Alex Wilson writes fiction and comics in Carrboro, NC. His work has appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, LCRW, Weird Tales, The Florida Review, Futurismic, ChiZine, Pif, and Dragon. Locus Magazine has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say.
Alex runs the audiobook project/podcast Telltale Weekly and the writer wiki Guidevines. He publishes the minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art. He is a 2006 Clarion graduate.
Interviews:
New York Times (04.08.04)
The Pulse (Comicon) (09.20.07)
Shimmer (03.26.09)
Latest Audiobooks:
Tao Te Ching
To Build a Fire
The Destiny of Colored Americans
The War of the Worlds
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Latest Blogs:
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Telltale Interview, Thoughts on Spoken Word Audio, etc
Wiscon 33 Schedule
The Last Makeover of Mrs Claus
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Highlights from the journal/blog
05.14.09
Wiscon 33 Schedule
04.30.09
"The Last Christmas of Mrs Claus" in Thoughtcrime Experiments (out now)
04.19.09
"I Get Half" Screening at Duke tonight
04.01.09
Spoils of Springfield in Shimmer #10, out now! Plus an Interview! Exclamation point!
03.30.09
Telltale Audio: March 2009
03.05.09
SALE! "The Last Christmas of Mrs. Claus" to Thoughtcrime Experiments
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Follow @alexotica on Twitter
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alexotica: June's free Telltale audio: To Build a Fire (Jack London), a Frederick Douglass essay, and Tao Te Ching http://www.alexwilson.com/telltale/ #
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A Wizard of MapQuest
The latest issue of LCRW includes my flash fiction story "A Wizard of MapQuest." I wrote it the first week of the Clarion writing workshop in 2006.
Chance of Snow
The final issue of Flytrap includes "Chance of Snow:" my choose-your-own-adventure type story about falling in love with a woman who is made out of snow.
Dry Frugal with Death Rays
"Dry Frugal with Death Rays" is an absurdist (or at least absurd-ish), office place science fiction satire story. It's the August 2008 featured fiction at Futurismic.
It should stick around in the archive for a spell.
Contents
 A flash fiction (non-genre) piece in the March-April 2008 issue of the literary magazine The Rambler. "Contents" appears on page 48, but, ironically enough, not in the issue's table of contents. Available in many independent bookshops, campus bookstores, and Barnes & Noble chains. Where to Buy.
Church of Saturn
"Church of Saturn" is a twelve-line story-poem, a science fiction update of probably the oldest missionary joke in the world, appearing in the British quarterly Murky Depths #2. Fast and relatively inexpensive shipping even to the States when you order direct from the publisher.
Shooting Dogs for Fun and Profit
"Shooting Dogs" is a humor/horror/gangster romp based on an unproduced ten-minute play of mine. ChiZine/Chiaroscuro was nice enough to publish it in October 2007, and there it remains, archived until whenever.
A bit of a postmortem for the story is available here, but it might kill any magic you thought was there before you came down from your marshmallow-high.
Outgoing
"Outgoing" is a science fiction/fantasy novelette. Appears in the Febuary 2007 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction. Also available at Anthology Builder, Fictionwise, and the Amazon Kindle store.
Free Preview. This story has been recommended for a Nebula award; SFWA members can read the story in its entirety on the Nebula Awards website.
Timing is Everything/Unconditional
Two public service announcements for the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Council of North Carolina (written/co-written by Alex Wilson). Available on YouTube: Timing is Everything and Unconditional (and that's me with the beard in the latter).
More details here.
Trade Up
Spec commercial for the Firefox web browser, 2006. Directed by Drew Buchanan, shot by Steve Milligan, written by Alex Wilson. Details here, Steve's technical details here, and the "film" itself at Firefox Films.
All's Fair in Love and Police Actions
Southparkesque parody film by Alex Wilson, 2005. Concerns super heroes and was created for a Wizard Direct-to-Video contest, which is why it's listed under "comics" as well as "film."
"That was f--kin' tops, Alex!" - Brian K Vaughan
"Amazingly funny and well-executed." - Cory Doctorow
Available in multiple downloadable formats, or streaming via YouTube and IFILM.
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Inconsequential Art #3 and #4
The final two issues of my humor minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art are available now for $1 each (or 8 for $5, including two complete sets of all four issues) via PayPal. These are business-card-sized and 12 pages each, including cover.
Werewolves Playing Poker
Issue #154 of the multi-Hugo Award Winning fanzine File 770 includes a gag cartoon written by myself and illustrated by Constantine Markopoulos. (Right hand side of the File 770 site or direct Link to PDF.) Cartoon's on page 28.
Stop the Buck
A brief get-out-the-vote webcomic and printable PDF which you are encouraged to distribute.
Stop the Buck!
Groundbound
 A five page science fiction tale, written by Alex and illustrated by Shaun Gardiner.
Appearing in the British comics anthology series FutureQuake #10 (Summer 2008). More preview images and info available here.
Persistent City
 A five page story, written by Alex and illustrated by Mario Boon.
Appearing in the Fall 2006 issue (#31.2) of the literary magazine The Florida Review (order single issues under "subscriptions") and the 2007 anthology Hope: New Orleans from Ronin Studios (ask your local comic shop by title or by Diamond Order Code: MAY07 3690).
Two page preview available here.
Inconsequential Art
First two issues of my humor minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art are available now for $1 each (or 8 for $5) via PayPal. These are business-card-sized and 12 pages each, including cover.
Upcoming Work:
"Squatter's Rites" (story-poem) in Weird Tales.
"The Whores in Trinidad Need Witnessing to" (story) in Outlaw Territory II.
"Spoils of Springfield" (story) in Shimmer.
"It Must Be Kissed" (comic) in Pulp Planet.
"Harp" (story) in Cabinet des Fees.
"Fin de Siecle" (film) starting the festival circuit slush now.
Alex Elsewhere, Irregularly:
Campbell Award: Alex Wilson
Livejournal: Alexotica
Facebook: Alex Wilson
Twitter: Alexotica
MySpace: Alexotica
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