  I wrote another short story this week, which has nothing to do with the picture above. My story is a stab at a humorous western horror story. I like the main characters enough that I may feature more stories with them--provided th...
   The clouds in the summer sky burned in the red-orange rage of a dispossessed sun crashing below the horizon. The dark hills--recumbent silhouette--shielded the landscape from the final fury of the sinking disk. Seven rid...
    Ideas vie with one another like battling dragons in the ether. Or, another bad metaphor: Life is like the box for Schrodinger's cat, except it's full of angry badgers--which may be redundant because all badger...
&nbsp;Interview with Jay S. Willis&nbsp;Author ofThe Sphere Saga and The Arcana Chronicles&nbsp;<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US...
&nbsp;I rolled into the UCCC--which does not stand for Uniform Commercial Code Conference--for the Writers Cantina around 8:30. There were two other cars in the lot, and white van and something blue that was not a van. A man occupied the driver's...
,_by_John_Trumbull.jpg)
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence&nbsp;Below is my version of a portion of John Adam's speech in support of declaring independence -- from Truth in Flames, p. 292.<!--[if gte mso 9]> <.jpg)
&nbsp;Interview with Abigail LinhardtAuthor ofSeason of the Runner and Goddess Among Us&nbsp;<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US...
Fun Fact: Fun Times at Fort Stanwyx--OriskanyThe British plan for the invasion of 1777 included not only Burgoyne's thrust from the north down to the Hudson River and to Albany--which ended badly at Saratoga--and an advance by Howe from New York to...
First, if you want some Memorial Day thoughts, you might enjoy this post about my visit to the American Memorial in Normandy. I recently did a re-watch of the 4 hour opus that is Branagh's interpretation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Kenneth Branagh sta...
