About Shelly Jones
Shelly Jones (they/them) is a professor at a small college in upstate New York, where they teach classes in transmedia storytelling, mythology, and writing. They are a senior editor at Analog Game Studies and their research examines tabletop games. A Pushcart nominee and Best Microfiction finalist, their creative works have been published in F&SF, Apex, the Future Fire and elsewhere. When they aren’t grading or writing, Shelly can often be found hiking in the woods or playing a board game while their cats look on.
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Short
Works
Shelly Jones has published over 170 short
stories and poems. Their work has been
reprinted in the Best Microfiction and Best
of Utopian Science Fiction anthologies.
- Below are links to some select short works.
- In the Field
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Appearances
- An interview with my co-author Tanya Pobuda about our article on
gender-inclusive language in board game rulebooks.
- A round table of quick reads by amazing speculative fiction authors. I
read my flash fiction, “L.”
- An interview with the Analog Game Studies editorial board on academia
and board games.
- An interview with my co-author Tanya Pobuda discussing inclusivity in
the board game industry.
- An interview about my edited collection, Beyond the Deck, and Magic:
The Gathering.
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