Since I started working in Trenton, I’ve noticed these on the side of the highway for the first time — blue flowers growing on stalks a foot or two high. Once I started looking, I found them everywhere. I think they’re chicory. I visited my brother in the Chicago suburbs this summer and was surprised… Continue reading Discovering what’s always been
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That story is not the story I’m telling today.
“That Story Isn’t the Story,” John Wiswell, Uncanny Magazine.
The blazes make the trail
I’ve been shifting my online life away from socials and back to RSS. One thing I discovered a while back on Twitter was Cory Doctorow’s threaded versions of his essays on Pluralistic; in today’s, about a hacker jailbreaking a John Deere tractor, was a link to an old essay on “the Memex Method,” which is… Continue reading The blazes make the trail
THE EIGHTH KING acquired by Curiosity Quills!
People of the Internet: It is with considerable delight and non-negligible bemusement that I announce the corporate takeover of my creative alter ego. The fine folks at Curiosity Quills Press have made the questionable decision to acquire my epic fantasy, THE EIGHTH KING. Publication date isn’t firm yet — you’ll hear more about that. You’ll… Continue reading THE EIGHTH KING acquired by Curiosity Quills!
VERSO is free on Amazon through Wednesday!
As some of you know, I’ll occasionally put out a novel or a book of short stories for the enjoyment and edification of discerning individuals. This is such an occasion. Better yet, the book in question is free on Amazon, today through Wednesday! (That’s 29 February through 2 March 2016, for those of you arriving… Continue reading VERSO is free on Amazon through Wednesday!
forms of respect
Every so often, Jason Howell will send out an interview question to an elite group of writers and publish their responses. Sometimes, he makes a slip of the keyboard and includes my name on the distribution list, and I get a shot at unspooling some half-formed thoughtlet to the wider Internet. I generally do all… Continue reading forms of respect
a love letter
CROSSED GENRES’ April theme: 32: Portals (Submissions: April 1-30. Publication: August 2015) “…look on every exit being an entrance somewhere else.” Alice’s rabbit hole, Chell’s blue and orange teleports, the T.A.R.D.I.S.’s doors… or a computer monitor, or the pages of a book. A portal can open across time, space, and imagination… and it can be… Continue reading a love letter
The prodigal
Good morning. It’s been a while. How are you? Me, I spent a week in London trying to learn to be a software engineer, and another two at home trying to figure out how to get work done while the kids were homebound due to excesses of snow or snot. Other than the trip to and from… Continue reading The prodigal