| Martin L. Shoemaker | |
| Birth Place: | Michigan, USA |
| Occupation: | Computer programmer, author |
| Genre: | science fiction |
Martin L. Shoemaker is an American computer programmer and science fiction author,[1] active in the field since 2011.
Shoemaker is the third of four children of John and Dawn Shoemaker from Byron Center. A lifelong resident of West Michigan, he lived in Monterey Township in 2015. He was educated at Byron Center High School, the University of Michigan and Grand Valley State University. He attributes his love of reading and creative urge and work ethic to his parents while citing Star Trek and the televised Apollo Moon landings as influences on his interest in science fiction.[2] Shoemaker has described himself as "a programmer who writes on the side."[1] A second place win in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest rewarded him with a lunch with astronaut Buzz Aldrin.[2] [1]
Shoemaker's work has appeared in various periodicals, webzines, podcasts and anthologies, including Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One, Clarkesworld, Digital Science Fiction, Forever Magazine, Galaxy's Edge, The Glass Parachute, Humanity 2.0, Little Green Men: Attack!, Nebula Awards Showcase 2017, Time Travel Tales, Trajectories, Writers of the Future Volume 31, , , The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, Year's Top Short SF Novels 4, and The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 8.[1]
| width=25% | Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Night we flushed the Old Town" | The night we flushed the Old Town | 2011 | Blue collar space (2018) | The Corporation of Tycho Under | |
| Father-daughter outing | 2011 | Blue collar space (2018) | The Corporation of Tycho Under | ||
| Gruff riders | 2012 | ||||
| Not another vacuum story | 2012 | Blue collar space (2018) | The Corporation of Tycho Under | ||
| Scramble | 2012 |
| The Corporation of Tycho Under | ||
| Not close enough | 2013 | Blue collar space (2018) | The Corporation of Tycho Under | ||
| Murder on the Aldrin Express | 2013 | Blue collar space (2018) | Captain Nick Aames | ||
| Unrefined | 2014 | Blue collar space (2018) | |||
| Today I am Paul | 2015 | Shoemaker, Martin L. . August 2015 . Today I am Paul . Clarkesworld Magazine . | See also the novel Today I am Carey (2019) | ||
| data-sort-value="Gran Cavallo" | Il gran cavallo | 2013 | Chapbook, 2015 | ||
| The troll under the fridge | 2014 | ||||
| Pallbearers | 2014 | Chapbook, 2015 | |||
| data-sort-value="Mother Anthony" | The Mother Anthony | 2014 | |||
| Racing to Mars | 2015 | Shoemaker, Martin L. . September 2015 . Racing to Mars . Analog Science Fiction and Fact . 135 . 9 . 8–30. | Blue collar space (2018) | Novelette; Captain Nick Aames | |
| Brigas Nunca Mais | 2015 | Shoemaker, Martin L. . March 2015 . Brigas Nunca Mais . Analog Science Fiction and Fact . 135 . 3 . 32–43. | Blue collar space (2018) | Captain Nick Aames | |
| In its shadow | 2016 | ||||
| Early warning | 2016 | Shoemaker, Martin L. . April 2016 . Early warning . Analog Science Fiction and Fact . 136 . 4 . 57–61. | |||
| The vampire's new clothes | 2016 | ||||
| Bookmarked | 2016 | ||||
| Green girls blues | 2016 | ||||
| Visits (with a stranger) | 2016 | ||||
| Black orbit | 2016 | ||||
| Meet the landlord | 2017 | ||||
| A Hamal in Hollywood | 2017 | ||||
| Not far enough | 2017 | ||||
| Mama's little angel | 2017 | ||||
| One last chore for Grandpa | 2017 | ||||
| Action figures | 2018 | ||||
| It came from the coffee maker | 2018 |
"Scramble" won second place in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest.[1] "Murder on the Aldrin Express" placed second in the 2013 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella. "Not Close Enough" placed second in the 2013 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novelette. Unrefined took third place in the Writers of the Future contest, 2014.[1] "Racing to Mars" won the Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novelette.[1] "Today I Am Paul" won the Washington Science Fiction Society's Small Press Award, was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and placed 22nd in the 2016 Locus Award for Best Short Story.[1] "Not Far Enough" placed fifth in the 2017 Analog Analytical Laboratory Award for Best Novella.