Here are all the books I have written, have short stories in, or have co-edited!
Please note that the Books2Read button takes you to a page that lists where you can find the ebook versions of these titles at multiple online book retailers, such as Kobo, Apple Books. The 49th Shelf link takes you to a page where you can even select a Shop Local button, so you might find my books at shops near you!
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for the Nothing Without Us Too anthology
and for Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
Visit canadacouncil.ca to learn more about this organization!
Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
IN THE GALACTIC NETWORK KNOWN AS THE KEANGAL, WHERE SPACE IS ACCESSIBLE…
Lieutenant Eileen Iris and the command crew of the S.S. SpoonZ haven’t a clue what it means to be disabled. An unexpected conversation with intergalactic janitor brings up the question but offers no answers before he’s ’ported away.
Unphased, duties resume as Iris manages an overprotective guidebot; Security Chief Lartha and her sentient prostheses offer kick-ass protection; Mr. Herbert’s inventiveness is a godsend (although he’s not quite grasped how to flirt); Commander Davan’s affable personality comes through whether trumpeted, texted, or signed; and Captain Worq’s gracious but firm leadership keeps everyone at their best.
Until on one mission, where the crew tears through space.
Just a little bit.
Readers, get ready—for the gleekin’ ride of your life! Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space is an exuberant romp that ditches all the stale clichés of sci-fi in favour of what’s fresh, exciting, and truly possible. Here is a tale that shows when it comes to accessibility, not even the sky is the limit. Buckle up and enjoy!
Amanda Leduc, author of The Centaur’s Wife and Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
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Nothing Without Us Too
Edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson
Twenty-seven more multi-genre stories with protagonists who are disabled, Blind or visually impaired, hard-of-hearing, Spoonie, neurodivergent, and/or who manage mental illness.
Once more we are the stars and not the side characters!
Foreword by Amanda Leduc, author of Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space and The Centaur’s Wife!
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Nothing Without Us
Edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson
Twenty-two multi-genre stories with protagonists who are disabled, Deaf, neurodivergent, Spoonie, and/or who manage mental health.
We are the heroes, not the sidekicks.
Foreword by eight-time Prix Aurora Award winner Derek Newman Stille.
This anthology has been taught as part of the syllabus in a disabilities studies course at Trent University!
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The Stealth Lovers
After submitting to mandatory conscription, two young men begin Basic Training, or, “Vacay in Hay.”
Xaxall Dwyer Knightly saunters onto base without a care in the worlds, filled to the brim with sass. Vivoxx Nathan Tirowen is the son of a prominent general and must uphold the family name…while protecting a secret.
Little do they know they bond they feel will lead them to become The Stealth: legendary, formidable, and fabulous.
(This is the prequel of the ’Cosm series!)
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Life in the ’Cosm
When he’s not gorging on desserts, calming his hypochondriacal mum, or getting bone-crunching hugs from his warrior dads, Virj Ofreesin spends his time writing a fantasy novel about Frayda, the elegant half of the two-headed Dwa. Life is adequately mediocre until he learns the Dwa are gravely ill, and a mystical cure grows on a planet between two infamously warring worlds. Ignoring all warnings of danger, Virj embarks on the journey to be Frayda’s real-life hero, armed only with his stylus, and a boingy-haired nuisance who tags along.
(This is book #1 of the ’Cosm series!)
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STARGAZERS: Microtales from the Cosmos
Edited by Paul Jarvey and Erin MacNab
My microtale, With My Kind, is included in this collection where all the works have a star theme. In my story, a mobility disabled protagonist is captured with others, and destined for “restructuring.” But this Crip has their own idea about their destiny.
Please note that at this time, there is a typo in my story in the print version that makes the first paragraph confusing, so the following “Buy from” link is for the ebook version.
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Space Opera Libretti
Edited by Brian McNett and Jennifer Lee Rossman
My story, The Silken Eclipse, is included in the non-dystopian and quite musical Space Opera Libretti. The Silken Eclipse is about a multi-tentacled and multi-talented diva who has to deal with a sub-par ingenue in a famous opera company. That’s right, it’s a space-opera space opera! I think I combined the atmosphere of the 17th century with the absurdity of Life in the ’Cosm.
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We Shall Be Monsters
My Monster CripLit story, The Hilltop Gathering, appears in what I’ve affectionately nicknamed “the Frankenthology” known as We Shall Be Monsters (Derek Newman-Stille, Renaissance). Frances Elizabeth, or Frank E., is the first disabled protagonist I’ve ever written. The story takes place on her sixteenth birthday, as the family comes together to celebrate it. She receives a gift from her mother that sparks quite the reaction.
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Alice Unbound: Beyond Wonderland
My urban-fantasy/sci-fi mashup, A Night at the Rabbit Hole, starring a non-binary Alice and their crush Bunni, was not only published in Alice Unbound: Beyond Wonderland (Colleen Anderson, Exile Editions), but it was also reprinted in Exile Literary Quarterly. This was the first short story I’ve ever sold!
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Cait Gordon—author and editor 