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December 14, 2021
Book Review of “Upright Women Wanted”
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey isn’t the sort of book that I’d usually read. It’s not the sort of book I’d even be slightly interested in buying. But, like books I’ve read before, it was a free download (until Dec 17th) from Tor.com. I thought I’d given up reading Tor books if, for […]
“The Fallen Shall Rise” To Appear in the 224-Verse
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. I now have permission to discuss a small novella that has recently been accepted by Starry Eyed Press for their 224-Verse series. First, a little background from their 224-Verse page: What is the 224-Verse? The 224-Verse is an interconnected fictional universe […]
December 13, 2021
Interviewed by Superversive Livestream
As I’m sure my regular readers know, I’ve been actively promoting some of my latest work, which includes my first self-published novella Ice as well as Time’s Abyss, a novella published by Black Hare Press. To that end, I reached out to some folks I know and Ben and Anthony at Sunday Superversive Livestream agreed […]
December 9, 2021
Still Good Award Winning SciFi in the World
It’s been almost three years since I wrote Hugo Award Winning Novels I Have Read. I authored the blog post mainly in response to the idea that these awards have really changed over the years. At the time, I was reading for review N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season in an attempt to understand how I […]
December 8, 2021
Jeb’s Guests
Jeb Blackbird was walking next to the workhorse pulling the buffalo carcass laden wagon when he saw the stranger by his house. Only Sioux should be allowed on this land for 400 miles in every direction, but this man was obviously one of the hated colonizers. To his credit, the white haired (white skinned) colonizer […]
December 2, 2021
“Ice” by James Pyles is Now Available
Admittedly, I’ve tried to sell this story in various forms for quite some time without any luck. I even asked a friend for help, thinking maybe he could suggest the proper venue. However, it didn’t take. So I thought of self-publishing it. Here it is: Ice by James Pyles. No anthologies, no indie publishers, this […]
Two of My Short Stories Published in “Meteor Fall: An Anthology of The Collective”
The Collective has long kept secret the strange things that happen after a meteor shower. While the world Oohs and Aahs over the pretty streaks of light, field agents quietly gather up the people and objects changed by this cosmic phenomenon. With a global event unlike anything the world has ever seen on the horizon, […]
December 1, 2021
Review of “Tiamat’s Wrath,” Book Eight in The Expanse Series
Tiamat’s Wrath is the eighth novel in the Hugo Award winning “The Expanse” book series by James S.A. Corey (Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). This book ramps things up quite a bit from its predecessors. While we’ve seen Earth all but destroyed by asteroids, now an artificial neutron star found through one of the rings, […]
November 20, 2021
Book Review of “End of Men” by Suzanne Strobel
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi First of all, after writing The “End of Men” Challenge, I owe Suzanne Strobel an apology. I was expecting a very different book than the one she wrote (click HERE to find it on Amazon). Part of what gave me that […]
