My Fiction
Here is a list of some of my latest fiction and poetry that I've written and how copies may be obtained. The most recent are at the top. Contact me for reprint requests.
| Title | Description | Contacts/Copies |
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Fireworks In Orbit, on Kindle |
Can a Space Shuttle crew survive an explosion in the payload bay? This was the author's first published science fiction story--appearing in Analog SF magazine in August, 1991. It was based on "The Loss of 2 Freon Loops Deorbit" procedures which the author developed as a flight controller for NASA, and that were, thankfully, never needed. |
Only 99 cents. Go to Fireworks for Kindle |
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The Right Path, Zeus's Eagle, on Kindle |
In The Right Path, a teenage girl must set a good example for an arrogant young man performing a Kuk Sool (martial arts) demonstration on the Moon. In "Zeus's Eagle, a boy's tolerance and faith are tested by his new Martian friends. |
Only 99 cents for both stories, and science background info. Go to Right Path-Zeus's Eagle for Kindle |
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The Critical Factor, on Kindle |
A clone faces the end of the universe, or is it the start of a new one? A cosmological science fiction story first published in Analog SF magazine in 1992. This story was written after the author attended a physics seminar at Rice University where the topic of how we might detect intersecting universes was discussed. |
Go to Critical Factor for Kindle |
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The Shape of Things to Come, on Kindle |
A shape-shifter chooses an unusual shape to appeal to aliens who might help it. Story first published in Analog Science Fiction magazine, March 1996. |
Only 99 cents. Go to The Shape of Things to Come for Kindle |
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Solution to the Orbital Debris Problem, Pest Man, & Virtually Correct, on Kindle |
A Solution to the Orbital Debris Problem and Virtually Correct were published in Analog Science Fiction magazine as "probability zero" stories, in February 1999 and May 1995, respectively. The Pest Man was published in Vision Science Fiction in 1993. All three are humorous stories under 1200 words. |
Only 99 cents for three stories. Go to Three Shorts for Kindle |
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Dyson's Space Poems, on Kindle |
A collection of poems about spacecraft, aliens, and physics, previously published in Analog, Aboriginal, Starline, and Mindsparks science fiction magazines from 1992 to 2000, plus a sonnet created by Science Fiction Poetry Association members on GEnie in 1993. |
Only 99 cents. Go to Dyson's Space Poems for Kindle |
| "Fly Me to the Moon" (novelette)in July/August 2010 Analog Science Fiction Magazine |
A young man must help an Alzheimer's patient with a mysterious past remember enough to save a woman stranded on the Moon. Illustrated by Mark Evans. Story included in Analog's first e-anthology, Into the New Millennium. Read review by Lois Tilton who called it "personal and moving." |
Copy of the issue including this story is $8.00. Go to the Autographed Copies page to order.
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Science fiction short story, "Martian Mice" |
Published online by 4Frontiers Corporation in November 2006. Illustrated by Michael Carroll. |
Read for FREE. |
EAT MY MARTIAN DUST anthology |
Finding God among aliens, droids, and mega moons. Edited by Michael Carroll and Robert Elmer. Includes stories by Marianne Dyson, Kathy Tyers, Jim Denney, Sigmund Brouwer, Randall Ingermanson, Shane Johnson, and John B. Olson. Paperback is 256 pages, published in March 2005. |
Retail $12.99. Read the Baker Catalog page.
This book is out-of-print, but you might find some used copies on Amazon.com or through the other authors (I have a few copies--send me email to arrange sale and shipping). |
"On the Way to Broken Bow," the cover story for GIRLS TO THE RESCUE #7. NOW on KINDLE: 
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Meadowbrook Press. "On the Way to Broken Bow" is about a handicapped girl who focuses on what she can do when faced with landing a small plane. |
Paperback, 111 pages, October 2000, Retail $3.95. This book is out-of-print, but the story is included in Best of the Girls to the Rescue (See Autographed Copy page). |
| A list of my science fiction, poems, and interviews. |
SFF Net Locus Index to Science Fiction by Author - MARIANNE DYSON |
This list is incomplete. However, you may find the issues cited in library periodical collections. Sometimes my name is mispelled as Mary Ann or Mary Anne Dyson. |
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More Information
www.mariannedyson.com/writespace.html - What it's like to be a writer. Some of my adventures and experiences in my newsletter.
www.scbwi.org/ - Get published by joining the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators!
www.scbwi.org/pubs.htm - Select "SCBWI Publications" then "From Keyboard to Printed Page" for manuscript prep.
www.scbwi-houston.org - Meet SCBWI authors (including me) & attend conferences in Houston.
www.cbcbooks.org/ - Learn the market: Children's book publishers' addresses.
www.cobblestonepub.com/magazines.
html - Check out Odyssey magazine for middle & high school science. They take NF and some SF.
www.aip.org/aip/writing/winchild.html - Read the American Inst. of Physics winners for science writing.
groups.yahoo.com/ - Get advice by joining NFforKids group.
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