Vaughan Stanger

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SF&F writer. Left-leaning cat servant. Here (and there) to help save the planet if he can.
My banner picture is by Richard Wagner and used with his permission. (https://www.behance.net/rdwagner3179)
Websitehttps://www.vaughanstanger.com/
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Vaughan Stanger4d ago
There's nothing quite like receiving a contributor's copy...
Needless to say, I'm delighted to see my name on the cover. "Sleepless" is my 64th published short story. Big thanks go to editors Gene Rowe and Rick Danforth for selecting it for publication.
Vaughan StangerMay 9
I'm absolutely delighted to have had my SF short story "Sleepless" accepted for publication in Fission #6. My first time there -- and my 64th story to find a home.
https://www.bsfa.co.uk/fission
BSFA - Fission

Vaughan StangerMar 29
I’m delighted to announce that my short story Missing Meriel has been published in the first issue of The Fifth Corner. It is free to read online.
The editor of The Fifth Corner has arranged the six stories featured in Issue No. 1 so that “each story alters the one that follows it”. So please read them in order. (https://thefifthcorner.ca/issue-no-1/)
Lyndon Polan’s graphite artwork for the whole issue is beautiful.
Vaughan StangerMar 12
Seeing this will never get old.
Vaughan StangerMar 10
This is the most important book my name will ever appear in, along with the names of almost 10,000 other writers. https://www.dontstealthisbook.com/
Don't Steal This Book

10,000 authors publish an empty book to protest against the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models.

Don't Steal This Book
Vaughan StangerMar 4
I’m delighted to announce C B Droege, editor of 100 Word Project, has accepted another of my SF drabbles, Pipe Cleaner, for publication.
This is my 63rd accepted story.
https://www.manawaker.com/submit-100wp/
Submit to 100 Word Project

Submissions for the 100 Word Project from Manawaker Studio are open January thru May and July thru November. The 100 Word Project is an ongoing project focused on 100 word stories which will be pub…

Manawaker.com
Vaughan StangerFeb 16
I’m delighted to announce that my short story Missing Meriel has been accepted for publication in the inaugural issue of The Fifth Corner, a new Canadian literary magazine of dark and unsettling fiction (https://thefifthcorner.ca/).
This is my 62nd short story to find a home.
A Literary Magazine of Dark & Unsettling Fiction - The Fifth Corner

Each story published in The Fifth Corner is accompanied by commissioned original artwork created specifically in response to the piece. An online literary magazine publishing original fiction that leans toward the uncanny, the atmospheric, and the quietly unsettling. What we publish

The Fifth Corner
Vaughan StangerDec 21, 2025
It's time for my (writing) year's summation. https://vaughanstanger.com/2025-news/
TL;DR: A fairly quiet year with a couple of highlights ("Wheat Futures" published in The Growers anthology; a French language reprint of "Those We Leave Behind", which revealed an unexpected connection to a real Soviet cosmonaut.
Onwards!
2025 News | Vaughan Stanger – Science Fiction Writer

Vaughan StangerDec 15, 2025
I have some small but perfectly formed news in the run-up to Christmas:
- My space-themed poems, "Gravity Game" and "Venera 9" (originally published by Sourav Sarkar in his series of themed anthologies), will be reprinted in the BSFA's Focus magazine.
- My flash-length ghost story "Laying the Table" will be reprinted in the Milford SF Writers' blog on 23 December. (This first appeared in Flash in a Flash 124.)
Vaughan StangerOct 8, 2025
I'm delighted to announce that I've received an acceptance from 50 Give or Take (Vine Leaves Press) for my fantasy nano-fic "Hat Trick". It will be published in no. 1926 (Feb-26).