The One-Thousand

My Name: Matthew Sanborn Smith. My NEW challenge: Write 1000 stories before I die. Current story count: 200. The One-Thousand is made up of stories that are aimed at publication in professional venues. I've been published at Tor.com, Apex, and Nature, among others. See everything I do at matthewsanbornsmith.com. Shoot me an e-mail at upwithgravity@gmail.com

Monday, December 01, 2025

"All the Trees Will Scream" is available today!

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  My latest story, "All the Trees Will Scream" (story 195 of The One-Thousand) is out today in the Winter issue of Trollbreath Mag...
Monday, February 10, 2025

200

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 Just sent story 200 out the door. It's called "PetsParts" and it was inspired by my time working at AutoZone and my last dog ...
Thursday, October 10, 2024

199

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I finished story 199 yesterday while avoiding other work. It's called, "This Story Hates You." It's a bit meta.
Monday, September 23, 2024

198

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 Just finished story 198, "The Demolition Notice," and sent it out. It combines two things I've done before, modular men and t...
Tuesday, May 07, 2024

197

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Just finished and sent out story 197, "220 Salamander Avenue, Ten Stories Down." It's about a three people trying to work out ...
Friday, April 19, 2024

195 & 196

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 Damn, I need to post here more regularly. I completed story 195, "All the Trees Will Scream," two months ago. It's about a sp...
Monday, January 22, 2024

Longlisted for a BSFA Award!

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 "Turf War 2200" has been longlisted for the BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction. I'm pretty stoked!  Here's the list: https...
Monday, January 15, 2024

My New Collection Is Out!

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My latest collection, "Bleeding is Easy if You Know How to Open Up," is now up at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bleeding-Easy-You...
Sunday, October 29, 2023

My Latest Story Is Out!

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Story 171, "Their Heads Filled to Bursting" is out for your reading pleasure in the Autumn 2023 issue of Kaleidotrope! This one i...
Sunday, July 23, 2023

194

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I sent out story 194 of The One-Thousand, which is "Hazel," an alternate world 1950's secret agent story involving aliens. It ...
Friday, July 21, 2023

No

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I don't think this title deserves an exclamation point. 
Tuesday, March 07, 2023

192 and 193

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I just finished writing a ten-minute play, Cheeseburger with Wings , for this year's ICFA and I thought it would be story 192. Then I re...
Sunday, February 19, 2023

191

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Just finished and shipped out story 191, "The Grow-Your-Own-Dog Kit," a flash piece that is told from the kit's point of view ...
Friday, February 17, 2023

Turf War 2200!

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My latest story is live on episode 60 of Simultaneous Times! "Turf War 2200!" (Story 175 of The One-Thousand) It's a stunning ...
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