Stories by Austen Tucker

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Speculative fiction, essays, and build notes by Austen Tucker. New work every two weeks. Free by email.

Featured novel-in-stories

It Takes a Zoo

A novel-in-stories about escaping the hypercapitalist grind.

6 chapters · Read online · PDFs available by chapter or as one complete edition

Short stories and novellas from the edges of the ordinary.

Ideas, reflections, and dispatches from the weird and wonderful.

Real products, the systems behind them, and lessons earned while building them.