Aug 03
This is my first attempt at writing fiction. I got inspired to write this during my recent trip to Canada. It is a story about an unexpected trauma triggering a spiritual rebirth. oOo Katherine was having another of her nightmares. As always, she was running for her life and a tall man wearing a mask …
Aug 01
It is incumbent upon every man of insight and understanding to strive to translate that which hath been written into reality and action…—Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh THE DEVIL HIS DUE was originally published in Amazing Stories. It is reprinted in I LOVED THY CREATION, a collection of my short fiction. It has nothing to do …
Jun 27
‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.‘ — Christ, Matthew 25:39-41 oOo I’m taking a break from my series of posts to ponder a problem that has grown progressively worse in the last several decades. Way back at …
Feb 16
The final installment of the Nebula Award-nominated story from the pages of Analog Magazine. oOo Lissa did not sleep well. The photographs returned to haunt her and came to vivid, waking life. At some point, she began to have another of the flotation dreams, but rode it only as far as the ridgepole before forcing …
Feb 15
Back again, this week with episode seven of “Content With the Mysterious,” which looks at what happens to a skeptic who has an unexplainable experience. What’s a skeptic to do? You can read the entire story by going back to the first installment on February 9th and read forward or read the entire story at …
Feb 14
Welcome to episode six of “Content With the Mysterious,” which was nominated for the Nebula Award given by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The story explores the nature of skepticism in the face of the inexplicable—hence the title, which is a nod to science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick. The series started on …
Feb 13
This is episode five in “Content With the Mysterious.” If you’re just coming in, or eStrolling through, the series started back on February 9. If you just can’t wait for the next installment, you can also read the story in it’s entirety at the Book View Cafe. It follows a reporter for skeptic’s magazines as …
Feb 12
Here’s installment number four in the novelette, “Content With the Mysterious”, which was originally published in Analog Science Fiction Magazine. It’s available in its entirety at the Book View Cafe. Author’s note: The inspiration for Lissa Shaw came from an series of articles I read in the Skeptical Inquirer in which one of their correspondents …
Feb 11
Here’s installment three of my novelette “Content With the Mysterious”. I was honored when it received praise from a fellow SF writer who is also a scientist by profession. She wrote: “Content with the Mysterious was excellent. It is the most even-handed treatment of the subject (the uneasy relationship between science and belief) I have …
Feb 10
Here’s the second installment of my Analog Magazine story, “Content With the Mysterious”. The title of the piece is taken from a quote by science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick. Which is this month’s quote of the month. If you haven’t read Part 1, you might want to go back and start there. If you …
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