The remarkable thing about science fiction is that it seldom remains fiction. Cellphones, computers, spaceships, MRIs, VR headsets, 3D printers; it’s an endless list of what were once mere ideas. Now, they’re not only reality but affecting our everyd...
Charlotte McNamara arrived at Bar Slate just after five o’clock, there was no sign of Mehdi. She sat on a barstool and checked her reflection in the mirror between amber and red bottles. The bartender, who dressed like a pallbearer on steroids, smile...
Chimi Desoto watched the pickup truck swerve into a ditch and smiled. Stopping his motorcycle, Chimi scanned the truck through his helmet-cam from one hundred yards away. The target inside seemed to be moving, it wasn’t a high-speed crash, a geriatri...
There’s a scene in Sun Also Rises where Jake sets downs a newspaper on a stone parapet of the riverbank in Paris. It’s an act of chivalry for his love, Lady Brett Ashley, and for some reason, it stuck with me for years. I’ve wanted to recreate that s...
The hiking poll hit me directly under my left rib. The wind left my lungs and I held on tighter to the metals cables. Looking down to catch my breath I stared at the black and gray granite. Out of the corner of my eye was the valley floor of Yosemite...
