James Pyles's Blog, page 53
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 […]
June 30, 2021
How a Tweet on Trying to Prevent “Zoombombing” Got Me Suspended on Twitter
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi Yesterday, I put up a tweet on twitter questioning the security of the app Zoom and a link to a source I found on LinkedIn showing how “zoombombing” was used for anti-Semitic purposes. Today, I found I was suspended from twitter […]
June 29, 2021
“The Wild Magic Bundle” is Coming Your Way!
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi As some of you may know from reading my blog, my short story “No Place Like Home,” which is loosely based on the ending of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, is featured in Blackbird Publishing’s fantasy anthology Magicks & […]
