REPRISE: “At Wit’s End” • by Roxana Arama

And finally, to wrap up Roxana Arama Week, a little something from a very early Pete Wood Challenge: “At Wit’s End.”And a cat, of course. » READ IT NOW! Roxana Arama is an award-winning Romanian American author. She studied computer science in Bucharest, Romania, and moved to the United States to work in software development. She is the author of three novels: The Regolith...

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NEW STORY: “Warp and Warpath” • by Roxana Arama

Captain Selena Mareth was reviewing a dire report on her starship’s dwindling resources when her door chimed.“Enter.”First Officer Astra Varenson walked in. “I have something to show you, Captain,” she said. Mareth leaned over her desk to look at the red dot on Varenson’s tablet. “Spectrometer readings suggest the presence of lithionix deposits on the fifth planet of this...

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REPRISE: “The e-Menace” • by Roxana Arama

It’s Roxana Arama Week!Following the successful first season of The Odin Chronicles, we launched another group-written shared-world serial: Tales from The Brahma, a saga of life aboard, yes, a generation ship the size of a small planet. Brahma never found an audience, though, which led to our decision to cancel it after ten episodes.The single most-read story of all the Brahma...

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REPRISE: “Scared of Short Stories” • by Roxana Arama

It’s Roxana Arama Week!There’s a question every aspiring writer asks, sooner or later: How do I cross the threshhold? How do I make the transition from wanting to become a writer to being a published author?In “Scared of Short Stories,” Roxana Arama was kind enough to share with us the story of her journey from frustrated aspiring novelist with an MFA, to successful and...

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REPRISE: “For Sale: Used Time Machine. No Refunds!” • by Roxana Arama

It’s Roxana Arama Week!In 2021, Pete Wood wrote:“When I created this contest [The Pete Wood Challenge], I expected nothing but tongue-in-cheek takes on time travel tropes. While several writers didn’t disappoint with humorous entries, the variety of the stories surprised me. It never occurred to me that my writing prompt could inspire a serious story, a literary story.“Roxana ...

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