Racers of the Night: Science Fiction Stories by Brad R. Torgersen (44 page)

Afterword

As of the writing of these words, it’s been approximately one year since I released my very first short fiction collection,
Lights in the Deep,
through WordFire Press. The tremendously positive audience reaction to that book, and its subsequent financial success, are precisely responsible for this new volume coming into being. As with
Lights,
I hope that you’ve enjoyed
Racers of the Night.
This collection represents the best of my most recent short science fiction, and continues my personal tradition of telling tales which are (I hope) robustly optimistic about the human future, despite potentially disastrous or dire circumstances.

Again, as with
Lights,
I have to offer my most profound thanks to Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, and the whole crew at WordFire Press, for their kindness, diligence, and patience. It’s not been an easy year for me, trying to juggle a writing career, a part-time military career, and an increasingly challenging civilian career.
Racers of the Night
should have been done months before it actually got done. Thus I put an added burden on WordFire’s crew.

Ladies and gentlemen of WordFire Press, my hat is off to you all. It’s been a tremendous treat doing business with you, and I look forward to working with you all on additional short fiction volumes in the future.

And to the readers, eager to see more from me, do please check out my novel
The Chaplain’s War,
from Baen Books! Also, take a look at my collaboration with Larry Niven, called
Red Tide,
from Arc Manor!

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