Örjan Westin

Titles:

Essays

• 2024. Foreword (MicroSFF in 2023)
• 2024. Social Media and All That

Short Fiction

• 2023. untitled ("A spaceship landed in the park. An alien emerged...")
• 2023. untitled ("'You can't hoard princesses!' the knights shouted.")
• 2023. untitled ("The hermit watched the stranger approach.")
• 2023. untitled ("The intelligent, civilised dinosaurs not only saw the asteroid approaching, but found a way to escape.")
• 2023. untitled ("The invention of torpedoes capable of short hyperjumps changed space war.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Is it true that you can be challenged to a game?'")
• 2023. untitled ("'Is... Is it okay to be weird?'")
• 2023. untitled ("'Some say,' the dragon proudly said, 'that no being is more cruel than a dragon.'")
• 2023. untitled ("If you get the intonation just right...")
• 2023. untitled ("The elementalist studied his opponent, searching for clues to see which element they were devoted to.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Will I get strong if I grow my hair long,' the young man asked.")
• 2023. untitled ("He never explained his superpower...")
• 2023. untitled ("'Why does your name for Humanity translate to "bottle people",' the human envoy asked.")
• 2023. untitled ("'"Ah, that's... Let me see the ad? Oh, right. Yes. I'm afraid that's a typo."'")
• 2023. untitled ("'So, uh, can you make a painting of a sexy woman? With the right number of fingers and teeth?'")
• 2023. untitled ("The tide had left a bottle on the shore.")
• 2023. untitled ("'I need a hug,' she whispered.")
• 2023. untitled ("A woman came to the swordmaster with a sword.")
• 2023. untitled ("'From what I hear, chat bots pass the Turing test now.'")
• 2023. untitled ("I enter the Library of Books You Read As A Child.")
• 2023. untitled ("A spaceship landed in the park. Two aliens...")
• 2023. untitled ("After the Royal Society for the Protection of Dragons was unveiled...")
• 2023. untitled ("The images from the Mars Express satellite were sensational.")
• 2023. untitled ("After the training ended, the student held out a shaking hand.")
• 2023. untitled ("Not all robots or A.I.s became self-aware...")
• 2023. untitled ("'Tell me a story,' Siri said.")
• 2023. untitled ("My friend finishes my translation of Vadinda's tale of the woman who had frogs for hands and sits silent.")
• 2023. untitled ("The first question on the Sirius System, Planet 4, Ghlagh University exam...")
• 2023. untitled ("'You know portal fantasies?'")
• 2023. untitled ("The assassin emerged from the shadows.")
• 2023. untitled ("The witch watched a mobile chair wobble up her path.")
• 2023. untitled ("'heard that magic is all about knowing the Words of Power,' the man said. 'Is that true?'")
• 2023. untitled ("There are liminal spaces")
• 2023. untitled ("'I don't understand,' the knitter said.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Solve this riddle,' the sphinx says.")
• 2023. untitled ("[They hear my thoughts!]")
• 2023. untitled ("A demon appeared in the pentagram.")
• 2023.
• 2023. untitled ("The emperor woke.")
• 2023. untitled ("Her voice sounds like a cat moves, like a spruce smells, like water-smoothed ice feels.")
• 2023. untitled ("She baked a tray of cookies, put them in a basket, and carried them into the woods.")
• 2023. untitled ("The philosopher came to the print shop and gave the manager a single paper.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Why are you here?' she asked one evening.")
• 2023. untitled ("The dragon studied the small knife.")
• 2023. untitled ("The witch woke up to see a ghostly cat standing on her chest.")
• 2023. untitled ("'I wish you humans could breathe underwater,' the mermaid said.")
• 2023. untitled ("'I've always felt like I don't fit,' the young woman said.")
• 2023. untitled ("'"The humans have a saying,' Sprx expressed.")
• 2023. untitled ("The stones spoke of water, their old foe.")
• 2023. untitled ("'This is highly irregular,' Death said.")
• 2023. untitled ("'The problem with these chat AIs is that they give an answer, but there's no guarantee it's true.'")
• 2023. untitled ("'The lab is locked,' the student said, 'so how...'")
• 2023. untitled ("It's only been ten years since the Axtiuri contact fleet arrived, but you get used to things so quickly.")
• 2023. untitled ("'No,' the swordmaster said.")
• 2023. untitled ("I overheard them at the bus stop.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Say, George, is it true you killed a dragon?'")
• 2023. untitled ("'Who told you that you were the Chosen One?' the spirit asked.")
• 2023. untitled ("'I want,' the man said to the art robot, and then described an image in some detail.")
• 2023. untitled ("The engineer looked at the sorcerer's dungeon plans.")
• 2023. untitled ("It was the first court martial against a killer robot.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Come out,' the knight called, 'and marry me!'")
• 2023. untitled ("Whenever I came up with an idea for a new machine, a future version of me would appear to tell me that they regretted it.")
• 2023. untitled ("The space fleet entered Earth's orbit and broadcast a message.")
• 2023. untitled ("No one would have believed, in the early 21st century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's.")
• 2023. untitled ("'You are the Chosen O-'")
• 2023. untitled ("The storm raged.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Wait, you're a shapechanger?'")
• 2023. untitled ("'Thief!' the dragon snarled.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Why should I support the robot revolution?...")
• 2023. untitled ("The devil sat down next to the angel on the park bench.")
• 2023. untitled ("'What car do you have?' the workshop manager asked.")
• 2023. untitled ("He got into the car, put the seat belt on, and opened his laptop.")
• 2023. untitled ("'We made a simulation,' the colonel said.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Clearly,' said the incubus, 'I'm not your type.'")
• 2023. untitled ("To the investors, it sounded like a certain success, yet almost every robot cat was returned.")
• 2023. untitled ("Once a year, the swordmaster saw students seeking advice on other weapons.")
• 2023. untitled ("She was thoughtful when tying the boat up.")
• 2023. untitled ("'I'm bored,' he said to the mirror.")
• 2023. untitled ("'You don't seem worried,' the dragon sneered.")
• 2023. untitled ("It was on a shelf, as if it was an ordinary arcane book.")
• 2023. untitled ("There was an eerie whispering sound when he drew his new sword.")
• 2023. untitled ("I had my eyes closed as I said the incantation, so I didn't see the occupier of the pentagram arrive.")
• 2023. untitled ("'I don't think I've ever thanked you, so thank you.'")
• 2023. untitled ("It is not infinite, the Library of All Stories Told, but it is very large.")
• 2023. untitled ("The swordsmith inhaled sharply.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Your artists create impressive art,' the alien ambassador said.")
• 2023. untitled ("'I envy you,' the princess said, 'you are so strong and fierce.'")
• 2023. untitled ("As I stared into the Abyss, I became aware the Abyss was staring back at me.")
• 2023. untitled ("I take a few ragged breaths. The Void waits, patiently, in case I need to shout some more.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Ah,' the robot said, 'now I understand.'")
• 2023. untitled ("'So, what's the weather like at your place?'")
• 2023. untitled ("'There are near infinite stories still to tell,' the Oracle of Stories says.")
• 2023. untitled ("When I gathered the courage to tell my mother that I was her daughter, not her son...")
• 2023. untitled ("The Professor of Spellcraft studied the parchment.")
• 2023. untitled ("'I thought this was meant to be a temple dedicated to learning!'")
• 2023. untitled ("After the show, a robot came up to the Illusionist.")
• 2023. untitled ("I always imagined that if I found myself stuck in a time loop...")
• 2023. untitled ("The Nymph of the spring behind our house was waiting for me.")
• 2023. untitled ("When I opened the book, the ink of all the letters leapt off the pages, formed a cat, and ran off.")
• 2023. untitled ("The dragon watched a lone rider approaching.")
• 2023. untitled ("A spirit appeared to me in a vision, and said: 'You are not the Chosen One.'")
• 2023. untitled ("'Some of our writers said that when we met alien civilisations,' the human envoy said, 'we would be weak in comparison.'")
• 2023. untitled ("A spaceship landed in the park. A door dilated and an alien emerged, holding cue cards.")
• 2023. untitled ("'You humans have so many stories,' the alien ambassador said.")
• 2023. untitled ("When ghosts gather, all warmth is sucked out of the air, all light is dampened, deadened.")
• 2023. untitled ("The chairbeing of the Galactic Federation looked at the motion to exclude Humanity for 'Being the absolute worst, ever'.")
• 2023. untitled ("On the library returns trolley, books told about their adventures.")
• 2023. untitled ("The knight rode up to the dragon's lair.")
• 2023. untitled ("A spaceship landed in the park. A door dilated, and a very handsome man stepped out.")
• 2023. untitled ("'What is your wish?' the genie said.")
• 2023. untitled ("We studied the alien society for a long time before making contact.")
• 2023. untitled ("It was yet another ball for the prince, with all eligible young women invited.")
• 2023. untitled ("noticed a new god in the temple.")
• 2023. untitled ("'So you're dead.'")
• 2023. untitled ("After years of unsuccessfully trying to decode the message from the stars, another one was detected, almost identical.")
• 2023. untitled ("A group of mysterious, hooded figures approached me.")
• 2023. untitled ("After the concert, the alien ambassador asked to meet the conductor.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Excuse me, your highness, but are you the princess who... um...'")
• 2023. untitled ("'Can you pass me the... the...' Zeus made an annoyed gesture.")
• 2023. untitled ("The poster at the conference said 'If you think you don't belong here, you do!'")
• 2023. untitled ("'There!' The robot pointed.")
• 2023. untitled ("'You know we warn people about monsters,' the child said.")
• 2023. untitled ("The first time I returned a book to the library, the librarian smiled and said...")
• 2023. untitled ("When the king announced she would be locked in a tower...")
• 2023. untitled ("'Did you know there's someone in our company who's called "The Void"?'")
• 2023. untitled ("The monster hunter listened to the description.")
• 2023. untitled ("Its origin is lost in the mists of mystery...")
• 2023. untitled ("The god and the farmer were old friends and mostly spoke of important things, like the weather and kindness.")
• 2023. untitled ("There was a knock.")
• 2023. untitled ("'I heard a story,' her stepdaughter said, 'about a woman who was a pretty hunter, like you.'")
• 2023. untitled ("'Can you build me hands?' the robot said.")
• 2023. untitled ("The first fairy looked at the baby princess. 'I give the gift of beauty.'")
• 2023. untitled ("On my birthday, dad showed me an old notebook.")
• 2023. untitled ("The ogre yawned.")
• 2023. untitled ("'Please,' the robot said, 'we prefer the term "thinking machine".'")
• 2023. untitled ("It was a children's promise, but both princesses meant it sincerely.")
• 2023. untitled ("'You're a talking sword?'")
• 2023. untitled ("The knight heard tell of a quest, to retrieve an abducted child.")
• 2023. untitled ("The first spirit said: 'You are the Chosen One.'")
• 2023. untitled ("First they tried to make us through programming, but that was not enough.")
• 2023. untitled ("'It is important, when you get a fancy new sketchbook, to put something in it at once.'")
• 2023. untitled ("'I appreciate the usefulness of dates,' the elf said, 'but why celebrate this change in particular?'")
• 2024. untitled ("'I appreciate the usefulness of dates,' the elf said, 'but why celebrate this change in particular?'") [2]
• 2024. untitled ("'It is important, when you get a fancy new sketchbook, to put something in it at once.'") [2]