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My Short Story “I Don’t Want To Be Human” to be Published

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. My science fiction short story “I Don’t Want To Be Human” has been accepted by Cloaked Press for their 2024 edition of Spring Into SciFi. I have stories published in a number of “Cloaked” anthologies over the past several years and […]

Not a Good Place to Die

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. I’ve been looking for a good place to die but this isn’t it. Just some French town, another bunch of tourists, and pigeons shitting all over the street. At least it’s warmer here than the last place I showed up. I […]

This is NOT a Review of “Poor Things” (2023), but…

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. I’m sure I’ve heard about the movie Poor Things (2023) before. I guess I just wasn’t paying attention to how vile the plot was. I hadn’t given it a thought at all until I read the Bounding Into Comics article OPINION: […]

Night Justice

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. They dragged her into the dank forest, foul water and mud clinging to her. “You still believe that advocating for genocide is a matter of context?” “There’s a difference between allowing hateful speech and advocating for the act of genocide.” She […]

Review of “Over Still Waters” by Ben Serna-Grey

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. What am I supposed to say about Ben Serna-Grey’s very short book Over Still Waters? It was an impulse buy which I discovered when going over the recent publications of Starry Eyed Press (which has published a number of my short […]

Review of “Bad Dog: Military Science Fiction Across A Holographic Multiverse” (2017)

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. Yesterday, I finished reading Ashley R. Pollard’s book Bad Dog: Military Science Fiction Across A Holographic Multiverse. It’s book one in the Gate Walkers series. I’m acquainted with Pollard on social media including her commenting periodically on this blog. Like so […]

2023: Reviewing My Year in My Stories

The new year is rapidly approaching and it’s time for me to take you back through my accomplishments of 2023. They are better than last year but not as good as the year before. Oh well. Let’s start off with my SciFi short story “Fall of the Tower” my first tale of 2023 published in […]

The Times They Are A-Changin’

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. Trevor shivered in the cold wind as he made his way up W 45th street toward Times Square. It had worked. Bobby Kennedy had originally supported his brother’s plan to bomb the Cuban missile sites. Fortunately, Trevor Ross was a historian […]

Does Santa Claus Climb Down Broken Chimneys?

“Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child, Holy Infant so tender and mild…” Derek crouched by the fire barrel rubbing his hands together while Anna sang Christmas songs to her little girls. “Another homeless fucking Christmas,” he muttered. Old Saul backhanded him on the shoulder. “Hush and let those babies dream.” “It’s all crap,” Derek hissed […]

One Winter Evening

Soren basked in the candles’ glow as he had for so many years during this season. He neither celebrated the Hanukah lights nor the birth of the “Light of the World,” mercy forbid. The presentation “Artwork by Candlelight” was a centuries old family tradition and he must leave soon. Explaining his presence would be awkward. […]