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Tag: science fiction short story
“Moon Garden” and “Grave Concerns” both free today
Moon Garden is a collection of fanciful and speculative stories that live somewhere between science fiction and fantasy. Grave Concerns explores the darker side of life and the human psyche. Download them both to your Kindle Library for free January 25th! Continue reading “Moon Garden” and “Grave Concerns” both free today
BACKBURNER IDEA: A BOOK ABOUT AN ELEVATOR…
…and there’s no 13th chapter. Y’all can have that one for free. Continue reading BACKBURNER IDEA: A BOOK ABOUT AN ELEVATOR…
Coming soon
I’m compiling and re-editing an anthology of all of my horror/dark/twisted stories. I had this idea ten years ago, and I’m finally getting around to EXECUTING it. Read that last sentence in either Vincent Price’s voice, or the Crypt Keeper’s–either works. Meanwhile, you can read some of them here before they disappear. An additional volume will feature non-dark fantasy and sci-fi fare. No title for … Continue reading Coming soon
EFFUGIUM now available for purchase
Eccentric tech mogul and cult leader Richard Kryuss has developed a system of storing and transmitting data organically, connected by trees containing within their DNA the entirety of recorded human knowledge. Could his Terrestrially Regenerative Enhanced Extranet, or T.R.E.E., be a boon to mankind, or will it spell doom for the human race? Spanning over 200,000 years of post-Earth human history, Effugium repeatedly defies the … Continue reading EFFUGIUM now available for purchase
My escape, your escape
Effugium, which is Latin for “escape,” was the name of a space vessel constructed in the early years of the twenty-first century by eccentric tech mogul and cult leader Richard “The Prophet” Kryuss, founder of Krytech Industries. After a mysterious force announced its intent to remove all human life from Earth within ten years’ time, Kryuss funded the Effugium project with his own money, for … Continue reading My escape, your escape
Fingers Crossed
I’ve just submitted a short story to the “L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future” contest. For those who are unaware of what that is, it’s a long-running program established 35 year ago by L. Ron Hubbard to give unpublished writers a shot at exposure. Wish me luck! Continue reading Fingers Crossed
An Omen?
I was driving home from running some errands earlier, and as I approached the used bookstore down the street from my house, I experienced a nearly irresistible impulse to pull in. I haven’t been there in quite some time, because I have a ton of books already that I haven’t read, because I’ve found it rather difficult to concentrate on reading, as of late. I … Continue reading An Omen?
What is “science fiction?”
What is science fiction, exactly? Is it an all-encompassing term for any form of entertainment featuring aliens, futuristic technology, space travel and the like, or is it a genre defined by much stricter parameters? I’ve asked this question my entire life, and I’ve come to the conclusion that no one can offer a satisfactory answer. Dr. Beshero-Bondar, Associate Professor of English at the University of … Continue reading What is “science fiction?”
Hidden Treasure
Originally posted on Patrick Walts:
I love the smell of old books. I love the smell of old comic books and magazines, the finely aged newsprint, baked yellow by time. And when I open one and lift it to my nostrils for a gentle little sniff, I’m flooded with a sense of nostalgia, sometimes even for eras that were already long gone by the time… Continue reading Hidden Treasure
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