Matthew Kressel

Some cool news to share!

Super thrilled to announce that Threat Assessment, the novella I co-wrote with Mercurio D.

Wow!

This is all the original fiction I had out in 2025: “Threat Assessment.”

I’m doing a panel at Greenlight Bookstore on Sept 22nd on “Science in Fiction” with some amazing folks!

The audiobook of my novel Queen of Static has been released into the world, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and published by Skyboat Media.

From June 29 through July 5, the ebook of my novella The Rainseekers, about a former influencer tasked with interviewing a group of pilgrims hoping to experience the first rain on Mars, is on sale across all retailers for just $1.99.

Happy to announce the publication of The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 10, which contains our novella Threat Assessment that Mercurio David Rivera and I wrote together, along with stories from Nancy Kress, Isabel J, Kim, Peter Watts, Derek Künsk…

I had the pleasure of being a guest on the most recent episode of the If This Goes On (Don’t Panic) podcast with hosts Cat Rambo & Alan Bailey, where we speak about writing with authenticity, writing unfamiliar cultures, Dungeons & Dragons, what writers c…

In the latest episode of the Geeks Guide to the Galaxy podcast, I join my dreamteam crew Andrea Kail, Tom Gerencer, and host David Barr Kirtley to discuss the Stephen King movie adaptations Firestarter, Maximum Overdrive, Dreamcatcher, and Cell.

Happy to see that my short story “Model Collapse” which originally appeared in Reactor Magazine was listed as a notable story in the 2026 edition Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Olivie Blake.

The ebook version of my debut collection Histories Within Us is on sale for $0.99 for a limited time (at your favorite bookstore.) 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List “A dazzling collection” – A.C.

Tordotcom is giving away 20 print copies of The Rainseekers on Goodreads.

Well this was an unexpected surprise.

My publisher forwarded me this really great review of The Rainseekers in Locus Magazine by Alexandra Pierce.

I had the pleasure of being on the Galactic Terrors podcast last night, hosted by James Chambers and Carol Gyzander.

There’s a new interview with me by Martin Cahill over at Reactor Magazine, where I talk about The Rainseekers, writing science fiction, character-driven plots, being vulnerable, and more.

Image source: Pexels, Photo by cottonbro studio.

If you’d like to vote for my debut collection, Histories Within Us, it’s listed under Best Collection in the Locus Awards poll.

Over on Paul Semel’s blog, he interviews me about The Rainseekers.

It’s finally here!

The Rainseekers gets a third mention in NewScientist, this time alongside a review of Vigil, a George Saunders novella.

Here’s a short video about my forthcoming novella The Rainseekers, coming out February 17th from Tordotcom Publishing!

How cool!

I’m very honored that my first collection, Histories Within Us, has made the Locus Recommended Reading List with so many fine authors and their works.

Woke up this morning to learn that The Rainseekers gets another mention in NewScientist, this time in the article titled, “The best new science fiction books of February 2026.”

I had a wonderful time talking with Mookie Spitz on The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory podcast.

My forthcoming novella The Rainseekers received this review from Booklist today: “A former influencer running from a moment of personal disgrace sets off on a journey with a ragtag group of folks determined to be the first people to see rain on Mars.

With all the holiday hubbub I forgot to post about my most recent appearance on Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Happy new year folks!

Here’s a new work I just finished today, “After the Party.”

In other cool news, NewScientist lists THE RAINSEEKERS as one of the best new science fiction books of ’26, along with books from Ann Leckie, Neil Jordan, Adrian Tchaikovsky and more.

We’re very excited to announce that our novella, Threat Assessment (co-written with David Mercurio Rivera) has been selected for reprint in The Year’s Best Hard Science Fiction for 2025, edited by Allan Kaster.

I had a good year, fiction wise, with three published short stories, a novella (cowritten with Mercurio D.

On the latest Geeks Guide to the Galaxy podcast, I join Andrea Kail, Thomas Gerencer, and host David Barr Kirtley to discuss four Jean-Claude Van Damme movies, Timecop, Universal Soldier, Cyborg, and Replicant.

On the latest Geeks Guide to the Galaxy podcast, I join Andrea Kail, Anthony Ha, and host David Barr Kirtley to discuss Season 1 of the FX series Alien: Earth, a prequel to the classic films Alien and Aliens.

A little late for Halloween, but here is a new spooky 3d render I made, “Encounter on the Bridge.”

Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine posted this wonderful review of Space Trucker Jess in their latest issue!

A new 3d artwork today.

Today is the release day for my short story “Model Collapse,” which is up at Reactor Magazine.

New Art: Foggy Ship (I need to think of a better title.)

Authors Micaiah Johnson (Those Beyond the Wall), Yume Kitasei (Saltcrop) & Julia Vee (Pearl City) have organized an amazing series of SFF events: Between October 13 – October 24, authors of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction, most with new…

Last night I had the pleasure of appearing on the Fiction: Impossible podcast, hosted by C.S.E.

Due to a host of personal factors I won’t get into here, I was not writing regularly for many months.

In the latest Geeks Guide to the Galaxy, I talk to host David Barr Kirtley about the longrunning Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, which I now cohost with Ellen Datlow.

In the latest episode of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy, host David Barr Kirtley interviews me about my collection, HISTORIES WITHIN US and my novel SPACE TRUCKER JESS.

Over at Paul Semel’s site, he interviews me about my new novel, Space Trucker Jess.

And here it is, this lovely cover to my forthcoming novella, The Rainseekers, designed by the talented Shreya Gupta!

I got to be a guest on one of my favorite podcasts, The Functional Nerds!

Over at John Scalzi’s The Big Idea blog, I’ve got a guest post up about Space Trucker Jess.