Recently it occurred to me that as I spent the greater part of last year writing both the upcoming Exitium as well as a detective novel I’m not going to talk about, I wrote a lot of short fiction. Just to give my mind a rest, you understand. “Writing as a break from writing? What kind of shit is that?” I know. I make no … Continue reading Slices: coming soon
Recently I came across some old ads from the early-to-mid 21st Century. What a primitive era that was. Just take a look at these: We’ve come so far in so little time. What does the future hold? Fortunately, we don’t have to worry about that anymore, because all of our worrying is done for us. Alexa, what kind of cranial connector oil should I use? Continue reading Vintage Ads: windows to the past
In a previous post, I speculated on what would happen if unfrozen 20th Century country singer L.Q. “Sonny” Clemonds had remained on board the Enterprise. Seems he’s been a busy guy since getting a second shot, cranking out album after album of all-original material. Continue reading The L.Q. Clemonds Discography
When I first heard about Kindle Vella, Amazon’s new serialized fiction platform, I hit the ground running—It’s my kind of shit, honestly. Bite-sized pieces of fiction for people with short attention spans. I wrote Harm’s Way about a year ago, and while it was written as a novel, it was designed to be serialized, should the opportunity ever present itself. Well, here’s the opportunity, so … Continue reading Harm’s Way: dropping soon on Kindle Vella
“Duhhhh… derp durrr dum dum,” derp derped derpidly. “Durrrrrp! Durb dub durbly derp!” Duh duh duh, blah blah blah, derrrrrp durp. “Durr durp derrr, durr?” “Brrrdrrr ba derp,” dumb dumbed. “Derp!” Continue reading Derp Fiction
“What now, Proeliator?” Stohn fought back the urge to wince as he awaited an answer to the question he’d finally worked up the gumption to ask. Latro steepled his fingers on his desktop. Outside the window, cloudskimmers zigzagged to and fro across the night sky like bacteria in a Petri dish. He waited for a long time before finally speaking. “The conquest of Kadal,” he … Continue reading The Challenge: An Exitium Excerpt
Remember the Next Generation episode where they thaw out three chryogenically frozen people from the twentieth century? It’s one of my favorite Star Trek episodes ever, due in no small part to the presence of this delightful character. What if he chose to stay on board instead of getting off at the starbase with the others? Continue reading What if L.Q. Clemonds had remained on board the Enterprise?
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Work on the initial draft of Exitium, the forthcoming final book in the trilogy begun with Effugium and Exsilum, has been completed. I’ve come to realize during these past few weeks that it’s a really weird book. I’m okay with that. In fact, I’m pleased. I like weird. That’s what I was going for. I like stuff that’s weird, makes sense, and is entertaining. That’s … Continue reading Exitium is a weird book
When someone talks about “educating” people, what they often really mean is “convincing them to adopt my views as their own and further propagate them.” A highly effective means of forcing someone’s hand in order to achieve this is to silence all dissenting voices. Those who will not be silent are either demonized or viewed as crazy because of their failure to conform and subsequently … Continue reading Conform or be cast out
