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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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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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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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Editor Roselinde Bouman, myself, and Maarten Boers at the contract signing

A Dream Come True: My Publisher Bought My Thriller

De Nederlandstalige versie van dit bericht is te vinden op mijn Nederlandstalige site. Even the title of this post is a dream-come-true: being able to utter the words “my publisher”. But this is more than that. I’ve dreamed of being a published author since I first understood that such a thing exists, so at least […]

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George And The Winged Dragons?

A very extensive review appeared in The Levant yesterday of Robert N. Stephenson’s anthology Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Vol.IV. The reviewer had some surprising things to say about my story The Life and Death of George Hayes: This is a very good story. It’s beautifully written and deals with the Faustian choice […]

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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 Rewards of Pig-Headedness

Stubborn persistence pays off, as Heinlein teaches us. Can I have a Hallelujah to that? All the way back in 2009, when my marriage was only four years old, and I wasn’t even a father yet, we took a trip to the mid-Atlantic island of Sao Miguel. The volcanic beauty and verdant exuberance of the […]

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