Judah Mahay, Author Judah Mahay, Author

Alaskan SFF author and explorer of the human enigma who weaves magic into reality and pushes science to the plausible extreme.

Judah Mahay, Author
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  • NOVELS
  • BUY
  • READ
    • Featured
      • “Angels in Despair”
      • “Breathe”
      • “Death Wish”
      • “In the Future Sense”
      • “Lord of the Dome”
      • “Soul Requisition”
      • “Human Quotient”
      • “Trees of Evermore”
      • “Willow”
    • Genres
      • Fantasy
      • Fairy Tale
      • Literary
      • Post Apocalyptic
      • Science Fiction
      • Speculative
    • Short Stories
    • Flash Fiction
    • Poetry
    • Essays
    • PODCAST
      • Aroph Stories
        • EP0: Introduction
        • EP1: Blue Room
        • EP2: Music Box
        • EP3: King Arthur
        • EP4: Root
        • EP5: Bumps
        • EP6: Dragon
        • EP7: Own Image
        • EP8: Son of God
      • iTunes
      • Spotify
      • TuneIn
      • Podchaser
  • ABOUT
    • Biography
    • Artistic Vision
    • Why I Write
  • BLOG
    • Updates
    • Creative Writing
    • Book Reviews
  • CONNECT
    • Debut Novel Team
    • Monthly Newsletter
    • Author App
      • Android
      • iPhone
    • Bluesky
    • Amazon
    • Goodreads
    • Bookshop
    • Press Kit
    • Contact Form
  • Plague Birds by Jason Sanford
    Blog,  Book Reviews

    Book Review: Plague Birds by Jason Sanford

    Plague Birds by Jason Sanford rivets with a high-impact tale of blood-infused AI, gene editing gone awry, and a surreal future where humanity struggles to reclaim itself. I have to say, I was engaged throughout, both emotionally and intellectually. The concept of AI governing our world in which humanity lost…

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  • Last Pick by Jason Walz
    Blog,  Book Reviews

    Book Review: Last Pick by Jason Walz

    Last Pick by Jason Walz subverts stereotypes by exploring the heroism of the outcast in a compassionate tale of sibling survival after an alien invasion.

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  • Death Wish,Living,Sick Lit Magazine,What it means,SFF,science fiction
    Fantasy,  Featured,  Published,  Short Stories,  Short Works,  Speculative

    Short Story “Death Wish”

    Published in Sick Lit Magazine, 3/16/2017. | The rush of wind forms into words. “If you could know what it is to die, to experience it, to be…one with it, would you?” Slithering shadows coalesce into long strands of a nimble, humanoid shape.

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  • Aroph Stories Podcast
    Aroph Stories,  Podcast,  Season 1

    Episode 6 | “The Red Dragon of Wales” by William Elliot Griffis

    This is another throwback to a classic tale. I can’t help but keep in the realm of the Arthurian Legends, but The Red Dragon of Wales comes from William Elliot Griffis and is part of a larger collection of fairy tales.

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Author Judah Mahay
(Photo courtesy of Marc Faubel.)

Alaskan SFF author and explorer of the human enigma who weaves magic into reality and pushes science to the plausible extreme.

English Professor with a Creative Writing MFA, New York Foundations for the Arts Grant Recipient, and Alumnus of Robert Wilson's Watermill Center Residency. SFWA member.

Represented by Lukas Ortiz of the Spitzer Literary Agency

Favorite Quote

"The storyteller’s business is at once to make the facts of our world more wonderful and to make the wonders of our world more factual."
- Ursula K. Le Guin

Featured Story

Contrapuntos XI: Poetics of Resistance
"Breathe" published in Contrapuntos XI: Poetics of Resistance

Memberships

SFWA - Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America Member
Alaska Writers Guild Member

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