Claiming the Trickster God
Well, one version of them anyway! Read on to find out why…okay, that’s clickbaity, but I don’t care. Loki 1.5 “Journey Into Mystery” Okay, good, they didn’t...
Earthquakes, Earthquake Zones, and Those Pesky Disaster Movies
Disaster movies are fun. They’re a form of schadenfreude. At least you’re not that guy, right? Earthquakes are something that’s often used in disaster...
Happy Eclipse Day
Wear your eclipse glasses, people! And have some reviews. Side note: It just occured to me that if we ever join the Galactic Federation, eclipses are going...
The Woman in the Sun and the Man in the Moon
No updates this week, but my muse produced this and I’m just going to share it. So, you know about the Man in the Moon, right? Well, there’s also a Woman in...
Unlikely Viruses and Keepers of Time
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: 1.17 “Blue Shadow Virus” The blue shadow virus is a highly unlikely pathogen…one which infects all forms of life, plants, animals,...
Just How Smart Is A Horse
Okay, I’m back on the horse thing again, but something happened with a horse this week that made me want to talk about something. Namely, how smart are...
No Fools This April
Instead, have a hare…because I don’t have a rabbit. I don’t do April Fool’s jokes, so here’s your regularly scheduled reviews. Review: After World by Debbie...
Hugo Finalists!
I know it’s Edinburgh not Glasgow, but same country and I have never actually been to Glasgow! This year’s Hugo finalists are out and I have thoughts. The...
More Clone Wars - Dodgy Morality?
It’s a war story. There should be grey areas. Star Wars: The Clone Wars 1.3 “Shadow of Malevolence” The nasty ship with the ion drive is still out there…and...
The Beauty of Indigenous Fantasy
I’m reading through the Nebula finalists right now and have landed on Moniquill Blackgoose’s To Shape a Dragon’s Breath. This is an alternate history fantasy...
Cyberpunks, Gays, and...Squirrels?
Review: More Perfect by Temi Oh Is this cyberpunk? It barely touches on identity, but does go deeply into surveillance. I’m coming down on yes, mostly. Oh...
Award Season...
Horses for “tax”. So, award season is well under way. I’m working through the Nebula finalists right now. I’ve done Game Writing, as best I can; as usual,...
Clones versus Clankers
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 2.7 “Make It Don’t Break It” The school has a new science teacher…all the way from Wakanda! Lunella begs her to mentor her in...
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