Alex Irvine - Reactor

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Alex Irvine

As a fleet of quadcopter drones attack a city in the background, a person in a sweatsuit is followed at close range by a quadcopter in a park.

Original Fiction

Science Fiction

Shorted

By Alex Irvine

July 30, 2025

Book Recommendations

Short Fiction Newsletter

Download the Tor.com September/October 2023 Short Fiction Bundle

By Tor.com

November 17, 2023

Original Fiction

FORM 8774-D

By Alex Irvine

September 27, 2023

Reprints

Reprint

Read Alex Irvine’s “Black Friday”

By Alex Irvine

November 29, 2019

Books

cover reveals

Check Out the Cover for Artificial Intelligence Adventure Anthropocene Rag by Alex Irvine

By Tor.com

September 24, 2019

Books

book announcements

Announcing Three New Novellas from Carrie Vaughn, Eddie Robson, and Alex Irvine

By Tor.com

April 24, 2019

Original Fiction

Original Fiction

Black Friday

By Alex Irvine

May 30, 2018

Blog

culture

Historical Zombies: Mummies, The Odyssey, and Beyond

By Paula R. Stiles

September 13, 2010

“There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them.”

N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

TPG 2026 • Site Credit