The One-Thousand

My Name: Matthew Sanborn Smith. My NEW challenge: Write 1000 stories before I die. Current story count: 206. 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

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The Guy Who Hated Thanksgiving

You may think this is going to be some sort of parable or funny story from the title. No and no. On one of my first Thanksgivings in Florida...

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

130

Just finished and sent out story 130, my first story in nearly two months. That's sobering. Shipped it off to The New Yorker because, li...

Monday, November 15, 2010

A Body Is For Driving

Go read my latest story, A Body is for Driving , in Grant Stone's sparkly new fanzine, b0t. http://b0tzine.com/ Its beautiful cover is ...

Friday, October 29, 2010

NaFlaWriMo

My take on National Novel Writing Month will be National Flash Writing Month. I'm going to write 50,000 words of flash fiction this Nove...

Monday, October 25, 2010

Dear Some People On The Internet

Dear Some People On The Internet, You get upset at stupid things. Many people die horrible and unjust deaths in this world. Many starve. Bab...

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

It Just Ain't Happenin'

As late as one month ago, I thought I could still pull off my goal of 52 stories in 2010 and a flurry of activity ensued. Then life straight...

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The Ones That Got Away

You can listen to my latest story, The Ones That Got Away (64 in the canon), on this week's episode of StarShipSofa. It's narrated...

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Sale To Nature!

I sold my story, Steve Sepp, Tasty! Tasty! (story 128) to Nature ! "Wait," you say, "Isn't that a science journal (Maybe...

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Now I Am A Gazelle

If you missed my prancing, see here: http://theonethousand.blogspot.com/2010/07/prancing-through-bookstore.html A couple of days ago, a guy ...

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

My Casino Cameo

I make a brief appearance at http://www.casinoonline.co.uk this week. The article is The Top 50 Gambling Books of All Time. As I've gai...

Thursday, September 23, 2010

StarShipSofa Stories Volume 2

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

127, 128

Welcome new followers Robyn, Baedon and Philipp! Stories 127 and 128 are out the door. I feel this news would be slightly more interesting i...

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Maisy's Many Souls

My latest story, Maisy's Many Souls (number 75 of The One-Thousand) is available in GUD magazine's issue #6! You can score yourself...

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Casino Royale On The Great Twitter Bond Read

I'm not sure why any of you would care, but I'm posting most of the tweets from The Great Twitter Bond Read here because Twitter can...

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