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Humanist Science Fiction Author

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RECENT WORK
PRESS & AWARDS

Humanist Science Fiction Author

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RECENT WORK
PRESS & AWARDS

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Jesse Rowell's award-winning literary science fiction is rooted in humanism and examines our role in this endlessly expanding universe.  He is a prolific writer whose stories focus on naturalism, technology, and the human condition within dystopian, absurd and humorous settings. 

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RECENTLY PUBLISHED WORK

Sounds of Summer

Or Every Man Be Blind

Sounds of Summer

Cover of Costs of Living showing an ominous house with a light on next to a Kirkus Reviews quote.

I used to know the sounds of a good summer. My lawn chair creaking and sprinklers a’ rat-a-tat-tatting above the shouts of children. Insects buzzing. And my voice, languid as a river, calling out to my daughter.


Whisper House Press - Publisher 

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Past Adjacent

Or Every Man Be Blind

Sounds of Summer

Stack of books with the title Amazing Stories Best of 2024, cover art shows an alien ice planet.

She thought about the happiness of happenstance, pretending that there was a warm and caring universe that rewarded acts of compassion. Contemptible drivel. The detrobots had changed everything.


Amazing Stories - Publisher

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Or Every Man Be Blind

Or Every Man Be Blind

Or Every Man Be Blind

Ab Terra 2023 anthology, story titles and author names running vertically, "Or Every Man Be Blind."

Exhaustion clung to her like a dew she couldn’t shake off. She slumped to the ground, eyelids sinking over an empty world. She dreamed more terrible dreams. Driftwood clouds and the sound of air being ripped apart.


Brain Mill Press - Publisher

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I Am Not, Until I Am

I Am Not, Until I Am

Or Every Man Be Blind

Anonymized data, patterns and pathologies, silver bullets in the silver-trance. Live Again had promised it all. This is the part they hide from the public, she thought. Recordings of the terminally-ill hobbling up and down passages...


Cybersalon - Publisher 

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I Know How This Ends

I Am Not, Until I Am

I Know How This Ends

Cover of magazine Shoreline of Infinity, issue #33, Winter 2022/23

My crewmates have grown mad with misconceptions. They rage at the tapping, fantasize about violence, and pretend that we still have free will. Our free will ended when we trapped ourselves inside this shell.


Shoreline of Infinity - Publisher

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Continued...

I Am Not, Until I Am

I Know How This Ends

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MORE PUBLISHED WORK

This story will chill your bones.


Editor and author Travis Klempan, review of "Second Skin"

This one is the template for a well-wrought short story with a cool sci-fi feature. Hey sci-fi enthusiasts! THE STORY’S THE THING I was delighted to find this one in my 21st-century mailbox and engage with Jesse Rowell. Relevance, humor, and great characters too.


Editor and author John Lewis, review of "Second Skin"

This is almost poetry, man . . . what's fantastic about this story is that it makes the book not only a vector for memory and emotion but an actual tool that makes the metaphor work.


Author Luis Alberto Urrea, NPR review of "The Outliers"

Excellent thematic architecture through its hermit crab-based metaphor, analyzing the state of humanity and its current or futuristic dwellings...poignant take on the humanity of space explorer and introverted techie tropes were excellent twists on sci-fi conventions.


Editor Eris Young, review of "I Know How This Ends"

Press & Awards

Amazing Stories Best of 2024

Amazing Stories Best of 2024

Amazing Stories Best of 2024

"Best of 2024 Blasts Off with the Boldest Visions in Science Fiction," features my story, "Past Adjacent."

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BSFA Award Nomination

Amazing Stories Best of 2024

Amazing Stories Best of 2024

British Science Fiction Association nomination, "All Tomorrow's Futures" which includes my story, "I Am Not, Until I Am."

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SFcrowsnest

King's College London

King's College London

"Everything that's good for geeks & nice for nerds."

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King's College London

King's College London

King's College London

Experts reflect on energy, healthcare and education in the near future.

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Amazing Stories Reader's Choice

British Science Fiction Association

British Science Fiction Association

Amazing Stories Reader's Choice Award for my story, "Past Adjacent."

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British Science Fiction Association

British Science Fiction Association

British Science Fiction Association

British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) review of All Tomorrow's Futures.

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Cybersalon

British Science Fiction Association

Cybersalon

Book launch, British Science Fiction Association (BSFA), All Tomorrow's Futures.

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Audible

Shoreline of Infinity

Cybersalon

Audiobook anthology that includes Jesse Rowell's "The Valens Program." 

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Shoreline of Infinity

Shoreline of Infinity

Shoreline of Infinity

Editor Eris Young reviews, and actor Debbie Cannon reads Jesse's story, I Know How This Ends

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Shoreline of Infinity

Shoreline of Infinity

Shoreline of Infinity

Award summary, judging panel review of Jesse's story, I Know How This Ends

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NPR - National Public Radio

NPR - National Public Radio

NPR - National Public Radio

Journalist Guy Raz and author Luis Alberto Urrea review Jesse's story, The Outliers

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Chillfiltr

NPR - National Public Radio

NPR - National Public Radio

Jesse's song, When You Were Mine, selected for Chillfiltr Radio's Summer Playlist for July

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Cybersalon

NPR - National Public Radio

Cybersalon

Journalist and internet entrepreneur Eva Pascoe reviews Jesse's story, The Valens Program 

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Cybersalon

Honolulu Magazine

Cybersalon

Technology writer Wael Elazab reviews Jesse's story, The Valens Program

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Cybersalon

Honolulu Magazine

Honolulu Magazine

Stephen Oram and Professor Rachel Armstrong, PhD, discuss Jesse's story, The Valens Program 

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Honolulu Magazine

Honolulu Magazine

Honolulu Magazine

Honolulu Magazine Fiction Award, selected by editor Kim Napier, What We Left .

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