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

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Nuts

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Sometimes at my retail job, I'll buy a package of cashews and eat them throughout the day. Couple days ago, I remembered we sold walnuts...
Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Confession Time

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For more years than I can count, and just ending in recent months, I thought Ray Kurzweil and Ray Manzarek were the same guy. Come on now, t...

The Musician Comes First

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One of the great things about my job at the library is we get to spend one hour a week just participating in webinars or watching videos on ...
Monday, July 02, 2018

ALTERED IDS Salutes Action Comics #1

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The photographically memoried among you will recall that I have a blog on Tumblr called ALTERED IDS (a play on both alter egos and trans...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

The Apex Interview

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Well, this is two months late. Here's the interview that Andrea Johnson did with me for Apex Magazine in the May issue. We talk about my...

Deeper Work, Bigger Thoughts

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I've been off of social media for maybe three days now, inspired by Cal Newport's book, Deep Work. It's about cutting down on di...
Thursday, June 21, 2018

I'll Make A Note Of That

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Once again, I, a person who lives in Florida, am being told by other people who live in Florida that it is hot in the summer . . . In Florid...
Sunday, May 13, 2018

Stars so Sharp They Break the Skin

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Oops! I was supposed to post this link two weeks ago. Sorry! Here's my latest story: https://www.apex-magazine.com/stars-so-sharp-they-b...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Forty-Nine

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Well, gang, we're down to the wire. I'm forty-nine years old today, and that means there's only one year left to achieve this bl...
Saturday, February 03, 2018

165

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I just finished story 165 of the One-Thousand, I Was Meant to Live Another Thousand Years , and sent it out the door. Don't ever quit, f...
Saturday, January 06, 2018

Sale!

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Three days ago, I sold my story, "Stars So Sharp They Break the Skin," (164 of The One-Thousand) to Apex Magazine. I'm quite p...
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Monday, January 01, 2018

2017/2018

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Happy New Year! 2017 wasn't great, but a couple of things happened that were good enough to give me some hope for the future. One majo...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

163 and 164

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I've been my usual lax self here. Forgot to mention I finished a flash piece in July called Outvasion (that's 163) and a 5,000 word...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Good News For Me

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I never got a degree. I hated school, although I was good at it (when I wanted to be). I recently started a part-time library job and it...
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