HORIZONS

S.C. Christensen

I am writing my first book, a story set in the distant future, when our technological advances have unlocked the solar system. And yet, beneath it all, scratching at the door, is a sense of something that has always existed. Many of us feel it in our own lived experiences. It has been passed from one generation to the next, as oral traditions at first, later codified into religious texts: a sense that what we can see, feel, hear, touch, and taste doesn’t quite capture, being. That there is something else out there. A wonder, if you will.

In the immortal words of Samwise Gamgee: “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” You’ll find those themes of good and evil, light and dark, woven through my writing, but above all I hope you have as much fun reading my stories as I had writing them—and that you fall in love with the world and characters the way I have.

My road here was a winding one, from serving as a young Army helicopter mechanic in Iraq to a career in data science that began with fraud-prevention work in Washington, D.C. If you have filed taxes in the U.S., you have likely interacted with systems I helped build—for which I apologize.

So why did I decide to write? I wouldn’t say it’s a decision, but more of a need, a longing to explore a world my mind kept pulling me back to in idle moments—waiting at a stoplight, standing on a train in Tokyo, lying in bed just before sleep. Once I stepped into it, I found myself writing to discover what happened next, and I can’t wait to share it with you as well.

Thanks for stopping by, and stay tuned for my first novel, Horizons.

S.C.C.