Welcome!
I’m a novelist, educator, and travel guide based in Vermont. My latest novel, The Afterlife Project, was named a best book of 2025 by Library Journal and the Toronto Star. A detailed bio is here.
On this site you can read all about The Afterlife Project and my other books of fiction: The Gatepost (May ’26), Will Poole’s Island, and A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing. You can learn about upcoming appearances, workshops, and travel programs, or send me a direct message. On the press page, you’ll find links to print and radio interviews, profiles, feature articles, and high-resolution images. Click here if you want to get in touch!
The Gatepost will be published by Podium Entertainment on May 26, 2026 (ISBN: 979-8-3470-2100-0). Preorder now in paperback, audiobook, or ebook anywhere on-line or from your FAVORITE INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE.
From the author of The Afterlife Project: One woman’s quest to find her vanished father pushes her beyond the boundaries of space, time, and the human mind. Perfect for fans of adventurous literary speculative novels like Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, Emily St. John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility, and Richard Powers’s Bewilderment, The Gatepost blends modern science and ancient cosmology to take readers on a journey offering glimpses into worlds beyond our own.
“At its heart, The Gatepost is a story about a daughter’s relentless love for her father, but Weed wraps that search in layers of Mesoamerican cosmology, hallucinogenic wonder, and quantum possibility. He writes with the precision of a scientist and the soul of a shaman, pulling readers through underground worlds both geological and mythological. A wild, luminous ride.” — Crystal King, bestselling author of The Happiness Collector
“This well-researched tale is sure to entertain.” — Publisher’s Weekly
“A hallucinatory thriller is a fascinating concept, and the plot is a treat . . . A compellingly trippy journey. —Kirkus Reviews
The Afterlife Project is available at your favorite independent bookstore, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Audible, Libro.fm, Amazon, or anywhere else good books are sold.
“Riveting and wrenching and suffused with beauty.”
— Peter Heller, bestselling author of The Dog Stars
“A fascinating tale that is difficult to put down; dire ecological challenges and imaginative future discovery combine in this very engrossing read.“— Library Journal, starred review & Best Books 2025 pick
“A dark yet hopeful story that is engrossing enough to be a beach read.” — Seven Days
“A gripping novel of climate cataclysm with a cast of characters I cared about deeply.” — Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Flight Attendant
“It’s a relatively simple idea, but Tim Weed makes it into something special with first rate nature writing and a story that underlines how connected we all are to our human and physical environment—which can be a source of resilience even as everything falls apart together.” — Toronto Star
“The Afterlife Project isn’t just a story about the end of the world as we know it – it’s an exploration of beauty, and love, and hope in the darkness. If you were a fan of Cloud Atlas, you won’t want to miss this one.” — Janelle Brown, New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Paradise.
A Field Guide to Murder & Fly Fishing is available to order from your favorite local bookstore or in paperback, audiobook, and ebook at Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Audible, or anywhere else good books are sold.
“From the mountain lakes of the Colorado Rockies to cobbled streets of Spain, this fascinating collection of short stories never disappoints. A Field Guide to Murder and Fly Fishing is a collection you’ll be happy to get lost in.” — Ploughshares
“I found myself consuming [these] thirteen tightly wound tales with addictive delight.” — Fiction Writers Review
“Weed proves himself a skilled creator of a sense of place . . . each story deposits one definitively into a geography, of mind and map.” — The Boston Globe
“From the title page to the last page, this is a book of gems.” — Big Sky Journal
Available from your local bookstore or at Audible Libro.fm Barnes & Noble Bookshop.org or anywhere else good books are sold.
“Immersive . . . This riveting portrayal of early Colonial New England shines a speculative but compelling light on the time and place.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Will Poole’s Island does several things and does them well. It is a sweet coming-of-age story, a riveting adventure tale, an insightful analysis of a difficult time in American history and an eloquent plea for understanding among all peoples.” — The Recorder (Greenfield, Mass)
“It’s been so long since I felt like a little girl in love with books again. Treasure Island, Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Yearling, lazing around on a spot of sunshine totally engrossed in this other, historical world, that’s how I feel about Will Poole’s Island.” — Suzanne Kingsbury, author of The Summer Fletcher Greel Loved Me
Listen to a public radio interview with Vermont Edition’s Mitch Wertlieb about the inspirations and scientific research behind THE AFTERLIFE PROJECT, time travel, post-apocalyptic fiction, paleo-climatology, novel research in the great outdoors, whether stories can move the needle on the climate debate, and much more.
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