James Pyles's Blog, page 89
April 10, 2019
Cloister
A terrified Sandoval Carson treaded across rough, ancient stones paralleled by pitted archways and shrouded by overgrown vegetation. The cloister was just ahead, and so, he hoped, his salvation. Once he had stepped through the dark mirror that had once been a patio window, he was young again, though, he suspected, only here. He had […]
April 8, 2019
Review of Gregg Cunningham’s Short Story “War Pig”
“War Pig” was written by Gregg Cunningham, a fellow contributor to the Zombie Pirate Publishing anthology World War Four(2019). After reviewing Neal Asher’s Monitor Logan and Sam Phillips’ Cold Fusion, I thought I’d round things out with Cunningham’s story. It does have to do with the fourth world war and an interplanetary battleship called a […]
Review of Sam M. Phillips’ Short Story “Cold Fusion”
“Cold Fusion” was written by Sam M. Phillips, co-owner of Zombie Pirate Publishing, for their anthology World War Four(2019). After reviewing Neal Asher’s Monitor Logan, featured in the same book, I received encouragement from a few of the other authors, including Phillips, to keep going. So here I am. The story is remarkably short. I […]
Review of Neal Asher’s Novelette “Monitor Logan”
“Monitor Logan” is a novelette written by bestselling science fiction author Neal Asher for the Zombie Pirate Publishing anthology World War Four (2019). Since my short story “Joey” also appears in the anthology, I can’t review that book or any part of it on Amazon (goodreads may be another story), but I can review Asher’s […]
April 6, 2019
Book Review: “The Berlin Project”
Just finished reading The Berlin Project, a novel by physicist and science fiction author Gregory Benford, and it was fabulous. Really top-notch alternate history, which was given enormous depth by the fact that Benford has met many of the people who were involved in the Manhattan Project during World War Two. His father-in-law is Karl […]
April 4, 2019
First Amazon Review of “World War Four”
As my regular readers know, my SciFi short story “Joey” is included in the Zombie Pirate Publishing anthology World War Four which also features an exclusive short story by best-selling science fiction author Neal Asher. I just found out that WW4 received its first five-star Amazon review at their Amazon UK site. Five stars. Terrific […]
April 3, 2019
Digital Copy of “World War Four” on my Kindle Fire
I just got the digital copy of the Zombie Pirate Publishing anthology “World War Four” which features my short story “Joey.” The book is currently available on Amazon in both digital and paperback formats. Be the first to get a copy and write an Amazon review. On goodreads, it has no reviews yet, but 29 […]
April 2, 2019
Pre-Order “Flash Fiction Addiction” Now
My piece of flash fiction “Growing Flowers” is one of one-hundred-and-one wee tales included in Zombie Pirate Publishing’s upcoming anthology Flash Fiction Addiction, currently available for pre-order on Amazon and delivered to your Kindle device on April 15th. In case you don’t know, “flash fiction” tales are very, very short stories (in this case anywhere […]
March 31, 2019
Girl Power and the Role (or lack thereof) of Men
My 3 1/2 (closer to 4 actually) year old granddaughter loves books and she loves being read to. She knows her alphabet really well and can spell her first and last name. She’s a smart kid. I love reading to her and my wife often takes our granddaughter to the local public library to check […]
March 30, 2019
Holding “1929” In My Hand
When I got home from my day job yesterday, it was sitting on my desk waiting for me. What a thrill. Advertisements
