Kent Brewster (born 1961) is a writer, editor, and publisher. He was the publisher and frequent editor of the
Hugo Award-nominated ''
Speculations'', a magazine of
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...
and other
speculative fiction, from its inception in 1994 until it ceased operating in 2008.
Brewster's short story, "“In the Pound, Near Breaktime," was a finalist for the 1996
Nebula Award for Best Short Story
The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a literary award assigned each year by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy short stories. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a short stor ...
.
Brewster was born in the UK but lives and works in
Silicon Valley
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, as an engineer for
Pinterest
Pinterest is an American image sharing and social media service designed to enable saving and discovery of information (specifically "ideas") on the internet using images, and on a smaller scale, animated GIFs and videos, in the form of pinboard ...
.
His web-based prototypes and demonstrations include Badge Any Feed with Pipes, Blog Juice and Netflix Widgets.
References
External links
Kent’s home page.Blog JuiceBadge Any Feed with PipesIn the Pound, Near BreaktimeReturn of Netflix WidgetsSpiffY!Searchat Free Speculative Fiction Online
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American science fiction writers
American short story writers
1961 births
Living people
Science fiction editors
American male short story writers
American male novelists
American speculative fiction editors
American speculative fiction publishers (people)
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