Most of the stories have appeared in the following magazines, whose editors Black Pear Press and Michael W. Thomas would like to thank: Under the Radar, Staple New Writing, Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, Gold Dust Magazine, Etchings (Australia), The Interpreter's House, Muscadine Lines (US), The Antioch Review (US). 'Catching the Light' was Shortlisted and Highly Commended for the George Orwell Dystopian Fiction Prize, 2017.