No, You Can't Do That With That Horse
Rio has a strong opinion on this post! (No, actually, he’s just hoping for a snack).There’s a saying that there are two things you absolutely have to get...
Evil Has Many Forms!
Review of The Four ??? of the Apocalypse and Others
Is It Spring? Nah
Petrified log because why not. I don’t have any news this week. It’s pretending to be spring, but winter comes back on Monday. The critters aren’t going to...
We All Need To Take A Break...
…self included at times. Have some episode recaps. Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 1.10 “Moon Girl’s Day Off” Moon Girl gets a wee bit overscheduled and pulls a...
The Enduring Appeal of Time Travel
It’s very likely that in our universe, time travel is impossible. That might well be part of its enduring appeal in science fiction. Time travel has been a...
Socialism and Tapirs
Becoming Terran by Mark Roth, Fusion Fragment Issue 19
Let's Get Some Beer!
Not as snowy here. In fact, it’s definitely spring. Books & Brews is this Sunday. And my copies of Glyn are on the truck and in the last mile. Our venue this...
Dragons and Dinosaurs, Oh My!
Dragons of Wonderhatch 1.7 “Awakening” Okay, so now it all makes sense. Hana is not the creator, she’s just being mind controlled by a star eating monster...
Is Portal Fantasy Dead?
I’ve been watching a show that is a reverse portal fantasy (the characters from the fantasy world come into the real world). For a while, portal fantasy was...
Short Fiction Roundup - For Now
I’m moving away from these because I don’t feel they serve a purpose other than bragging about how much I read, but this one was still in the queue so I...
Spring is Here
...which isn't all a good thing.
Dragons and Time Travel
Dragons of Wonderhatch 1.1 “The Final Battle” When a series begins with The Final Battle, you know it’s fascinating. I don’t normally watch anime, but I...
Throw Them Bones - A Brief History of Shiny Math Rocks
Pony for “tax” RPGs as we know them can’t exist without dice. Our little random math rocks are how the vast majority of games generate chance or luck. There...
Norse Retellings and Dark Identities
Reviews of Darkness Blooms, The Open Book, and Ragnarok: A Witch's Curse
Moving Forward!
Horse for “tax,” as it were. First of all, the final files for Glyn are now up on Amazon and Smashwords. Which means you can preorder without fear! (I mean,...
Ancestral Echoes and Marvelous Moments
The Marvels, Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Marvel's Echo
Combs and Flower Petals - The Truth About Medieval Hygiene
We have a lot of myths about the past. One of them is that people in the Medieval period never bathed. Look, I’ve gone a week without bathing properly while...
Monsters and Space Capers
Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again (Jeffrey Angles translation), The Kuiper Belt Job by David D. Levine, Secrets of the Sorcerers by Jane Verba
Fantasy in Flash
So, this was released on Wednesday! It contains my story “All Forests Are One Forest,” as well as 98 other flash pieces including works by Wole Talabi, Cat...
Queer Theory in the 1950s and Please Listen to the Nereid
Quantum Leap 2.10 "The Family Treasure" and Percy Jackson & the Olympians 1.4 "I Plunge to my Death"
The Roman Festival of the Wolf
...and Valentine's Day
At Farpoint
(Random picture is random). By the time you get this I’ll be at Farpoint. My schedule appears to be the same with the change from last week. The hotel is new...
Quantum Leap Gets Daring
...also the second season of What If...
Crones and Sages – in Praise of Older Protagonists
More older people kicking butt, please.
Dark Beauty and Space Stations
Review of Dark Woods, Deep Water by Jelena Dunato and some short fiction
Rats and...Oops?
Update to my Farpoint schedule
The Bagel!
Yes, I finally saw it.
Queer Fiction I Want To See
...more rainbows everywhere!
Things Uncanny
Reviews of Uncanny Magazine (and Analog)
Farpoint, Here We Come
My Farpoint schedule
Swinging with Spider-Man and the Future of AI
Reviews for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Creator, and episodes 2 and 3 of Percy Jackson.
Dystopia as Exaggeration
Does dystopia simply highlight an existing trend?
A Delighful Mix...
...of shorter fiction.
Snow On The Ground
And little bits of news
Traveling to Camp Halfblood
Review: Percy Jackon and the Olympians 1:1
The Obsolescence of Science Fiction
When a story stops being science fiction...before it's even published
Nonsense, Dragons, Space Opera, and a Medley of Shorts
Reviews of Artefactum, A Wreck of Dragons, and Meru
Plans and Progress
This eagle has some plans for the future. Mine are still pretty vague. I’m currently working on a fun project I can’t actually talk about yet. It’ll take...
So, Uh...What am I Watching?
A: Not spec fic right now.
Thoughts on the Prospect of a Black Magneto…and multiple Spider-Men
Is it anti-Semitic to turn a Jewish character into a Black one?
Lots of Pretty Short Fiction
Short fiction roundup
Winter Quiet
Not much to report
Riding Dragons and Punching Nazis, Alas Not at the Same Time
Reviews of Summoned By Dragons and Ethos and Cain, plus short fiction
Nigeria and Speculative Fiction - is There an African New Wave?
I muse on the future of Black SFF
Change in the Far Future
Peter F. Hamilton's Salvation Lost and Saints of Salvation, plus short fiction
2023 Roundup and Awards Eligibility
Here's what I've been up to this year.
The Church on Ruby Road
Herein lie spoilers
Indiana Jones and the Truth of Archaeology
What is archaeology actually like?
Happy Holidays - Reincarnation, Magical Schools and Evil Cult Aliens
Reviews of Another Life by Sarena Ulibarri, Seeds for the Swarm by Sim Kern, and Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton
It's That Time of Year
I’m currently out of town although, alas, no snow forecast. So, this is a very light update. I’ll be back by Thursday, December 28. (Hopefully late on the...