Author

T. R. Napper

2 series · 19 standalones · 21 works in the catalog

Australia

T. R. Napper is an Australian science fiction author known for cyberpunk fiction grounded in Asia-Pacific settings. His debut collection, Neon Leviathan (2020), gathered near-future short fiction, and his novel 36 Streets (2022) is set in a virtual-reality-inflected future Hanoi. He also wrote The Escher Man (2024) and the officially licensed tie-in novel Bishop (2023), following the synthetic character from the Alien film franchise. His story "The Weight of the Air, the Weight of the World" was recognized in Australia's Ditmar Awards, and some of his short fiction has circulated through Hugo Award voter packets. His forthcoming novel, This Machine Kills Billionaires, is due in 2026.

Summary by Loreful, from public sources

science fiction
cyberpunk
horror

Series

Alien(1 work)
Hugo Voter Packet(1 work)

Works

Type

Genre

21 of 21 works

Dark on a Darkling Earth2014short story
An Advanced Guide to Successful Price-Fixing in Extraterrestrial Betting Markets2015short story
A Shout Is a Prayer for the Waiting Centuries2015short story
The Line2015short story
Twelve Minutes to Vinh Quang2015short storyscience fiction
A Strange Loop2016novelette
Flame Trees2016short story
Ghosts of a Neon God2017novelette
The Great Buddhist Monk Beat Down2017short story
Opium for Ezra2018short story
Jack's Fine Dining2020short story
Neon Leviathan2020collectionscience fiction
The Weight of the Air, the Weight of the World2020novellascience fiction
36 Streets2022novelcyberpunk
The Goruden-Mairu Job2022short story
BishopAlien2023novelscience fiction
Highway Requiem2023short story
Burned Like Coal2024short story
The Escher Man2024novelscience fiction
The Hidden GodHugo Voter Packet2025novellascience fiction
This Machine Kills Billionaires2026collectionscience fiction