About Me
"Dreams without goals are just dreams, and they ultimately fuel disappointment.” —Denzel Washington
Desmond Astaire is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and paranormal fiction.
He was first published by Galaxy Press in 2022 and has since published stories in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. In his other life, Astaire is a superintendent for a military public relations unit, where he supervises the training and operations of multimedia content creators.
Astaire lives in Central Illinois with his wife and children. A member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, he is the recipient of awards including the L. Ron Hubbard Golden Pen, the Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal, and the Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for Science Fiction.
Publications
“Cherenkov Time.” ZNB Presents: Year One, edited by Joshua Palmatier, Binghamton, NY, Zombies Need Brains, 1 July 2023.
Epoch-1. Morton, IL, King & Vagabond Press, 14 May 2024.
“Gallows.” Writers of the Future Volume 38, edited by David Farland, Los Angeles, Galaxy Press, 28 June 2022. Golden Pen Award; Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal.
“It’s a Nash Equilibrium, Then.” Fission III, edited by Eugen Bacon and Gene Rowe, Stoke-on-Trent, GB-ENG, The British Science Fiction Association, 2023.
“Obsidian Grackle.” Murderbirds, edited by Mike Jack Stoumbos, Midlothian, VA, WonderBird Press, 21 Apr. 2023.
“Old Dean.” HyphenPunk Magazine #9, Johnson City, TN, HyphenPunk, 4 Sept. 2023.
Paranorm. Morton, IL, King & Vagabond Press, 11 Aug. 2023.
“The Otherworld Theory.” Aurealis #162, Mount Waverley, Vic, Chimaera Publications, 6 July 2023.
“You are the Mother of Doomsday.” Murderbugs, edited by Mike Jack Stoumbos, Midlothian, VA, WonderBird Press, 2024.
Awards
2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), San Diego, CA.
2021 1st place (Q4), L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol. 38, Galaxy Press, Inc., Los Angeles, CA.
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