James Pyles's Blog, page 24
November 1, 2023
Among the Living
Halloween, the Day of the Dead all blurred together for Eddie. It stretched from last Tuesday to early Monday morning. The deal he made was better than he expected. Sure, he died. Cancer was a relentless enemy and the reaper was always at his shoulder. But every year for a week he returned to life, […]
October 29, 2023
Review of “John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum” (2019)
As I mentioned in yesterday’s review of John Wick: Chapter 2, today I’m reviewing John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (2019). It picks right up where Chapter 2 left off with John and his no name dog on the run. At first, as the one hour grace period granted him by Winston (Ian McShane) is being […]
October 28, 2023
Review of “John Wick: Chapter 2” (2017)
It’s been about two years since I watched and reviewed the first “John Wick” (2014) film. I hadn’t realized it had been that long until I looked it up. Yesterday, I was at the public library and saw Blu-rays for John Wick Chapter 2 and John Wick Chapter 3. Naturally, I checked them out and […]
October 26, 2023
Review of Quantum Leap S2E3 “Closure Encounters”
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. So finally, after the airing of Quantum Leap season 2, episode four (which is currently locked), NBC unlocks last week’s episode 3 Closure Encounters. I’m sure this is meant to summon visions of both UFOs and Ben (Raymond Lee) and Addison […]
October 25, 2023
The Year of Alan
The first snow. Alan was around ninety. He felt relatively robust, needing only a cane to walk. He cherished this path. He ran down it when he was three in January to build his only snowman. It was here he had his first kiss in March and was married in April. May was the time […]
October 23, 2023
“Shoot the Devil 2: Dark Matter” is Available NOW!
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. This is it. Shoot the Devil 2: Dark Matter is available from Amazon now. Be the first to purchase and review this science fiction anthology of eleven stories pitting good vs. evil in the farthest reaches of deep space. As I’ve […]
October 18, 2023
Lights and Life
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. “It’s about time you showed up.” Constanzie tried to sound annoyed but she was too happy to see them. She expected to search throughout this section of the galaxy for them, but they were hiding on the first planet she visited. […]
October 17, 2023
The Planetary Anthology Series is Back!
Once upon a time, there was a “Planetary Anthology series,” eleven volumes each containing short stories written by multiple authors using a superversive theme. Although I submitted to almost all of the different “planets,” I only made it into three. Sol contains my short story “The Pleiades Dilemma.” An object has entered our solar system […]
October 16, 2023
“Shoot the Devil 2: Dark Matter” is NOW Available for Pre-Order!
You can now pre-order “Dark Matter” from Amazon for delivery to your Kindle device on October 23, 2023. That’s right, in just one week’s time, this book can be in your hands (virtually speaking). As I’ve already mentioned, “Dark Matter” is a sequel to this anthology which was published a little over a year ago. […]
October 12, 2023
Review of Quantum Leap S2E2 “Ben & Teller”
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. I just finished watching the Quantum Leap season 2 second episode Ben & Teller, apparently a pun on the magicians Penn and Teller. This also references that in this leap, Ben’s (Raymond Lee) “host” is a seventy-year-old bank teller named Lorena […]
