Seth Underwood

Seth Underwood is a speculative fiction enthusiast, writer, and advocate for people with disabilities of every variety. As a veteran gamer, he enjoys sharing his gameplay on YouTube and X, especially popular sci-fi titles such as Warframe and BattleTech. He is also a lifelong resident of the DC Metro area, where he lives with his wife of 25+ years.

Following his interest in activism, Seth is a frequent contributor on Medium, including Invisible Illness, its largest mental health publication. Drawing on his personal experiences with autism and dyslexia, he composes short and serial pieces revolving around the themes of mental well-being and inclusion.

Seth’s literary tastes range anywhere from Man in the High Castle to The Woman in the Dunes, usually on audiobook. Seth specializes in meticulous and often dystopian world-building, exploring futuristic themes of technological breakthroughs, supernatural forces, climate change, and political intrigue. His short story “Mother’s Day” won Reedsy’s January 18, 2018 Weekly Prompt Contest.

His current project is a series of stories featuring events involving the crisis from the melting of the ice caps because of global warming impacting the United States, and world.

He sets the Rosella Tolfree Installments in the U.S. when 40 years of Presidents are elected by the House of Representatives for the inability for any candidate to capture the needed majority in the Electoral College. These initial installments follow Special Agent Rosella Tolfree during her early days with the Investigative Services Branch (ISB) of the U.S. Ranger Marshals, a new paramilitary organization under the National Park Service.

Books
Joseph Street Digest Volume 1 –(currently being re-published see post)

Joseph Street Digest Volume 3 –(currently being re-published see post)

Joseph Street Digest Volume 5

The Angel Manuscripts- die Gefallenen – the Book of Zuriel, Part 1: A Gnostic Text of Fallen Angels of the First Testament

Stories Published on the E-JSD on Substack

The Story of Thomas Finley- A Rosella Tolfree World Story by Seth Underwood

The Story of Cory Sheppard- A Rosella Tolfree World Story by Seth Underwood

The Story of Robin Browning- A Rosella Tolfree World Story by Seth Underwood

The Summoning of Captain Constitution by Seth Underwood, Comic Cover by Matthew Childers

How Covfefe Will Save the U.S. From Robot Domination

Smoking Cotton

The Recovery of Kasumi, the Cat Girl- Maxwell’s Oddities and Antiques Short Story Installment by Seth Underwood