Everything is a tradeoff, including this goal of mine to read 365 short stories this year in a quest to become a better short story writer. Several things have gone by the wayside to make room for this reading: Non-fiction reading. I’m so far behind reading Wired Magazine it’s ridiculous and I’ve got a shelf […]
Maybe you can tell from the above image, I’m very excited about the release of Seeing Forever. Today is launch day, where this baby goes out into the world for you all to read. If I could put on a firework display to celebrate, I would. There is something I can do to celebrate. I’ve […]
Short stories are important. For readers and writers. The “short” part allows for risk taking and experimentation. It allows both the writer and the reader to try something new with a much smaller investment in time. On the writer’s end, it has the additional benefit of being a great way to learn. The act of […]
Some books are just yours. You know them when you read them. There’s something about them that speaks to you. Sometimes it’s a time and a place and an age you are and the books just sings to you. When I was first diving into fiction it was J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings […]
I got the email while I was on a work call. The Saturday Evening Post wanted to buy a story of mine called “The Stars in Hoshi’s Eyes”. THE SATURDAY EVENING POST! This is the American magazine that was started in 1897, has featured famous illustrations by Norman Rockwell, and contained the best American writers […]
The monster lurks right below the surface, huge and cruel, ready to lash out with its tentacles and destroy the ship, crushing it, taking it down into the depths, feeding on the crew. That’s the story we’ve all heard, but what does the story look like from the other side? From the “monster’s” point of […]
My next novel, Seeing Forever, is just over a month away (4/14/2018)! It explores some of the themes of my ghost books (love, loss, what makes a life worth living) but does this using science fiction. Paul Cruz is not a ghost, he’s a man who has transferred his consciousness into a computer. It also […]
Coming 4/14/18
A lot of good stories that I read don’t make it onto this list. Some very good stories. This is not “stories I like,” these are the stories that hit all the right notes, immerse me in their world, possess me until they’re done, and end in a resounding way. Here’s a few things that […]
My next short story, “The Kraken’s Story,” is up for presale in Undercurrents: An Anthology of What Lies Beneath. This is another fundraiser for the Don Hodges Memorial Scholarship which helps writers learn the business of writing by sending them to the Superstars Writing Seminar. There are some big-time pros in this book, like Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca […]