"The story is full of rich worldbuilding and does a nice job with its exploration of language as a liv­ing and evolving thing, as well as looking at how how histories and cultures can just as effectively be erased and suppressed through policy and edu­cation as through war and violence."

- Locus Mag on "Isolate"

Fantasy Script Award, Here Be Dragons Film Festival, 2015:

EMPEROR NORTON By Tom R. Pike

"An absolutely fascinating story of the man who claimed to be The Emperor Of America. Mixing the almost real with the mostly fictional, this script is ambitiously structured and a joy to read, containing grace notes both surreal, comedic and profound on every page."

- Here Be Dragons film festival

“Aliens make contact over Twitter. Fun and silly, I really liked it. Got pretty dumb towards the end but just don't think about it.”

- Goodreads

“There’s also a charming story, “Direct Message” by Tom Pike, that reminds us that not all SF has to be deadly serious. In this story, narrator Tom follows a really quirky Twitter account that starts to seem like it’s aliens learning to interact with humans on social media. The account eventually runs a poll about which area of Earth to wipe off the map and Appalachia, where Tom lives, is the “winner.” Of course these are real aliens with real destructive power, and Tom is left negotiating with them via DMs. He arrives at a clever solution and in the meantime delivers a robust defense of one of the more down-and-out, put-upon, and joked-about regions of the United States.”

- Locus Mag reviews Direct Message

"It's a tale with terrific characterization and no small amount of heart, and Pike delivered one of the anthology's standout stories here."

- Jay "Lorehunter" Kirkman on "Worm of Valhalla"

“I can’t even begin to make sense of TVTropes.org’s recently concluded alternate reality game, The Wall Will Fall, but its almost perverse complexity riddled with meta-references and in-jokes seems perfectly tailored to the community’s near-herculean organizational prowess.”

- Michael Andersen, ARGNet, 2012

“With its unusual presentation (everything we see is from the point of view of a single camera, meaning we never see any part of the ship except for the cabin where the crewpersons conduct their confessionals), Personal Space relies on the writing and the performances. Fortunately, the show boasts a solid cast who deliver the material in a believable way and connect the characters to the viewer.”

- TAM Magazine on Personal Space

“Hi, I’m Tom’s dad. I think his writing is really superb.”

- Tom's Dad

“The diverse personalities are carried by the sharp scripts and the capable cast, each of them creating something real.”

- GeekChocolate on Personal Space

"The story is full of rich worldbuilding and does a nice job with its exploration of language as a liv­ing and evolving thing, as well as looking at how how histories and cultures can just as effectively be erased and suppressed through policy and edu­cation as through war and violence."

- Locus Mag on "Isolate"