Martin L. Shoemaker
Award-winning science fiction. Mystery. Wonder. Heart.
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View from a Hill
In memory of Emeka Walter Dinjos, a writer friend we lost too soon. Available to subscribers on Patreon.
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Today I Know
A story of the android Carey Owens from Today I Am Carey. Available to subscribers on Patreon.
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Or For Worse
The fate of Sarah and Mike’s marriage will be chosen in the haunted depths of the woods. Available on Amazon.
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About Martin L. Shoemaker
Martin L. Shoemaker is a programmer who writes on the side… or maybe it’s the other way around. He told stories to imaginary friends and learned to type on his brother’s manual typewriter even though he couldn’t reach… Read More
About Blue Collar Space
The future doesn’t just happen… Somebody has to build it. Martin L. Shoemaker, award-winning author of “Today I Am Paul”, presents stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary work. Planning, exploring, constructing… living and growing and dying… across the… Read More
About Dictation Trail
I have a writing secret, learned from Kevin J. Anderson and mastered by many writers before me: I dictate virtually all of my fiction. I average 25 to 100 words per minute, depending on my circumstances and mood…. Read More
What's on my Minds...
View from a Hill
In memory of Emeka Walter Dinjos, a writer friend we lost too soon. Available to subscribers on Patreon.
Today I Know
A story of the android Carey Owens from Today I Am Carey. Available to subscribers on Patreon.
Shoemaker.Space: Short Fiction from Martin L. Shoemaker
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Or For Worse
The fate of Sarah and Mike’s marriage will be chosen in the haunted depths of the woods. Available on Amazon.
Honor Guard
A sacred duty turns into a deadly voyage. Available on Amazon.
Meet Bobo Buttons, Private Eye!
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Inhibitions
I’m working on a theory of productivity for writers and other creators. The core of this idea is that what stops productivity is inhibitions, and that if you can get past those, production becomes dramatically higher. My own… Read More
What’s Up There? Slides from the Dorr Township Library
On September 8, I was honored to present What’s Up There? at the Dorr Township Library. We talked about astronomy and all the things we can see in the sky. It was a great time! View the slides… Read More
Dust to Dust: Maxwell’s Demons Episode 1
But it was his job to answer questions with as much precision as he could muster. That was what the doctor wanted, that was what the doctor would get. Then Elmer would do further investigation and refine his… Read More
crunch (a dragon’s lament)
By Martin L. Shoemaker crunch gnawing on old bones that crunch dark but I won’t sleep because I always creep in the dark slime drips from my scales as the autumn moon pales and the poor quarry flails… Read More