Year: 2012

People Kill People

Let’s get one thing straight beforehand, people. There is no controversy here. Both parties in the gun control discussion agree completely on this. People kill people. Yes, they do. Yessir. Right you are. But let’s get another thing straight as well, while we’re at it: A truism does not a meaningful argument make! In fact, […]

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Pfah! to the Language Police

In Dutch intellectual circles, it is considered bon ton to deplore the ever-increasing pollution of the beautiful–and quite self-sufficient, thank you!–Dutch language with borrowed English terms. Oddly enough, these deplorations are usually uttered in sentences riddles with vocabulary originating in Greek, Latin, and French–not to mention German.

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Sample The Treats

Big Pulp Magazine released their Fall 2012 issue, “We honor those who serve”, this month, which means two things: My story Trick or treat is now available for your pleasure. You can sample a bit of the story right here on this website.

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On The Radio

A week back, the sale of Mashup to Daily Science Fiction finally qualified me for active membership of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). This week, the fact is deemed sufficiently newsworthy for a pre-dawn interview. Stumbling groggily out of bed after a two-bottle night (baby formula, not alcohol), I had to […]

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The complete works

As of today, all but two of my published stories are available on AnthologyBuilder. A custom anthology containing all seven is here. This is your chance to obtain Deep red, Conversation with a mechanical horse, Meeting the Sculptor, Beans and marbles, Diamond sharks, Dumb son ánd What happened while Don was watching the game in […]

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Writers of the Future 2005 documentary online!

Check out the Writers of the Future documentary! This was shot at the 2005 workshop and awards ceremony, the 2nd Writers of the Future event I was honored to attend, at the Seattle Public Library and Science Fiction Museum. It’s been uploaded to YouTube and is now available on this site as well.

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Daily mashup

Eleventh story sold! Got the wonderful news today that Daily Science Fiction, a professional webzine that sends speculative fiction stories to its subscribers every single day, is snatching up my story Mashup for publication. If you subscribe to DSF now, the story will drop into your Inbox somewhere over the coming months–and in the meantime, many […]

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A plum assignment

Today I planted my first ever tree. My first ever anything, in fact. A plum tree, no less; the Opal I gave my wife for her birthday. As appropriate in the Circle of Life, I first had to kill the less attractive tree that was in its spot. Next year, I’ll report on the plum harvest…

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Bird train

Odd: the apparently neutral pattern of circles on the train’s glass separator turns out, on closer inspection, to consist of crow’s feet.

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