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January 18, 2023
Ken in a Barbie World
Okay, fine. I’m a “Ken” in a Barbie world. How did that happen? Darn Rochelle and her writing prompts, anyway. “It’s not Rochelle, Grandpa. It’s me.” “Dani, have you flipped? You can’t leave me like this.” “I turn Grandpa into a Ken doll.” “No! Don’t do that. You don’t understand. You’re only seven and your […]
January 12, 2023
Fantastic Schools Vol 6 Available Now!
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. Fantastic Schools Volume Six, featuring my short story “The Price” is now available through this story bundle. See it as a “Bonus” book in the second row of the image by clicking on the link. As soon as the bundle expires […]
January 11, 2023
Review of Quantum Leap Ep 10 “Paging Dr. Song”
I realized today that I’d forgotten to watch the latest episode of Quantum Leap Paging Dr Song. Why? Maybe because the show is becoming less important to me. I don’t know. Ben leaps into a first year resident Alexandra Thompkinson in Seattle 1994 on the cusp of a train accident that’s going to flood the […]
Last Exit to Babylon
Taylor knew she was in a different universe when she was driving on the wrong side of the road. “It finally worked.” She was grinning and her heart was hopeful. Maybe she’d finally found the way back home. But crossing the infinity line was only the beginning. She had to find and take the right […]
January 5, 2023
New Beginnings
Tor.com ran a small article called What’s the First Line of the First Book You’re Reading in 2023?. It reminded me of all of the lessons about creative writing that emphasize how the first sentence or the first paragraph is a story is so important in hooking the reader. Fine. I like first lines so […]
January 4, 2023
Review of Quantum Leap Ep 9, “Fellow Travelers”
So, Quantum Leap is back with the January 2nd episode Fellow Travelers. I was wondering how “controversial” the return episode would be but as it turns out, not that much (although some). I guess that part is yet to come. Ben leaps into Jack Armstrong (you’re kidding, right?) a bodyguard for famous pop singer Carly […]
January 2, 2023
Book Review of “Progress Report” by Roman Lando
Author Roman Lando contacted me not too long ago and asked if I’d be willing to review his science fiction novel Progress Report. I said I was willing and he sent me a file compatible with my old Kindle Fire. I was in the middle of another book at the time, but finally got a […]
January 1, 2023
2022: A Very Brief Summary
As you can see, compared to 2021 and before, my productivity this past year has waned considerably, at least of you count actual, published short stories and novelettes. Of course, I had two of those novelettes published in the same year by the same publisher for the 224-verse. Most of the other short stories, except […]
December 31, 2022
Book Review of “The Ringworld Engineers” by Larry Niven
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. I decided to read The Ringworld Engineers (1979) mainly because I’d recently re-read my copy of Ringworld (1970) not long ago for the “jillionth” time. Well, maybe not that frequently, since I didn’t recall too much about the novel (I bought […]
December 8, 2022
Get “The Haunting of the Ginger’s Regret” for FREE!
From today, December 8th through the 12th. these digital books from Starry Eyed Press are absolutely free for download onto your Kindle device: SKIN TRADERS: https://books2read.com/SkinTraders THE HAUNTING OF THE GINGER’S REGRET: https://books2read.com/TheHauntingoft... PEOPLE OF THE SPIRE: https://books2read.com/Spire They’re all set in the 224-verse including my novelette The Haunting of the Ginger’s Regret. Kamadiin Naji […]
