What do I do? I write, I travel, I read, and I stumble far off the beaten path, and I do it all beer in hand and tongue-in-cheek (though not necessarily always mine). Join me for a new short story every Sunday and Wednesday. . . .
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Isaac Chavez (Zac) just turned eighteen, maybe. He was born on February 29th of the year 2058, a leap day in a non-leap year. How did this happen, how is he here and where does he belong? Searching for answers, a sense of purpose and a place to fit in, he joins History Corp. Each weekend, the History . . .
The most exciting, hilarious and gruesome battles ever to take place in the hypothetical world! What would happen if . . . ? . . .
The Guide to Moral Living in Examples is an ever-growing collection of speculative fiction pieces designed to illustrate solutions to common moral dilemmas, such as what to do if the occupants of your cemetery form a tenants’ union or if a demon takes up residence on your couch. . . .
Four unlikely friends are permanently linked together when they install a beta “ultimate collaboration” tool on their computers—that allows them to teleport to and from each other’s homes at ease. Of course, they get more than they bargained for when they discover they can’t turn their connections off . . . . . . .
Ellis Graves has found his way into the strange city-world of Shadow, where he has become entangled in the dark plans of blue-blooded Philosophers and savage monsters. His only allies are a beautiful pirate without a vessel and an old man who just might be completely mad. All he wants to do is find a way back home, but . . .
The cautionary tale of Buddy Best, Hollywood hack. . . .
With money to burn and time to spend, Sol Mann embarks on a journey through Costa Rica that would change him in a fundamental way. Where does he get his money? And what is he running from? . . . We don’t really know. But that doesn’t matter when your days are filled with cheap weed, good rum, and great women. . . .
The mysterious doings in the Hotel St Crispian. Crime, lust, gossip, fear, tedium and mystery. Lots of cocktails and cigarettes. With colored pictures. . . .
A full understanding of Bent Magnus begins with his mind. Imagine if you poured the intellectual horsepower of Einstein, Edison, and Ben Franklin all into one man. Now imagine that the man wasn’t a total pansy, like those other guys, and you have Bent Magnus. Beginning with his birth at the “Fight of the Century” in 1910, Bent Magnus . . .
The adventures and ongoings of local radio personalities Cyrus McLean Scott and his friend Conrad Harris in the town of Hyperion, Michigan. Also featuring radio station intern Phil Turner, budding singer/songwriter and police station janitor Polly McIntyre, niece of the police chief. The stories are fairly self-contained but a larger storyline or two are always present. . . .
This is the website of a scam artist who sells what he calls Posthumous Vanity Publishing (PVP) services to grieving families of unpublished writers and poets. He even works with a rogue group of UCLA literature professors to offer annotations. But he scams the wrong family and gets prosecuted by the Los Angeles District Attorney. He and the UCLA . . .
Whodunit140 is experimental fiction using the twitter.com website as a publishing medium. The novel is written and SMSed to twitter everyday. Each instalment fits tightly into the 140 character limit of the Twitter system. Whodunit140 is a comedy detective novel set in London, UK. . . .
When I was a teen, I went through an ancient Greek mythology phase. This would have been a major geekfest for me then, and even now I really appreciate seeing the Greek gods getting some love, when the current vogue tends to run to Celtic or East European mythology.
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Real. It’s amusing to me that the one thing I will say most about a story of superheros prancing around in tights fighting monsters is that it’s real, but there it is. I KNOW these people. Hell, the protagonist is my best friend since just after high school. I’ve worked for same company as the protagonist. I can see all [more . . .]