Thus began the game of Combat Infantry Western Front by Columbia Games. This was the second playing of the first scenario. The first time through, the Americans smote the Germans with a great smiting. The first reason for that was that the dice favor...

I finished reading Fred Saberhagen's Ardneh's Sword a few days ago. As with the earlier work in the series, Empire of the East, I stopped about 75 percent of the way through to read another book. I needed the palate cleansed before I could go on, bec...

 Speaking of Accidental Pirates, I was on The Spaceman and the Hafling podcast/show Saturday. We recorded yesterday; the show should go up on youtube in a couple weeks. Naturally, I will post a link when I get it.I finished reading Sharpe's...

 Again, one of my stories in Cirsova Magazine made the Tangent Online Recommended Reading List - for 2025 this time: Reviewed by Seraph“Drown Melancholy” by Stanley WheelerIt is unclear whether this is a case of inspiration being f...

 Accidental Pirates is actually the only novel that I had published this year. However, I did get a number of short stories selected for publication."A Stardust Memory" was published in Sultry Murder Jazz. I found its placement as...

   General Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle led the Infernal Brigade (the 5th and 7th Hussars) in the 1806 campaign against Prussia. The brigade moved rapidly through enemy territory in search of information and supplies. L...

 Check it out. Accidental Pirates is number 1 in Teen and Young Adult Pirate Action & Adventure Now that I've got that out of my system, I could ramble about the sequel, which is nearing completion with Chis struggling as a...

 Empire of the East, by Fred Saberhagen, contains the first three books in the four-book series - which explains why the book is so long. It really did feel like reading three books. In fact, I read two other books, or at least one and a hal...

  I picked up Fred Saberhagen's Merlin's Bones to read another take on the Arthur legend. This story was certainly unlike any other. I first encountered King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table as kid. My parents had a series...

 In case you thought reading was a safe activity: Here's the interview with me about Accidental Pirates -- paperback available Nov 26 - Get your boys reading for Christmas.The sequel is half finished with 15 of 30 chapters...