
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


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

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

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

Want some fun summer reading? The July-August issue of Analog has my suggestions: Ray Nayler, Mary G. Thompson, Gregory Frost, Sharon Shinn, Nalo Hopkinson & Mia Tsai.

Looking for great new books by Michael F. Flynn, Cat Rambo, Brenda Peynado, M.V. Melcer, Wole Talabi, and Alan Smale? I got you covered.

“Getting ready to announce now.” That was the DM I received from my writing buddy sitting in the audience when the winners of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History were about to be announced. What seemed like an eternity later, she texted, “And it’s you!!!!” To which I responded eloquently: “What?!!!”

Gosh I wish I could be at this author’s reading on Aug. 8. If you are in the NYC area, it’s a great place to listen to some fine writers reading their own works.

I’ve had a deep love for alternate history even before my days as an archaeologist. It goes back to when I first read about the Punic Wars and rooted for Carthage to prevail over Rome.

I am astounded to learn that my novelette “Apollo in Retrograde” placed second in the Analog magazine readers’ awards in its category for 2023. Such an honor!

ZOMG! Look! My novelette, “Apollo in Retrograde,” is a finalist for the AnLab Readers’ Award.