First, if you celebrate any of them, Happy Easter, Happy Passover, and Happy Ramadan. It’s fair to say that science fiction writers and readers skew freethinker/atheist. Even if a sci fi story doesn’t explicitly refute religious beliefs, sf tends to be set in futures that are secular and rational. In my latest appearance in Analog, …
My controversial article in the latest issue of Analog Read More »
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Azureseas: Cantrell’s War, now in the Aliens Among Us bundle! Read More »
Just a quick note that my latest science fiction novel is now available! Invasion 2132 is book 2 of The False Flag War. The beginning overlaps with the ending of book 1, Exploration 2127. Jaeger and McIlroy make an appearance, but most of the action follows the head of Concordia mission control on Earth, as …
Happy New Year! I hope 2022 is off to a great start for you. I’m pleased with it so far. I have two stories in bookstores now. Analog editor Trevor Quachri called this first story a high tech heist. You can also think of it as a deep space spaghetti western. “A Fistful of Monopoles” …
This one’s not a Portia Oakeshott story. My latest is a spaghetti western in deep space. You might have guessed that from the title “A Fistful of Monopoles.” In the Jan/Feb 2022 issue, on newsstands now. Click here for more info.
My wife and I have taken our kids to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine (middle of the DFW metroplex) more times than I can count. Enough that goodie buckets of chips, candies, and fruit waited for us in the room. We’ve gone a lot less often in the past couple of years, for reasons you …
ShadowQuest at Great Wolf Lodge, Grapevine, TX – location guide Read More »
Following up on “Riddlepigs and the Cryla” (originally published in Analog Jan/Feb 2021, and in ebook and print singles editions by CV-2 Books), I’m pleased to announce the second title in the Portia Oakeshott, Dinosaur Veterinarian series is now available. Both ebook and print editions. Click here to learn more. About the series: As a …
New Short Novel – Winner and the Poacher – out now Read More »
My second Portia Oakeshott, Dinosaur Veterinarian short story, “Minnie and the Trekker,” is in the July/August 2021 issue of Analog. Despite the title, neither a cartoon female mouse or a fan of a long-running science fiction media franchise are involved. Just Portia Oakeshott and a colleague, trying to help an ill dinosaur, and discovering something …
I was a Chiefs fan as a kid and have greatly enjoyed the Mahomes era. This year, despite their league-best regular season record, they weren’t dominating on offense they way they have. Culminating in their defeat in Super Bowl LV on Sunday to the Buccaneers, by the largest margin (22 points) of any defeat in …
I have a Q&A about my new story in Analog, and related topics, online now. Check it out at The Astounding Analog Companion.
