Short Fiction

 

Fiction

“The Bends,” Analog. January-February 2023 – link

“When the Signal is the Noise,” Asimov’s. November-December 2022 

“A Once and Future Reckoning,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies. July 28, 2022 – link

“The Lingering Weight of Estrian Steel,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies. July 2021 – link

“Your Ticket to Hell,” Fantasy Magazine. June 2021 – link

“Binary,” Analog. November-December 2019

“All In,” Lightspeed Magazine. September 2019 – link

“Card Sharp,” Lightspeed Magazine. August 2019 – link

“Second Hand,” Lightspeed Magazine. May 2014 – link

“Second Hand,” Dead Man’s Hand, ed. John Joseph Adams. May 2014 <B&N | Powell’s | Amazon>

“Hauntings and Hungers on the Banks of the Vipasa,” Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages, ed. Steve Berman. July 2013 <B&N | Powell’s | Amazon>

“Quantum Entanglement,” Daily Science Fiction. January 2013 – link

“What Arms to Hold Us,” Diverse Energies, ed. Tobias Buckell & Joe Monti. October 2012 <B&N>

“Flowing Shapes,” Escape Pod, 363, September 2012 – link

“Pumpkinhead,” Pseudopod 305, October 2012 – link

“The Last Gorgon,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue 87. January 26, 2012 – link

“Doors,” Podcastle, 172, August 2011 – link

“Holes,” Abyss & Apex. July 2011 – link

“The Case of the Wounded Heart,” A Study in Lavender, ed. J DeMarco. June 2011 <Amazon>

“Card Sharp,”,Podcastle. March 2011 – link

“Card Sharp,” The Way of the Wizard, ed. John Joseph Adams. November 2010 [Honorable Mention in the 28th Annual Year’s Best Science Fiction ed. by Gardner Dozois] <Amazon>

“Doors,” GUD. Issue 6. September 2010 <GUD>

“Flowing Shapes,” Basement Stories. Issue 1 – link

“The Furies” (reprint), Skulls and Crossbones, ed. Andi Marquette and R. G. Emanuelle. February 2010 < Amazon | Bedazzled Ink>

“The Juggernaut,” Steampunk Tales, Issue 4. November 2009

“The Emperor’s Gift,” Shimmer Magazine – Clockwork Jungle Book. December 2009

“Pumpkinhead,” Shadows of the Emerald City, ed. J. W. Schnarr. October 2009 <Amazon | Northern Frights Publishing>

“The Furies,” Shimmer Magazine – Pirate Issue. November 2007 [Honorable Mention in the 2008 Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror ed. by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link, and Gavin Grant]

 

Raining Fire – Out now!

Raining Fire, the third and final book in the Ben Gold series, was released on July 18, 2017. This book concludes the story begun in Falling Sky and Rising Tide. Publisher’s Weekly said, “Khanna wraps up his postapocalyptic adventure series with a capable page-turner…the airships, slavers, cannibalistic Ferals, and visceral action scenes make this a worthy culmination to the series.”

Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble now.

Rising Tide -Out now!


Rising Tide, the sequel to Falling Sky, was released on October 6, 2015. Publisher's Weekly said, "Khanna crafts a terrifyingly dismal picture of the future, raising the stakes by gradually stripping Ben of friends and support while throwing him into increasingly dire situations. His worldbuilding remains solid and unsettling, and he never loses sight of the human element. The cliffhanger ending is sure to leave readers on the edges of their seats, panting for resolution."

Falling Sky – Out now!


Falling Sky, my first novel, came out October 7, 2014 from Pyr. It's an adventure story set in a post-apocalyptic future with airships. Publisher's Weekly called it a "solid and memorable debut" while Library Journal gave it a starred review and named it Debut of the Month. For more information, please click here.

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