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Another short story! Progress with A Troll and his Bard continues to be slow, but to keep myself sharp I’ve been working on more short stories. All Around the Watchtower went live on Amazon on February 1, 2020 You can grab it on Kindle for $2.99. This short tale is about a crew of four astronauts who awaken …
Reading has largely been a time-capsule sort of thing for me, digging up classics and getting in line behind the thousands and thousands of people who’ve already read them. Putting in my two cents long after the zeitgeist has died away. East of Eden, Brave New World, The Hobbit. And honestly, this is usually when …
It feels strange and somewhat magical to hold such a large sample of a person’s life’s work in my hands. The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (spanning 966 pages on paperback or a little over 51 hours in audio book form) contains all but one of his published short stories, over 100 tales written …
Though progress with A Troll and his Bard has been a little slow lately, I’ve been trucking along with several short stories. The first of these is Trial Period, which went live on Amazon last week. You can grab it on Kindle for $1.99. Trial Period is a short story wherein an unnamed narrator shares anecdotes …
Hey, curious about The Waypoint? Well, while you certainly check it out on paperback or Kindle via Amazon, or on audio book via Audible, you could also just read the thing right here on this website. Click here if you want to read a little bit about the book, or click here if you’d rather just jump …
This is actually the second time I’ve given the above title to a blog post on this website. The first time was on April 3, 2017, for a post that is now deleted. I made it shortly after the Kickstarter campaign for my audio book wrapped up. Then this blog pretty much sat here for …