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August 1, 2021
Book Review of “Abaddon’s Gate,” the Third in the “Expanse” Series
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi Finished reading Abaddon’s Gate by James S.A. Corey (Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) which is the third in the Expanse series. It was a little harder for me to get into at first, unlike Leviathan Wakes or Caliban’s War. Starting things […]
July 28, 2021
Rejection and Feedback
Random stuff. I haven’t been writing much lately. Okay, I haven’t been writing anything new at all. I do technical writing for my day job of course, and I just finished yet another freelance job updating/refreshing test questions at the back a technology book (it’s actually more interesting than it sounds, pays pretty well, and […]
July 24, 2021
“Superversive” Books for Children
Every once in a while, I’ll craft something here about Superversive as opposed to “subversive” writing and other art forms in Science Fiction and Fantasy. The idea is that for the past several decades, the entertainment industry in general has moved away from ideas such as: Heroes being heroic Doing good for the sake of […]
July 21, 2021
Revisiting the Fantastic Schools Anthologies
You may remember that my fantasy short story “Sorcery’s Preschool” was published last fall in Wisecraft Publishing’s anthology Fantastic Schools, Volume 2. It’s the tale of a four-year-old girl and the day her grandmother takes her to a very unusual pre-school, one for gifted and very young (and potentially dangerous) magicians. There are now three […]
July 17, 2021
Review of “Doom Patrol” Season Two
I finished watching season 2 of the Doom Patrol TV show last night. As I mentioned in my review of season 1, the show is available as a set of DVDs at my local public library. The show remains heavily based on many of the later issues of the comic book, which means it’s even […]
July 10, 2021
Nightfall on Danny Street
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi Walking across the bridge spanning the freeway, Matt was startled to see a young woman leaning back against the rail. He was momentarily aroused and then embarrassed when he looked at her breasts projected forward thanks to her arched back. Was […]
July 9, 2021
Review of “Doom Patrol” Season One
Okay, so I just finished watching Season 1 of the Doom Patrol television show. I noticed that seasons 1 and 2 of the show were available as DVDs at my local public library and I thought, “what the heck?” Actually, as a kid, I really enjoyed the old Doom Patrol comic book. First featured in […]
Return of the Space Princess
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi Just so you don’t miss the important quote in the above conversation: The Superversive Literary Movement is in opposition to wokism, saying that any politics in a work of storytelling should serve the story, rather than the woke commandment to ensure […]
July 6, 2021
Book Review of “Caliban’s War,” the Second of the “Expanse” Series
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi Not long ago, I reviewed the first book in the “Expanse” series Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (pen name for Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). Almost always when I read and review the first book in some series, I tend […]
July 3, 2021
Interviewed by Blackbird Publishing for my story: “No Place Like Home”
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi As part of the Wild Magic Bundle promotion from Blackbird Publishing, I was interviewed by Jamie Ferguson. You can find the interview on their website, twitter account and Facebook page. The interview starts out: What would have happened if Dorothy hadn’t […]
