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May 16, 2019
Signal Boost for “World War Four”
The fine folks at Superversive SF have honored me with a Signal Boost of the Zombie Pirate Publishing anthology World War Four which features my short story “Joey.” According to Urban Dictionary, a Signal Boost is: Posting to a community forum (mailing list, social networking site, discussion board) in hopes of getting more attention for […]
May 8, 2019
Spring Into SciFi Anthology Update
About three weeks ago, I posted an update including news that my short story “The Recall” was accepted by Cloaked Press for their 2019 edition of the anthology Spring Into SciFi. This morning, I got an email with an update from the publisher. Their editor found “surprising little to use her red pen on” and […]
May 7, 2019
Bonnie’s “Impossible Hope” Anthology Moving Forward
Last February, I mentioned a charitable effort on behalf of a young woman named Bonnie Oliver where authors were asked to donate a fictional story based on the theme “Impossible Hope.” Bonnie suffers from Complex Chiari Malformation, Craniocervical and Atlanto-axial Instability and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome type three, which in this case means she requires very expensive […]
Debates Still Based on “Feels” Not Facts
Last March, I lamented how climate change advocates seem to present their arguments, at least on social media, using feels, not facts. Okay, it’s not that black and white of course, but if you listen to extremist advocates such as Freshman House Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, she says we’ve got exactly twelve years to cut the […]
May 5, 2019
Review of Adam Bennett’s Short Story “Jackson’s Revenge”
Adam Bennett is the co-founder of Zombie Pirate Publishing and his short story “Jackson’s Revenge” is featured in their SciFi anthology World War Four (which also features my short story “Joey,” but right now, that’s beside the point). Yes, the tale mentions war and other planets, so the action is set sometime in the future […]
May 2, 2019
Film Review: Aquaman (2018)
I happened upon the DVD of Aquaman (2018) at my local library and couldn’t pass it up. The film has gotten rave reviews, and given the DCU‘s relatively poor track record compared to Marvel, I decided they were due for a win. First of all, I love Jason Momoa as Arthur/Aquaman. Even as a kid, […]
April 30, 2019
“Growing Flowers” by James Pyles in Flash Fiction Addiction
The folks at Zombie Pirate Publishing produced 101 promotional images, one for each story/author in the Flash Fiction Addiction. This one’s mine. Advertisements
April 29, 2019
Review of Brian MacGowan’s Short Story “The Package”
Once again, I decided to read and review a short story from the Zombie Pirate Publishing anthology World War Four (2019). My story “Joey” is included in the anthology, and on this blog, I’ve previously reviewed three of the other short stories (for obvious reasons, I can’t review them on Amazon). Today we visit “The […]
April 28, 2019
Book Review: Neuromancer
I imagine that I’m supposed to feel guilty about reading “old” science fiction. After all, William Gibson’s inaugural SciFi novel Neuromancer is 35 years old and, according to one commentator at File 770 when criticizing award-winning science fiction writer and legend Robert Silverberg‘s criticism of award-winning science fiction author N.K. Jemisin, one of Silverberg’s many […]
Haven’t Seen “Endgame” Yet and Other Updates
No, I haven’t seen Avengers: Endgame yet, and unless I go with my sons and grandson, I probably won’t see it in the theater. Yes, I’ve heard it is THE film to see, blowing away all of the other Marvel superhero movies, so I’m certainly stoked. I know my ten-year-old grandson is stoked. Hopefully, if […]
