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 degree in advertising, they spent the better part of two decades crafting copy and user experiences for global brands, inevitably veering off course to follow their undying love of dinosaurs into collaborations with paleontologists and 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.
PUBLISHED IN
RECKONING
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THE SUNDAY MORNING TRANSPORT
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Bright Green Futures
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Uncharted
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TRACTOR BEAM
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Factor Four Magazine
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THE FABULIST
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Apex MAGAZINE
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Roses & Wildflowers
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RECKONING • THE SUNDAY MORNING TRANSPORT • Bright Green Futures • Uncharted • TRACTOR BEAM • Factor Four Magazine • THE FABULIST • Apex MAGAZINE • Roses & Wildflowers •
Haven Speculative
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Little Blue Marble
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery
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Utopia Science Fiction Magazine
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Escape Pod
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Dreams & Nightmares
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Typehouse Literary
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Club Chicxulub Journal
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Asimov's Science Fiction
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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
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Imagine 2200
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Luna Station Quarterly
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The Molotov Cocktail
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STRANGE HORIZONS
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Queer Blades
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Daily Science Fiction
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Bards & Sages Quarterly
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Metaphorosis
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TERSE.
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Gizmodo • Imagine 2200 • Luna Station Quarterly • The Molotov Cocktail • STRANGE HORIZONS • Queer Blades • Daily Science Fiction • Bards & Sages Quarterly • Metaphorosis • TERSE. •
Interviews & Press
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“T. K. Rex’s The Wildcraft Drones is technologically imaginative and ecologically literate, politically grounded, formally playful, and deeply suspicious of futures that mistake clever machines for justice. This is exactly the kind of book solarpunk needs.”
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“At a time when it feels as though my own government is trying to hasten, rather than mitigate, climate devastation, The Wildcraft Drones was the jolt of hope that I desperately needed…”
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“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.”
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“the Wildcraft Drones is a beautiful and moving debut ecofiction collection…”
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“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…”
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“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…”
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“…we really do need stories about doing the best we can with what we’ve got, and these are that…”
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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...”
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“Rex’s debut collection takes its name from AI-powered drones, but the 14 connected sci-fi tales within prove deeply human…”
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Renan Bernardo interviews T. K. Rex about their forthcoming science fiction collection, The Wildcraft Drones.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Ratika Deshpande includes T. K. Rex’s “A Holdout in the Northern California Designated Wildcraft Zone” in this list, with a short review.
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T. K. Rex discusses the emerging hopepunk genre with fellow authors Renan Bernardo, Brianna Castagnozzi, and Susan Kaye Quinn.
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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.
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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.
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T. K. Rex muses on the tiny UFO that flew through their kitchen when they were five, and other stuff.
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T. K. Rex and Danielle Moodie discuss the nature of hopeful fiction in the climate crisis.