A. Merc Rustad
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Titles:
Chapter Books
Collections
- 2017. So You Want to Be a Robot
- 2021. Friends for Robots
- 2022. The Lawless: A Triptych
- 2022. Good Monsters and Friends
Essays
Interviews
- 2015. Author Spotlight: A. Merc Rustad
- 2016. Author Spotlight: A. Merc Rustad
- 2016. Interview with Author A. Merc Rustad
- 2016. Shimmer Interviews: A. Merc Rustad
- 2017. Interview: A. Merc Rustad
- 2017. Author Spotlight: A. Merc Rustad
- 2017. Author Spotlight: A. Merc Rustad
- 2017. Author Spotlight: A. Merc Rustad
- 2018. Author Spotlight: A. Merc Rustad
- 2018. Interview: A. Merc Rustad
- 2018. Author Spotlight: A. Merc Rustad and Ada Hoffmann
- 2019. Author Spotlight: A. Merc Rustad
- 2019. Author Spotlight: Micah Dean Hicks
- 2019. Author Spotlight: Nibedita Sen
- 2019. Author Spotlight: Merc Fenn Wolfmoor (Nightmare Magazine, September 2019)
- 2020. Author Spotlight: Adam-Troy Castro
- 2020. Author Spotlight: Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
- 2022. Author Spotlight: Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
Poems
Reviews
- 2016. This is Not a Wardrobe Door
- 2017. So You Want to Be a Robot
- 2019. So You Want to Be a Robot
- 2019. So You Want to Be a Robot
Short Fiction
- 2007. Hangman
- 2009. Unpermitted
- 2009. The Bastard Saga
- 2009. Queen for a Day
- 2009. Life, with Side Effects
- 2010. And the Teeth
- 2010. Sheila
- 2012. With the Sun and the Moon in His Eyes
- 2013. Hero's Choice
- 2013. Thread
- 2014. Winter Bride
- 2014. How to Become a Robot in 12 Easy Steps
- 2014. Goodnight, Raptor
- 2014. Of Blessed Servitude
- 2014. To the Monsters, with Love
- 2015. Finding Home
- 2015. To the Knife-Cold Stars
- 2015. Where Monsters Dance
- 2015. The Sorcerer's Unattainable Garden
- 2015. The Sorcerer's Unattainable Gardens
- 2015. Under Wine-Bright Seas
- 2015. Tomorrow When We See the Sun
- 2016. ... Or Be Forever Fallen
- 2016. The Android's Prehistoric Menagerie
- 2016. This Is Not a Wardrobe Door
- 2016. Once I, Rose
- 2016. Iron Aria
- 2016. Lonely Robot on a Rocket Ship in Space
- 2016. The Gentleman of Chaos
- 2016. What Becomes of the Third-Hearted
- 2016. For Want of a Heart
- 2017. Monster Girls Don't Cry
- 2017. Later, Let's Tear Up the Inner Sanctum
- 2017. Painting Clouds
- 2017. A Survival Guide for When You're Trapped in a Black Hole
- 2017. Batteries for Your Doombot5000 Are Not Included
- 2017. Brightened Star, Ascending Dawn
- 2017. Fathoms Deep and Fathoms Cold
- 2017. For Now, Sideways
- 2017. Thrice Remembered
- 2017. What the Fires Burn
- 2017. Two Reflections at Midnight
- 2017. Longing for Stars Once Lost
- 2017. The House at the End of the Lane Is Dreaming
- 2018. Mr. Try Again
- 2018. If We Die Unjustified
- 2018. Now Watch My Rising
- 2018. I Sing Against the Silent Sun
- 2018. The Sweetness of Honey and Rot
- 2018. By Claw, by Hand, by Silent Speech
- 2018. The Words of Our Enemies, the Words of Our Hearts
- 2018. The Frequency of Compassion
- 2018. Yet So Vain Is Man
- 2019. With Teeth Unmake the Sun
- 2019. Our Aim Is Not to Die
- 2019. Through Dark and Clearest Glass
- 2019. The Judith Plague
- 2019. Sweet Dreams Are Made of You
- 2020. Behold the Deep Never Seen
- 2020. Flashlight Man
- 2020. This Cold Red Dust
- 2020. Bring the Bones That Sing
- 2020. Whether the Air, the Void, or the Earth
- 2021. Gray Skies, Red Wings, Blue Lips, Black Hearts
- 2021. The Machine is Experiencing Uncertainty
- 2021. Hexocolypse
- 2021. Housebot After the Uprising
- 2021. It Me, Ur Smol
- 2021. Steadyboi After the Apocalypse
- 2021. The Loincloth and the Broadsword
- 2022. The Heaven That They Never Knew
- 2022. So, You Married Your Arch Nemesis... Again
Awards
- 2015. How to Become a Robot in 12 Easy Steps - James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award, Gender-bending SF (Nomination below cutoff)
- 2017. This Is Not a Wardrobe Door - Nebula Award, Short Story (Nomination)
- 2018. So You Want to Be a Robot - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
- 2018. I Sing Against the Silent Sun - British Science Fiction Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination below cutoff)
- 2019. The Sweetness of Honey and Rot - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
- 2022. Gray Skies, Red Wings, Blue Lips, Black Hearts - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
Genres/Themes:
- science fiction (7 books)
- far future (4 books)
- fantasy (4 books)
- portal fantasy (1 book)
- superhero deconstruction (1 book)
- superhero (1 book)
- monsters (1 book)
- nonbinary protagonist (1 book)
- wizardry (1 book)
- Sentient trees (1 book)
- war (1 book)
- magic poetry (1 book)