Life Felt Bigger, Then
I’ve spent more time in my hometown over the past two years than in the […]
Meaningful Frolic
Smarter people than me will write, if they haven’t already, books about the peculiar, paradigm-straddling
2025: What Even Was That?
Sitting here on New Year’s Eve, I’m trying to find my way into this year-in-review
New Story Sale to Sunday Morning Transport
After a long, long dry spell, I can finally report a new short story sale:
2024: Thresholds Reached and Exceeded
Well, here we are again: one year ending, another about to start. Time for another
Remembering Futurismic
Twenty years ago this month, Futurismic published its first story. Have two decades really passed
Rainforest Writers Retreat 2024
This really snuck up on me this year! A couple weekends ago, I spent several
Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda
Here we are again, sliding inexorably through time into another year! I suppose it’s human
The Internet’s No Fun Anymore
I still vaguely recall opening my laptop with a sense of positive anticipation: that there
Rainforest Writers Retreat 2023
One late February weekend in 2020, as COVID-19 was just finding its legs, I was
Long Live the Blog
Visitors exploring this site in recent weeks may have noticed missing photos and technical issues
Pressing Reset in 2022
You wouldn’t know it from reading previous year-end whinges on this blog, but I love
Surviving 2021
I wonder what a glowingly positive year-in-review post looks like? One not littered by “under
Soundtrack for the New Novel
One of my coping mechanisms when stressed or depressed is to throw myself headlong into
Well, That Was a Year That Happened
Normally I get pretty philosophical at the end of the year. I’ll try to write
Lightspeed Review: Devs & Years and Years
Neither of the shows I reviewed in this month’s Lightspeed are likely to lift your spirits much
New Review in the September 2020 Lightspeed
Wow, look at this gorgeous skiffy artwork from the latest issue of Lightspeed! The new issue
Lightspeed Review: Lodge 49
Not many shows have captured my heart quite so thoroughly as Lodge 49, a smart,