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“Woman Under Repair Part 1 Available Now!

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. As promised, my science fiction short story “Woman Under Repair” is available now. Just click the link and read part 1 for free in the May issue of the periodical The Green Shoe Sanctuary (alas, it could use a bit of […]

“Woman Under Repair” to be published by The Green Shoe Sanctuary magazine

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. My short story “Woman Under Repair” will be featured in three parts in The Green Shoe Sanctuary magazine themed “Under Construction.” The dates are May 10th, 17th, and 24th. So starting tomorrow the 10th, click the link above and start reading […]

Review of the Lovecraft Country Episode “Strange Case”

So, I watched the Lovecraft Country episode Stange Case last night. The title refers to the title of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, only Misha Green‘s version is far more disgusting. The show starts where A History of Violence leaves off. Yahima (Monique Candelaria) has seemingly disappeared. […]

Part Two of Reviewing “Lovecraft Country”

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. After my review of the first episode of Lovecraft Country Sundown, I thought I’d just keep watching and maybe review the entire first season as a whole. But after viewing three more episodes, because each show is so densely packed, I […]

Review of Lovecraft Country episode “Sundown”

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. When I decided to review the first season of the television series Lovecraft Country, I didn’t know if it would be a single review of the series, episode by episode, or something in between. Then I watched the first episode Sundown […]

Lovecraft Country First Season

This afternoon, I was at my local branch of the public library and I found the first season of Lovecraft Country on DVD. As some of you may know, I was critical of the timing of the premiere of this series during certain (ahem) events. However, when I mentioned this in social media, I was […]

“Spring Into SciFi 2021” Arrived Today!

It came by UPS today. It’s one thing to sell a story and another thing to hold it in your hands. My short story “Wayback” is featured in the Cloaked Press anthology Spring Into SciFi 2021. I’m extraordinarily fortunate to be published in three of the four volumes in this series, and am thankful to […]

“The Unreal Man” to be published at Dastaan World

I know I’ve talked about this one in the past. “The Unreal Man” was accepted for publication ages ago…and then everything stopped. Sometimes publishing houses change staff, change ideas, change goals and authors can be stuck in the middle. However, I signed the contract with Dastaan World last night and so in about 90 days, […]

“Time’s Abyss” Now Available for Pre-Order

If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. No, it’s not a short story in an anthology. Time’s Abyss is a completely self-contained novella, book 10 of 12 in the Underground series published by Black Hare Press. It’s available for pre-order from Amazon for delivery to your kindle device […]

“No Place Like Home” featured in “Magicks & Enchantments”

This is a little later than I’d hoped, but my short story “No Place Like Home” is finally available in the Blackbird Publishing anthology Magicks & Enchantments (also available HERE and HERE). What would have happened if Dorothy hadn’t made it back to Kansas from Oz? What would have happened if she didn’t want to […]