M. Darusha Wehm


Biography

M. Darusha Wehm is a two-time Parsec Award finalist and author of the SF novels Beautiful Red, Self Made, Act of Will and The Beauty of Our Weapons.

Her short fiction has appeared in Thaumatrope Magazine, Podioracket’s Glimpses anthology and Luna Station Quarterly.

In the physical world, she was a civil servant with the Government of Canada and is now engaged more or less full-time in writing.

She is based in Victoria, BC, Canada and is currently living in New Zealand after sailing down the west coast of the Americas and across the Pacific Ocean with her partner, Steven, on their sailboat, Scream.

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Books

The Beauty of Our Weapons    by M. Darusha Wehm
Price: $4.99 USD. 69600 words. Published on February 15, 2012. Fiction.

Storefronts busted, businesses destroyed, accounts frozen. No one knows who’s behind the rash of vandalism in the virtual world, Marionette City, or how to protect themselves from becoming the next victim. The third instalment of the Andersson Dexter series of science fiction mysteries.
Act of Will    by M. Darusha Wehm
Price: $2.99 USD. 64030 words. Published on December 27, 2010. Fiction.

(5.00 from 1 review)
In a grim future where people live and work in crowded, utilitarian cities, but escape to an online virtual world, investigator Andersson Dexter is stuck in a rut. But when a gruesomely mutilated corpse is found, things heat up as Dex finds himself racing against the clock to find a killer who seems to be determined to strike him close to home.
Self Made    by M. Darusha Wehm
Price: $2.99 USD. 59790 words. Published on December 20, 2009. Fiction.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Ever wish things were different? Ivy Velasquez did, so she became someone else. But one day, Ivy discovers that her alternate self has been murdered. Having nowhere else to turn, she finds Andersson Dexter: part private eye, part vigilante, part cop. Self Made is a story of people striving to control our own destinies, and how that desire affects them in ways they could never imagine.
Beautiful Red    by M. Darusha Wehm
Price: $0.99 USD. 59370 words. Published on June 9, 2009. Fiction.

(4.00 from 2 reviews)
The future is boring. Technology has solved most of the world’s most pressing problems, leaving people with tedious work and mundane play. Jack is a Security Officer Class 5, which sounds important, but isn’t. However, her banal life as a cubicle worker by day and tinkerer by night is interrupted when she discovers that her employer’s computer system has been invaded.

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Smashwords book reviews by M. Darusha Wehm

  • Tumbler on Feb. 07, 2010
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    I don't read a lot of YA books, so I found the pacing and obvious feel-good message a bit off, but I really liked this story of life on an asteroid mine. Libby is a great character; this story almost had a western feel with its frontier town and grizzled old miners. Still, it had enough SF chops for a space story. I got a bit bogged down in the geology, but it's hard to have a mining story without a lot of rocks. All in all, a great teen/YA read.
  • Predestination (and Other Games of Chance) on Dec. 14, 2011
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    This is a complex story about political intrigue, personal survival and poker. The poker is actually kind of minor, but it makes for a sort of bookended symbol for the story. Recommended for fans of political thrillers, space opera and erotica. If you don't at least tolerate all of these genres, this probably won't be for you.