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Ted Kosmatka

December 16, 1973 (age 52)

Birth place: Chesterton, Indiana, USA

40 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
March 2000 |3 Short Fiction The Extinction of Ursus theodorus Deep Outside SFFH, March 2000
October 2005 78 Short Fiction The God Engine Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2005
July 2006 60 Short Fiction Bitterseed Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2006
February 2007 22 Short Fiction Doxology City Slab, #11
September 2007 |2 Short Fiction Deadnauts Ideomancer, September 2007
September 2007 60 Short Fiction The Prophet of Flores Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2007
June 2008 4 Short Fiction The Art of Alchemy The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2008
August 2008 60 Short Fiction Divining Light Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2008
November 2008 Review Deadnauts StarShipSofa, No 51
May 2009 Short Fiction N-Words Escape Pod, EP198
May 2009 8 Short Fiction The Ascendant Subterranean Online, Spring 2009
September 2009 Review Divining Light StarShipSofa, No 98
October 2009 18 Short Fiction Blood Dauber Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2009
November 2010 Essay Philip K. Dick the Shaman Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, #18 November 2011
December 2010 |2.5 Interview Author Spotlight: Ted Kosmatka Lightspeed, December 2010
December 2010 |2 Short Fiction In-Fall Lightspeed, December 2010
January 2012 225 Short Fiction The Color Least Used by Nature The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January-February 2012
February 2012 16 Review The Games Locus, #613 February 2012
June 2012 Review The Games Strange Horizons, 4 June 2012
September 2012 118|118.4 Review The Games SFX, September 2012
September 2012 106 Review The Games Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2012
October 2012 187 Review The Games Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2012
December 2012 Interview Interview: Ted Kosmatka and Nicholas Camm StarShipSofa, No 267
December 2012 72 Interview Ted Kosmatka: Game Master Locus, #623 December 2012
December 2012 109 Review The Games Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2012
February 2013 |9 Interview Author Spotlight: Ted Kosmatka Nightmare Magazine, February 2013
February 2013 |2 Short Fiction Cry Room Pseudopod, #322
March 2013 16 Review Prophet of Bones Locus, #626 March 2013
July 2013 10 Short Fiction Haplotype 1402 Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2013
July 2015 15 Review The Flicker Men Locus, #654 July 2015
January 2016 28 Short Fiction Chasing Ivory Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2016
March 2016 14 Short Fiction The Bewilderness of Lions Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2016
May 2016 231 Short Fiction The Stone War The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May-June 2016
June 2016 106 Review The Flickermen Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2016
July 2016 |17 Interview Author Spotlight: Ted Kosmatka Lightspeed, July 2016
July 2016 |3 Short Fiction The One Who Isn't Lightspeed, July 2016
May 2019 79 Short Fiction Sacrificial Iron Asimov's Science Fiction, May-June 2019
July 2020 54 Short Fiction The Beast Adjoins Asimov's Science Fiction, July-August 2020
January 2021 122 Short Fiction Shy Sarah and the Draft Pick Lottery Asimov's Science Fiction, January-February 2021
September 2025 162 Short Fiction The Signal and the Idler Asimov's Science Fiction, September-October 2025

3 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
2012 Novel The Games Ted Kosmatka
2013 Novel Prophet of Bones Ted Kosmatka
2015 Novel The Flicker Men Ted Kosmatka

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2008 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette The Prophet of Flores Finalist
2009 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Divining Light Runner-up
2010 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Blood Dauber Winner
2010 Nebula Award Novelette Divining Light Nominee
2010 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Blood Dauber Nominee
2013 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel The Games Finalist
2013 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Color Least Used by Nature Nominee
2020 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Short Story Sacrificial Iron Winner
2021 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette The Beast Adjoins Finalist
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