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Mom and the Ankylosaurus

Blogging the Mesozoic

MORE BOOK REVIEWS IN ANALOG MAGAZINE

I’ve had such fun reviewing new works by Ken Liu, Rich Larson, Yume Kitasei, Marie Vibbert, Alec Nevala-Lee, & Joelle Presby. Your TBR pile needs these! For a couple of months, you can read my

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MY DINOSAUR GAME IS ON SALE!

Hey folks, when the mega-snowstorm/ice storm hits, how about staying inside and playing T-Rex Time Machine. It’s 40% off AND you can pet the cutest baby duckbill. https://www.choiceofgames.com/blog/ Still not convinced? What if I told

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HAPPY NATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION DAY

Start the new year off right by celebrating National Science Fiction Day. I feel certain all you faithful readers of my blog know what to do! As for me, it’ll be reading SF, writing about

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2025 IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR

I’ve been resisting looking back at 2025 for obvious reasons. Nonetheless, it had some good points for me and I hope for you, also. Songs for Obsidian was published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. This is

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FREE TO READ AT AMAZING STORIES: MY LATEST ARTICLE

Oh hey, here’s a piece I was commissioned to write for Amazing Stories about ongoing contract concerns affecting writers for some premier science fiction & fantasy magazines: https://amazingstories.com/2025/11/what-should-readers-and-writers-expect-now-that-five-top-magazines-are-under-new-management/

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I REVIEWED MORE NEW SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS

After admiring the wondrous cover on the Nov/Dec Analog, read my reviews of books by Mary Robinette Kowal, Annalee Newitz, Daryl Gregory, and more.   Here is the full lineup. Meet Me at the Crossroads

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CAPCLAVE 2025 SCHEDULE

Come meet me, get an autograph, & listen to a new story at Capclave in Rockville, MD this weekend: Sat 12:00 PM to 12:25 PM (Lincoln) I will be reading from my latest novelette, “Songs

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2025 Seattle WorldCon
MEET ME AT WORLDCON IN SEATTLE

Next week I will be at the Seattle Convention Center nerding out about reading, writing, book reviewing, dinosaurs, alternate history, and more. Here is my schedule, which gives me plenty of time to connect with

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SONGS FOR OBSIDIAN

Read my story in the latest issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies: It takes the better part of a millennium for Tripodea to recover sufficiently from the mage’s cruelty before she can contemplate sending her thoughts

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