Ryan M. Williams


Biography

Ryan M. Williams is a trike-riding science fiction, fantasy, horror and urban fantasy writer living in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son.

Where to find Ryan M. Williams online


Where to buy in print


Books

The Greatest Gig and Other Stories    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 24190 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on September 20, 2011. Fiction.

Make first contact in this collection of five stories from the author of Dark Matters. Chrystal Eagle, starship plumber, deals with the messiest hazards on a starship — the passengers! An alien scientist discovers the unexpected truth behind his mission to another world! Emmett fights alien weasels for his survival! Keeping up with the Joneses — get the latest rocketship!
The Idea Man    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 6410 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on June 21, 2011. Fiction.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Where do you get your ideas? Every writer gets asked that question. Here's one answer. Also includes a bonus excerpt from the author's first Moreau Society novel, Dark Matters.
Strange Babies and Other Stories    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 24450 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on June 12, 2011. Fiction.

Strange babies abound in this collection of five science fiction stories about parenthood and other-worldly children from the author of Dark Matters. Includes Strange Babies, Different Gravities, Your Eyes, Bouncing Baby Boy and Better the Boy.
Journey to Emberland    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 9360 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on June 6, 2011. Fiction.

On the first journey to another world, Long Sight dreams of worldlets propelled by the the sun, traveling between the worlds of his solar system. Not all of the people share his dream, and some will go to any lengths to stop it.
Love, [unpronounceable]    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 9350 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on May 22, 2011. Fiction.

(4.00 from 2 reviews)
With the greatest gig in the unviverse, comes great responsibility to make sure the toilets function for both humanoid species and otherwise aboard the Elegant Slipstream. The job let Chrystal Eagle see the sights but it also had one main drawback — the passengers.
Dumping Ground    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 5140 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on May 9, 2011. Fiction.

Special Agent Alex Marks investigates a crime fifty million years in the making, in this short story from the author of Dark Matters.
Killing Bennie    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 6390 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on April 5, 2011. Fiction.

Life on Communications Station 10 meant cramped quarters and mind-dulling routine. The pay was pretty good, but that only mattered dirtside. When Bennie's snoring causes sleepless nights for Paul there's only one possible answer. Bennie must die. A short story from the author of Dark Matters.
Alien Conspiracy Theory    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 5180 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on March 27, 2011. Fiction.

Cleveland Parrish saw things that no other human had seen, but what he learned threatened to change him forever! A short story from the author of Dark Matters and The Gingerbread House.
Five More Futures    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 18400 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on March 27, 2011. Fiction.

A starship plumber faces an unusual problem, a father on the moon deals with an active child, another father watches his son develop in unexpected ways on Mars, colonists struggle to survive on an alien planet, and a family tries to welcome an alien into their family. This collection includes: "The Greatest Gig", "Bouncing Baby Boy", "Different Gravities", "Egg Hunt", and "Poly Contact".
People Love Rocketships    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3840 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on March 7, 2011. Fiction.

Hank always wanted a rocketship, something to put the Westerfield's old green rocketship next door to shame. He finally got his wish...and a bit more!
Better the Boy    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 2280 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on February 27, 2011. Fiction.

Bones remembered sleeping on the bed between his masters, and a time when the Cat was the only intruder in the house, one he avoided and ignored. Then the Boy came and everything changed for the worse. Or was there something even worse than the Boy?
Poly Contact    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 5160 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on February 14, 2011. Fiction.

A dozen massive alien ships arrive in orbit while others begin building a colony on the far side of the moon. The beautiful, androgynous Giselians want formal relations with humanity — by marrying into our families.
The Greatest Gig    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 4070 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on January 31, 2011. Fiction.

(5.00 from 4 reviews)
Chrystal had the greatest gig in the galaxy as a starship plumber aboard the Elegant Slipstream. The only problem? The passengers. Humanoid passengers were the worst, but when she had to deal with the non-humanoid ones? Then things got really messy.
Strange Babies    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 5780 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on January 24, 2011. Fiction.

Terry opened the daycare looking forward to meeting the children for the first time, only to discover that these children weren’t quite what he had expected.
The Gingerbread House    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 71120 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on December 20, 2010. Fiction.

It’ll take someone inhuman to stop this killer. Brock Marsden — private detective, mutant by-choice with extraordinary abilities. Members of the Moreau Society willingly alter their DNA — incorporating the best traits of other species for pleasure or profit. Only now a member goes rogue, perverting the technology to murder-by-mutation at a distance. Can Brock save a planet?
Bouncing Baby Boy    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3300 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on December 14, 2010. Fiction.

Micro-Gee, Gary Poland Junior, weighed less than a pound on the Moon at birth. As the first Moon baby Micro-Gee found fame without trying, much like the SECOND time he captured headlines.
Egg Hunt    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 4590 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on December 7, 2010. Fiction.

On the planet Autumn eggs are life. Scrambled, boiled, or fried, Emmett needed eggs any way he could get them. Assuming he beat the weasels to the eggs. He didn't even like eggs, but without them he couldn't digest most of what his crops produced. Without the eggs he'd starve. A new science fiction story from the author of Dark Matters.
Different Gravities    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3110 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on November 22, 2010. Fiction.

(3.00 from 1 review)
When Kyle Rader joined the Mars Colonization Project he never imagined that his wife and the colony's first Governor would be pregnant before they landed, throwing out carefully planned timetables. From that point on Kyle learned the one thing that all parents eventually learn. With children, as with space exploration, expect surprises.
Quantum Uncertainty    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3650 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on November 15, 2010. Fiction.

Q-Prime hired Detective Barry Holliday, "Doc" to his friends, for a little piece of information recovery. Recover stolen files and email them back. Easy, nothing to it — except a secret that could change the world! A science fiction story by the author of "Dark Matters".
Five Futures    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $2.99 USD. 27650 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on November 9, 2010. Fiction.

An inventor recreates the future...An android searches for an open source emotion...A couple is faced with an impossible proposal...The smell of rotting aliens covers a town...A lonely man looks for someone to love... A collection of five science fiction stories from the author of Dark Matters, including: Future Wasn’t, The Copyleft Heart, Proposal, Eetees, and Your Eyes.
Proposal    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3790 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on October 14, 2010. Fiction.

Tom wants to believe that Unity brings everything it promises. Peace and love, a way to belong safe from the conflicts, but Rachele doesn't believe he has the whole picture and sets out to uncover the truth. A short story by Ryan M. Williams
Eetees    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 8490 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on September 18, 2010. Fiction.

The stink of rotting aliens chokes a town caught in the crossfire of an alien space battle. Chris joins the town's first team to enter a crashed alien ship, unsure what they will find inside.
Future Wasn't    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 5070 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on September 9, 2010. Fiction.

(3.00 from 1 review)
Rodney dreamed of a future with intelligent robots, flying cars and space colonies. What happened to that future? What if he could find a way to change the past in order to change the future?
The Copyleft Heart    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 4600 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on August 26, 2010. Fiction.

As a DM-1000 series android Clifford knows he lacks the smooth lines and grace of current androids. But when he sees a newer DF-3000 series gynoid wearing designer clothes he can't help but fall in love. Sharing his feelings, that's another problem.
Your Eyes    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 6400 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on July 26, 2010. Fiction.

Just like the real thing only better. With your eyes. All the joy and none of the trouble, yours at a new low price! Wyatt found the catalog and maybe found something other than cleaning to make his days worthwhile. Short story, honorable mention in Writers of the Future Contest
Dark Matters    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 72890 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on October 31, 2009. Fiction.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Brock Marsden. A genetically-modified private detective who solves the toughest cases on a world populated by a mix of humans and aliens. Like this one. A young woman, Chrissy Winston, murdered in a bizarre fashion that leaves police chasing false leads. A case that needs all of Brock's unique abilities and maybe new ones if he hopes to catch the killer.
What Dragged in the Cat?    by Ryan M. Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 4080 words. Published by Glittering Throng Press  on October 18, 2009. Fiction.

When Monica's cat dies in a horrible and bizarre fashion she seeks answers.

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