Yellow River Burial published!

Yellow River Burial published!

Publication day! My tale of poor Alfonso and his struggle against environmental bureaucracy to get a burial permit for his beloved Bobby is now up at Reckoning, and included in Reckoning #7! You can find more info about the story on its own page: Yellow River Burial.

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Exclusive Story Friendly Fire For Sale!

My Machine of Death tale Friendly Fire is available in the shop! Here’s a Sample! Or Buy it now. Machine of Death is an anthology of short stories conceived by editors Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo, and David Malki !, and inspired by an episode of Ryan’s Dinosaur Comics. The premise of the Machine of Death […]

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Reflections from square one

Back to zero. Time for reflection. Robert Heinlein is credited with coining the Rules of Writing:  You must write.  You must finish what you write. You must not rewrite except to editorial order. You must submit what you finish. You must keep submitting until the story is sold. I’m not too conscientious about 1, a […]

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What If?

De Nederlandstalige versie van dit bericht is te vinden op mijn Nederlandstalige site. Dear fellow man*, What if it’s your sister? Your daughter? Your wife or girlfriend? Or let’s for argument’s sake make it your mother, ‘cos we all have one of those. What if these women, who are dear to you personally, are the […]

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My writing year 2021

In the years (or rather, decades) I’ve dreamt of my first novel*, I didn’t expect I’d end the year that dream came true with a predominant feeling of intense relief that it was over. Whatever 2022 brings, it’s one step ahead through simply not being 2021. That’s the painful truth of debuting in a corona […]

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Ziggo en de kunst van het factureren

Dutch only. Dit bericht is ietwat uit de hand gelopen, qua lengte; misschien een metafoor voor het uit de hand lopen van de kwestie waar het om gaat? In elk geval lang genoeg voor een… Inhoudsopgave Laatste nieuws Inleiding De voorgeschiedenis De Gebeurtenis De nasleep Laatste nieuws Drie Vier Vijf maanden later zijn we drie […]

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Restaurant Le Naufrage, Den Bosch

Het laatste woord hierover: vandaag werd ik tijdens het boodschappen doen in de Jumbo gebeld door de restaurateur van Le Bateau, Yves Mommersteeg. Een goed gesprek volgde, waarin we over en weer de eigen grieven hebben verwoord, en hebben geprobeerd ons in de ander in te leven. Natuurlijk had Yves zijn wantrouwen over mijn reservering […]

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Pop And The Pirates on DSF

My flash SF story Pop And The Pirates appeared on Daily Science Fiction last Wednesday. Retirement, asteroids, and space pirates! Since my story notes were accidentally omitted upon publication, I’m including those here (you may want to read the story first): While it may not be immediately obvious to the casual observer, this story was […]

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Why Nuclear Power Is Evil

Proponents of nuclear power like to claim that their pet energy source is so clean. I’m mystified by this argument, not mystified as a rhetorical device, but mystified in actual, I’m utterly confused, literal sense. Clean? What do you mean, clean? Have you actually thought this through? There’s no human endeavour less deserving of the […]

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No More Doing The Right Thing

What are y’all cheering about? In the final two weeks of Trump’s presidency, people and organisations are falling over their own feet in their haste to abandon, block, disavow, impeach, or resign. I’m mystified. Trump hasn’t changed. His actions haven’t changed. His words haven’t changed (except that he’s lost his megaphone). He was ALWAYS this […]

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