I'm really pleased to announce that today, Wednesday, March 25th 2020, is the launch day for my short-story collection, Rambunctious: Nine Tales of Determination, from WordFire Press. Pre-publication reviews and comments have been glowing and I'll paste some of those in below. The book gathers together nine of my personal favorites from the last thirty years of publishing short fiction in the major genre magazines and anthologies. At about 80,000 words, it's a good length, with a novella, some novelettes, some short stories, and a couple of very short stories. Enjoy! The stories include a prize winner ("Something Real," which won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2o12, several stories that made best-of-the year lists, and range from First Contact science fiction to single-parent struggles raising a Down syndrome child. There's some basketball, some baseball, and some Canadian football in the stories here and there, because I come from a sports family and have that background. There are a lot of rambunctious, determined young women athletes, because I've known so many, and there are a few Down syndrome young people because I've known so many of them and raised one of them. I think you'll like the stories. Here are some comments and pre-pub reviews. Because of the current COVID-19 pandemic I'm unable to tour to read and sign copies, so if you'd like a signed copy (either trade paper or hardcover), contact me at my website: www.rickwilber.net and I'll make sure you get one. On to those comments and reviews!
Wilber’s fiction… is rich with sensory specificity, historical verisimilitude, deep psychological kennings, compassion, and plain old joie de vivre. While honoring the stern realities of science—and science fiction—he is also not afraid to exhibit an intuitive, mythic sense of life’s mysteries. … I’d say he’s one of Fantastika’s All-Stars. –Locus
“A major collection from what iťs high past time to admit is one of our major writers. Wilber writes with literate flair, compassion, and a deep understanding of human psychology. Highly recommended!” —Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Oppenheimer Alternative
Rick Wilber imparts reality, grit, clarity, and heart to every category of fiction that he chooses to write in…Every story in Rambunctious rattled my cage in an eye-opening, thought-provoking, or heart-stopping way. Each is a gift." --Michael l Bishop, award-winning author of No Enemy but Time, Unicorn Mountain, and Brittle Innings
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