Jarick Weldon
I’m Jarick Weldon, a UK-based writer of speculative and other genre fiction. After a 30-year career in medicine and science, I completed an MA in Creative Writing with distinction in 2025. I’m a reader for the Scottish Arts Trust’s Edinburgh Writing Awards, a member of the British Science Fiction Association, a former associate editor at Fiction on the Web and editor of Corollary SF.
My collection Minds Unlike Ours: A Collection of Short Fiction with Author’s Notes was published in 2026 under my imprint, Quantum Hedgehog Press.
My work includes various degrees of humour, examination of non-human intelligences, and ecological themes. I will begin a PhD program in Creative Writing in October 2026, developing a further collection and thesis on representations of animal intelligence under anthropogenic pressure in speculative short fiction.
Short Story and Flash Fiction Collection:
Selected Story Publications & Awards:
- Legally Bioluminescent — Solarpunk Magazine (forthcoming)
- Convergence — Winner, Parracombe Prize (2025)
- The Bar in the Desert at the End of the World — Highly Commended, To Hull and Back Humorous Short Story Competition (2025)
- Currents from Cabo Verde — Shortlisted, HG Wells Short Story Competition (2023)
Full List of Publications at: Chill Subs
Screenwriting (+/- Novel) Projects:
The Evaluation — Feature
A satirical social thriller in which holidaymakers on a caravan site are subjected to an alien observation.
Christmas, After Dark — Feature
A cross-genre romantic gothic fantasy set in Whitby.
The Sea Wall — Limited Series
A near-future thriller in which environmental collapse intersects with migration, capitalism and state authority.
Get in Touch:
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