James Pyles's Blog, page 31
April 5, 2023
The Fallen
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. Mastema watched Tancred’s ascension as Prince of Galilee over Beit She’an with hidden glee. This ancient city of the Hebrews had passed through many hands before falling into those of the Crusaders in the year of their Lord 1099 C.E. It […]
Review of Quantum Leap Ep 18 “Judgment Day,” the Season Finale
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. As I write this (Tuesday evening, April 4th), I just finished watching Quantum Leap S1 E18 Judgment Day and yes there were “Terminator” references. I was impressed. The writers pulled out all the stops, and while the episode wasn’t perfect, it […]
April 2, 2023
Book Review of “The Case for Cancel Culture” by Ernest Owens
I don’t normally review books such as Ernest Owens’ The Case for Cancel Culture: How this Democratic Tool Works to Liberate Us All on this blog, but having inadvertently encountered one of the author’s tweets on twitter, I was intrigued. Note that general replies are disabled on that tweet, and this from an author who […]
April 1, 2023
Secret Sequel to “Shoot the Devil” Coming Soon
You may recall that I have a short story in the anthology Shoot the Devil called “Wolf in the Wind”, which by the way, seems to be doing pretty well. It’s got 91% four and five star ratings on Amazon. There is a sequel coming out soon which I can’t really talk about yet, but […]
March 31, 2023
Frank and the Plot of the Hypnotizing Slime, Chapter 8
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. In the evil headquarters, Kayden was pacing back and forth near the entrance while Hazel was looking through Leah’s telescope. “I still can’t see anything. Oh wait.” Hazel focused the lens. “I think I can see them at the edge of […]
March 29, 2023
Strings
14-year-old Stace McPherson was drawn to the musician’s unusual stringed instrument. The backyard wedding reception was over. He was supposed to be helping clean but he wanted to touch it. The musician, no one called him anything else, had played the most amazing tunes, like from another world. He looked around. Just the last few […]
March 28, 2023
Review of Quantum Leap Ep 17 “The Friendly Skies”
Finally got the bandwith to watch Quantum Leap S1.E17 The Friendly Skies where once again Ben leaps into a woman with absolutely no reaction to being in a female body. I happened to mention on twitter the other day that just in season one, Ben has leapt into more women than Sam (Scott Bakula) did […]
March 24, 2023
Frank and the Plot of the Hypnotizing Slime, Chapter 7
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. The next morning, the hypnotizing slime was ready and Frank ordered it loaded into the slime cannon. He had made more of it than the previous day and concentrated the formula so it wouldn’t come off easily and would have more […]
March 22, 2023
Hell’s Harlequin
“There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief.” Jester pretended to play a game on her cell’s frayed bedsheets with a worn deck of cards. The old Dylan tune running through her head seemed too cliché, even for her. She didn’t know how to play solitaire, but […]
March 21, 2023
Review of Quantum Leap Ep 16 “Ben, Interrupted”
Every single time the Quantum Leap people say “this is the episode that’s the best” and so forth, why, oh why do I find that they aren’t quite right? The Quantum Leap season 1, episode 16 show Ben, Interrupted aired on Monday, March 20th. Of course, the title is no mystery, it recalls Girl, Interrupted […]
