T. K. Rex is a science fiction and fantasy author from the western states

T. K. Rex is a science fiction and fantasy author from the western states

Raised haphazardly by a poet and a journalist across several western states, T. K. Rex has been a professional writer for twenty-four years, starting with their first published poem in their senior year of high school. Attempting normalcy with a “sensible” degree in advertising, they spent the better part of two decades crafting copy and user experiences for global brands, eventually and inevitably veering off course to follow their undying love of dinosaurs into science communication, collaborating with paleontologists and writing articles for Earth Magazine. In 2018, T. K. finally centered the least sensible of all their lifelong passions: speculative fiction. Since their first workshop at the Writers Grotto in San Francisco, their stories have appeared in over forty publications, including Asimov’s, Strange Horizons, Apex, Escape Pod, and their debut collection, The Wildcraft Drones, published in 2026 by Stelliform Press. Their second book, The Cursed Blade of Wek, is slated for 2027 with Neon Hemlock, and their short story “Haunting Beauty” has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. They’ve attended the Clarion, Futurescapes, and Taos Toolbox workshops; are a member of SFWA, the Authors Guild and AWP; and frequently read at and host literary events around the Bay Area. When they’re not writing, they’re probably wandering through the woods, or wish they were wandering through the woods. On a very good day, they’re wandering through the woods with their camera, taking pictures of bugs and mushrooms.

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PUBLISHED IN

RECKONING

THE SUNDAY MORNING TRANSPORT

Bright Green Futures

Uncharted

TRACTOR BEAM

Factor Four Magazine

THE FABULIST

Apex MAGAZINE

Roses & Wildflowers

RECKONING • THE SUNDAY MORNING TRANSPORT • Bright Green Futures • Uncharted • TRACTOR BEAM • Factor Four Magazine • THE FABULIST • Apex MAGAZINE • Roses & Wildflowers •

Haven Speculative

Little Blue Marble

New Edge Sword & Sorcery

Utopia Science Fiction Magazine

Escape Pod

Dreams & Nightmares

Typehouse Literary

Club Chicxulub Journal

Asimov's Science Fiction

Haven Speculative • Little Blue Marble • New Edge Sword & Sorcery • Utopia Science Fiction Magazine • Escape Pod • Dreams & Nightmares • Typehouse Literary • Club Chicxulub Journal • Asimov's Science Fiction •

Gizmodo

Imagine 2200

Luna Station Quarterly

The Molotov Cocktail

STRANGE HORIZONS

Queer Blades

Daily Science Fiction

Bards & Sages Quarterly

Metaphorosis

TERSE.

Gizmodo • Imagine 2200 • Luna Station Quarterly • The Molotov Cocktail • STRANGE HORIZONS • Queer Blades • Daily Science Fiction • Bards & Sages Quarterly • Metaphorosis • TERSE. •

Interviews & Press

  • In science fiction, everything can be rethought — including one of the most foundational aspects of human civilization, agriculture. T.K. Rex gives it a go in The Wildcraft Drones, with an exciting take on the future of food production… and how we all might live because of it.”

    Read the rest at John Scalzi’s blog, Whatever

  • “the Wildcraft Drones is a beautiful and moving debut ecofiction collection…”

    Read the rest at diwatapunk

  • “I’ll be honest: short story collections are usually not my thing. But I love T.K. Rex’s The Wildcraft Drones, and not just because it has great stories and great writing. I like it because of how each tale…”

    Read the rest on Tube Talk >

  • “I think T.K. is one of the very best writers working in science fiction right now, so I almost begged for an ARC of the collection…”

    Read the rest at Myna’s Microverse

  • “…we really do need stories about doing the best we can with what we’ve got, and these are that…”

    Read the rest there >

  • Mia V. Moss reviews The Wildcraft Drones:

    “Usually I read short story collections in little portions over time; a story on the train, a story before bed, a story on a lazy weekend, you get the idea. Star-friends, I could not put The Wildcraft Drones down and read the whole thing cover to cover...”

    Read the rest there >

  • “Rex’s debut collection takes its name from AI-powered drones, but the 14 connected sci-fi tales within prove deeply human…”

    Read the rest in Publishers Weekly >

  • Renan Bernardo interviews T. K. Rex about their forthcoming science fiction collection, The Wildcraft Drones.

    Read online at Into the Hyperspace >

  • Susan Kaye Quinn chats with author T. K. Rex about their story in the Bright Green Futures anthology, why they picked Climate Roles as a theme, and their illustration for the promotional giveaway.

    Listen or read the transcript at Bright Green Futures >

  • A photographic essay about place, writing, and generation ships. Created by T. K. Rex for Apex Magazine as part of their series on The Authors of Issue 145.

    Read it on the Apex Magazine Patreon >

  • T.K. Rex in conversation with Susan Kaye Quinn about communicating with the non-human; the interface between ourselves, nature, and technology; and T. K.'s solarpunk stories, namely "Squawker and Dolphin Swimming Together" and "A Lot Full of Weeds."

    Listen or read the transcript on Substack >

  • Ratika Deshpande includes T. K. Rex’s “A Holdout in the Northern California Designated Wildcraft Zone” in this list, with a short review.

    Read it on Tor.com >

  • T. K. Rex discusses the emerging hopepunk genre with fellow authors Renan Bernardo, Brianna Castagnozzi, and Susan Kaye Quinn. 

    Watch it on YouTube >

  • To build the world of “The Roots in the Box and the Roots in the Bones,” T. K. Rex devoured books about California’s natural history. In this post, they discuss the horror and revelations of an epic deep dive.

    Read it in the Asimov’s author blog >

  • T. K. Rex chats with Oliver Brackenbury, editor of New Edge Sword and Sorcery, about writing The Beast of the Shadow Gum Trees for issue 0 while attending the Clarion Writers Workshop.

    Listen to the podcast episode >

  • T. K. Rex muses on the tiny UFO that flew through their kitchen when they were five, and other stuff.

    Read the interview >

  • T. K. Rex and Danielle Moodie discuss the nature of hopeful fiction in the climate crisis.

    Listen to the podcast episode >