Rich Larson

Rich Larson writes sharp, inventive science fiction that explores technology, humanity, and the edges of tomorrow. His collection The Sky Didn’t Load Today and Other Glitches gathers stories of digital wonder, loss, and resilience—reflecting our future’s beauty and fragility.

Rich Larson was born in Niger, has lived in Spain and Czech Republic, and is currently based in Canada. He is the author of the novels Ymir and Annex, as well as over 250 short stories, some of the best of which appear in his collections Changelog and Tomorrow Factory. His fiction has been translated into over a dozen languages, including Polish, French, Romanian and Japanese, and adapted into an Emmy-winning episode of LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS. Support his work at patreon.com/richlarson

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PRAISE FOR RICH LARSON

  • MIKE ALLEN, World Fantasy Award-nominated author of Unseaming and Slow Burn

    “Larson demonstrates his superhuman ability to weld wild future-world concepts with immediately relatable characters. Upload this book into your mind at the fastest possible Mbps.”

  • IAN MUNESHWAR, Nebula, Locus, and Shirley Jackson Award finalist

    “Startling and seductive…These stories are a virtuosic exploration of human striving in the face of existential collapse.”

  • SAM J MILLER, Nebula-award-winning author of Blackfish City

    "Rich Larson is one of my very favorite short story writers, and his powers are undiminished in these haunting brilliant short-shorts, each one a deeply-felt world in miniature."

  • ELLEN DATLOW, multi-award winning editor of short fiction

    “Effective flash fiction that leaves an impression... Rich Larson writes brilliantly at every length.”

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  • MARIA HASKINS, author of Six Dreams About The Train

    “Larson has a knack for fitting mind-bending ideas, interesting characters, and dark and compelling twists into each and every story. Science fiction with depth, heart, and swagger.”

  • AI JIANG, Nebula and Bram Stoker award-winning and Hugo award-nominated author

    “The Sky Didn’t Load Today is a multiverse of stories…Blends quirky and absurd humour with melancholy, exploring love, fear, survival, loneliness.”

  • DAWN VOGEL, author of Dead-Starred Futures

    “A fantastic collection of dark sci-fi... Even when you think you know where a story is headed, Larson surprises.”

  • CHARLIE JANE ANDERS, author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster

    "Nobody does short fiction like Rich Larson — each of these tiny tales is a barbed-wire curio that sparkles in an alien light."

  • Hugo finalist ALVARO ZINOS-AMARO, author of Equimedian

    "Fiction caviar...ultra-short but hyper-imaginative; you can't read just one."

  • JAMES PATRICK KELLY, winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards.

    "Pocketful of shocks

    Mind when you reach a hand in

    A slip might draw blood"

  • MICHAEL KELLY, World Fantasy Award winner

    "A shrewdly observed collection of razor-wire anxieties and depravities...The Sky Didn't Load Today is dark SF at its best."

  • RICHARD THOMAS, BRAM STOKER, SHIRLEY JACKSON, and Thriller Award finalist

    "A 30-course meal—sweet, salty, sour, bitter, umami...filled with wonder as much as dread."

  • NICHOLAS A. DICHARIO, Hugo, World Fantasy, and Calvino Prize nominated author of Giovanni’s Tree: New Italian Folktale

    “Short, savage strokes, bristling with energy…Rich Larson is one of the most original and imaginative science fiction talents of our time.”

FEATURED INTERVIEW

In this interview with journalist Paul Semel, Rich Larson discusses his third short story collection Changelog and the creative process behind his near-future fiction. The conversation explores his recurring themes of technology, adaptation, and human connection that also resonate throughout his collection The Sky Didn’t Load Today and Other Glitches.

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