My book The Deep End, a steampunk mystery intrigue metaphysical adventure, was released on Kindle a while ago. Paper editions are finally available! Trade paperback and hardcover. Please buy them.
Category: fiction
Dec 31
Balance of Forces (a very short story)
Tuesday: Flamingos moved closer to house overnight. Did neighbor move them, she of towering hairdo, peeking thru curtains at my rococo lifestyle? Can they move on their own? Weds: Closer still. Malicious gleam in beady eyes. Will watch tonight. Thurs: Freaking out! Didn’t see them move. How? Peanut brittle failed to soothe. Will try garden …
Apr 09
New recording is up!
Jan 04
Review of “Another Life”
I watched the first episode and part of the second. After that I had to stop to avoid breaking my tablet. The stupid, it burns. The show opens with a nice special effect. The alien spacecraft looks cool and alien if not overly practical. The thing it turns into looks like a Christmas tree. It’s …
Jul 06
Fairies, subverted
Along with a select (i.e. self-selected) group of other writers and artists, I’m engaged in a Project. A Subversive Project. Involving Fairies. It will see print long before any of my books in the queue at Oghma, and it’s a lot of fun working with this talented group. Like/Follow our Facebook page for news about …
Mar 12
Is the ST:TNG Episode “Darmok” Genius or What?
Incendiary Todd of the Funk writes, Is the ST:TNG episode “Darmok” genius or what? Can’t decide. “What.” To recap, the episode involves a spacefaring species, the Tamarians, that nobody can manage to talk with because (as it turns out) their only means of communication is with cryptic metaphorical references to the stories of their culture. When …
Mar 05
My MarsCon schedule
Friday, March 6: 3:00-3:50 pm. The Curmudgeon Panel. VII White Pelican 5:00-5:50 pm. Marketing Your eBook. Room 419 (Krushenko’s) Saturday, March 7: 12:00-12:50 p.m. When Robots do Everything, What Will People do? III Eagle’s Nest (Re(a)d Mars) 9:00-9:50 pm. Hero Support: Sidekicks and Minions. III Eagle’s Nest (Re(a)d Mars)
Jun 21
Believability and the Reader’s Representative
I’m at 4th Street Fantasy Convention this weekend. In a panel last night, there was a discussion about suspension of disbelief. One technique mentioned (by Scott Lynch) was “lampshading,” in which the author, knowing that they’re taking extreme liberties with the laws of physics, or medicine, or whatever, has a character point out the discrepancy …
Jun 01
Tyler reviews Wesley Chu’s “The Lives of Tao”
The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu My rating: 3 of 5 stars Reasonably well written, ultimately failing to delight. This is basically a geek secret agent fantasy, the protagonist being computer geek Roen Tan, not the titular alien. Where it disappoints me is in hewing too close to the line that the only way …
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Latest Releases
Young Rey wants to return the amulet to the Blue Wizard, but she's not easy to find! Rey and the Magic Amulet is a fantasy for younger readers. (Published under a different name to sow maximal confusion)
The Deep End is a steampunk intrigue with plenty of reprehensible characters, plots, poisoned stabby things, and a murder mystery where the sleuth has to suspect herself.