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Joseph Halden’s story “Time and Grace” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 26 June 2020. I’m always interested in our relationship with technology, and the specific ways it influences our connections to each other. The specific idea for this story, however, was planted when I was travelling for work, in a new rental vehicle every time. It was a lonely period of my life. I was in grad school and commuting to different experiments, in …

Time and Grace – Joseph Halden

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Grace Soh was going to blaze across the empty American highways faster than anyone ever had, making it from coast to coast in a matter of hours: six if everything went as planned. The faster she got to the boost site in Oakland, California, the more money she’d make. Grace would pay damages if she was late, but she would also reap the rewards if she was early. People paid a lot to have their …

A question for Joseph Halden

Q: What is the most recent book that you lost sleep reading/thinking about?

A: I adored Among Others by Jo Walton, and couldn’t stop reading. The depiction of magic in such an unfathomable yet human way was mesmerizing. The protagonist’s journey held so many beautifully-articulated moments of humanity that really worked for me, and I loved re-experiencing some sci-fi classics through her lens.

Joseph Halden’s story “Time and Grace”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 26 June 2020.
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About Joseph Halden

Joseph Halden is a wizard in search of magic, an astronaut in need of space, and a hopeless enthusiast of frivolity. He’s shot things with giant lasers, worn an astronaut costume for over 100 days to try and get into space, and made his own soap. A graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, he writes science fiction and fantasy in the Canadian prairies.

www.josephhalden.com, @joseph_halden

Joseph Halden’s story “Time and Grace”
in Metaphorosis Friday, 26 June 2020.
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