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The Civil War is not my favorite conflict to read about. I save WWI for that honor, and horror. Nor does the Civil War contain my favorite battle to study. The Battle of the Atlantic from WWII interests me most, although I admit Shiloh is a solid #2. Therefore, though this war is not my favorite to study …
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Science fiction grew up in the New Wave era. That's when editors and writers began to push the genre past its pulpish roots and demand better writing, better stories, better literature overall. Readers responded. SF literature will never return to its past of Flash Gordon rockets and bug-eyed monsters in anything other than nostalgic retrospective, …
Mary-Grace Ellington interviewed me about my story "Rubber Monkeys" in the anthology Destination: Future published by Hadley Rille Press. Here's the link and I hope you give it a peek. I had a lot of fun doing it, and it gave me an opportunity to think about the story in a deeper way, which is always a good …
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“You can find meanness in the least of creatures, but when God made man the devil was at his elbow.” --Blood Meridian Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West might be one of the top five novels of Modern American literature. I say "might be" because it is probably too soon to make that …
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My new Haxan story "In One Stride Comes the Dark" is now available in the anthology Beast Within 2: Predator and Prey from Graveside Books. I am really excited about this because I appear with some very good writers, and got to work with a fantastic editor, Jennifer Brozek. But, also, my Haxan story is …
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Last weekend I bought a brand new classical guitar. It's an Orpheus Valley Sofia handmade by Kremona, a small company in Bulgaria. Yes, you heard me right, Bulgaria. Kremona makes some beautiful instruments and I've got one! I've been practicing and playing with it. Wow. The sound is fantastic with deep and tonal quality. It's …
Now that I've decided to self-publish my back log I took the advice from friends and went through my books looking at covers, etc. I made some notes about it. I'm sure this is all stuff you guys already know, but it helps me to get it straight in my mind and process it. So …
Moby Dick is the name of this 2010 remake TV series movie. That's how bad this movie is. They didn't even get the title of the book right. It's not "Moby Dick" but "Moby-Dick." A quibble, you say? Granted. So let's turn flukes and move on to everything else the movie gets wrong. 1. People …
Wow, this was a surprise in Frontier Tales. My new Haxan story "Redemption Bound" was voted favorite story for the month of August by readers. Here's the link to the announcement: "Redemption Bound"
I was interviewed recently by The Western Online. I hope you take the time to maybe stop by and read the interview if you have time. I mostly talk about how the genre needs to welcome new voices and new experiences so it can continue to grow, and talk about some other aspects of the …
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My new hard science fiction story about Russian ballerinas, high-energy physics, and universal love has been published by New Myths Magazine! I've always liked this story. I like all my stories but I've felt especially close to this one for a variety of reasons. I hope you like it, too. Just click the link, then …
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