, December 2008

“Sailors in a Sea of Suns”

Footprints Anthology, Edited by Jay Lake and Eric T. Reynolds

July 2008

“Jack of the High Hills”

The Dimension Next Door, Edited by Kerrie Hughes

Daw Books, July 2008

“Blood Bonds”

The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume 2, Edited by George Mann

Solaris Books, March 2008

“Friends of the High Hills”

Fellowship Fantastic, Edited by Kerrie Hughes

Daw Books, January 2008

“Mayan Wayfinding”

Mallorn, the Journal of the Tolkien Society, Edited by Henry Gee

January 2008

“Mayan Summer”

Khimairal Ink

January 2008

“Trainer of Whales”

The Future We Wish We Had, Edited by Rebecca Lickis

December 2007

“A Hand and Honour” (with Larry Niven)

Nature Magazine, Edited by Henry Gee

November 2007

“Alien Graveyards”

Alien Skin Magazine

October 2007

“The Terror Bard” (with Larry Niven)

Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge, Edited by Lou Anders

February 2007

“My Grandfather’s River”

Nature Magazine, Edited by Henry Gee

August 2006

Reprinted in Futures from Nature by Tor Books, Edited by Henry Gee

“The Horses of the High Hills”

Children of Magic, Edited by Kerrie Hughes

June 2006

“Isaac’s Granddaughter”

Salal Review, 2006

“Dawn of Sorrows”

Crossroads, A Valdemar Story Anthology, Edited by Mercedes Lackey

Daw Books, December 2005

“Black Armbands”

Time After Time, Edited by Denise Little

Daw Books, November 2005

“Kath and Quicksilver” (with Larry Niven)

Asimov’s, Edited by Sheila Williams

August 2005

“Savant Songs”

Analog, Edited by Stan Schmidt

December 2004

Finalist for the Sturgeon Award. Reprinted in Year’s Best SF 10, Edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, and in 21st Century Science Fiction, Edited by David Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden, 2013

“Stargarden”

Oceans of the Mind, Edited by Richard Freeborn

March 2004

“The War of the Flowers”

Strange Horizons, Edited by Susan Marie Groppi

January 2004

“The Trellis” (with Larry Niven)

Analog, Edited by Stan Schmidt

November 2003

“Linda’s Dragon”

Analog, Edited by Stan Schmidt

July 2003

“Finding Myself” (with Larry Niven)

Analog, Edited by Stan Schmidt

June 2002

Reprinted in Scatterbrain by Larry Niven

“Free Floaters” (with Larry Niven)

Asimov’s Science Fiction, Edited by Gardner Dozois

August 2002

“A Gift of Maps”

The Salal Review, Spring 2002

“Choosing Life” (with Larry Niven)

Analog Science Fiction, Edited by Stan Schmidt

January 2002

“Ice and Mirrors” (with Larry Niven)

Asimov’s Science Fiction, Edited by Gardner Dozois

February 2001