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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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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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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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Awards Eligibility Lineup 2020

It’s that time of year again, the time when awards nominations are made, and every speculative fiction author posts their publications in the past year. I have no illusions about getting nominated for anything, even if only because most of what’s appeared in 2020 was flash. Nevertheless, here’s my 2020 lineup. Most of these stories […]

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Awards Eligibility 2018

It’s that time of year again, when the remainder of the year shrinks at an ever-inreasing pace*, and the awards nomination season is almost upon us. If you happen to be in a position to nominate or vote for the Hugos an/or the Nebulas**, I’ve had three stories published in 2018 that you might be […]

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The End Of The I-Parcel Affair

Attempted Logistics – The Continuing Ineptness of I-Parcel – How I-Parcel Managed To See The Future (Or Lie) – The End Of the I-Parcel Affair – The Saga of UPS and i-Parcel Continues – Customer Service Done Properly Sadly, the Case of the Misplaced Parcel has petered out without a satisfying conclusion one way or the […]

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Book Giveaway: Spark Anthology VIII

Free book! Circumstances put me in possession of three extra author copies of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Vol.VIII, published by EG&J Press. Themed Monsters and Marvels and edited by Brian James Lewis, this anthology contains wonderful stories by Bo Balder, Michael Haynes, Alexis A. Hunter, Beth Cato, Marina J. Lostetter, and Tom Crosshill, among 29 others. […]

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How I-Parcel Managed To See The Future (Or Lie)

Attempted Logistics – The Continuing Ineptness of I-Parcel – How I-Parcel Managed To See The Future (Or Lie) – The End Of the I-Parcel Affair – The Saga of UPS and i-Parcel Continues – Customer Service Done Properly This is just too easy. With some suppliers, I actually need to put in an effort to blog […]

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The Continuing Ineptness of I-Parcel

Attempted Logistics – The Continuing Ineptness of I-Parcel – How I-Parcel Managed To See The Future (Or Lie) – The End Of the I-Parcel Affair – The Saga of UPS and i-Parcel Continues – Customer Service Done Properly UPS daughter I-Parcel seems to have taken ineptness to a whole new level. Six weeks after shipping, the […]

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