I’ve been gone awhile. But I’m back. I hope you missed me.
Read more "My Oh My"December 17th — The New Christmas
Christmas is coming early this year. December 17th, to be exact. For me, it will actually begin at 11:00 P.M. Because that is the time of the showing for Star Wars: The Force Awakens — for which I have a ticket. I am only slightly excited to see what J.J. Abrams has done. His work […]
Read more "December 17th — The New Christmas"And I Wake and Realize I’ve Been Gone
No excuses for those who might be remotely interested in what I’ve been doing or where I’ve been. Absent is the answer. But now I’m back, ready to go about laying down more syllables and such.
Read more "And I Wake and Realize I’ve Been Gone"Johnny Buffalo
This is more flash fiction responding to Chuck Wendig’s latest challenge: Random Cocktail Challenge where you take the name from a random cocktail and create a story from it. My drink was the Johnny Buffalo: Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Club Soda, Lemon Juice, Sugar Enjoy. Johnny Buffalo was dead. I looked through the peephole and stared […]
Read more "Johnny Buffalo"Sixty Four Comes Asking For Bread
This story was written in response to Chuck Wendig’s Flash Fiction challenge “Ten Random Sentences.” It was written sitting at the bar of an Applebee’s in Panama City, Florida, while I drank an IPA and ate a Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich. I hope you like it as much as I liked that IPA and […]
Read more "Sixty Four Comes Asking For Bread"Station Eleven, Greg Egan, and Other Sublime Goodness to Come My Way
I recently finished Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and found myself not blown away, but quite satisfied with what a good read it was. Although I am very much a mainline Sci-Fi nerd, I have found myself more and more attracted to some of the post-apocalyptic stuff hitting the shelves these days. Journal […]
Read more "Station Eleven, Greg Egan, and Other Sublime Goodness to Come My Way"2015: The Future Is Here
When I was young, the future — the high tech, science fiction future — was 2001. 2015 was, well, way farther into the future than that. And here I am. In the future. I am not one for making New Year’s Resolutions, although I do have a weirdly OCD-ish infatuation with beginning new things on […]
Read more "2015: The Future Is Here"Alien: The Sublime Beauty of Fonts, Iconography, and Set Design
I love the movie Alien. It has been one of my all-time favorites since I saw it on opening day in San Francisco back in 1979. In addition to the storyline, I have always loved it for the design elements that brought the Nostromo — a massive, industrial spacecraft — to life. I was taking a […]
Read more "Alien: The Sublime Beauty of Fonts, Iconography, and Set Design"The Berlin Clock
Now this is cool: http://www.3quarks.com/en/BerlinClock/index.html It isn’t supposed to be Sci-Fi, but I think this should be standard equipment on every spaceship.
Read more "The Berlin Clock"Interstellar
I was discussing the new movie Interstellar with a friend last night, so I thought it was time I put down some thoughts on the subject. I really, really, really, wanted this movie to blow my mind. Unfortunately, my mind is still intact. There are just a few too many inconsistencies in the story (and I […]
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decaying orbits 