A cautionary tale: this is what happens when you spend too much time on social media. On Thursday, I tweeted about my lunch at Burgerville. Technically, I guess it was a sub-sub-tweet, since I didn’t mention the name of the…
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I Witnessed Orion’s First Flight
It was beautiful and awe-inspiring, and I hope to see more space flights soon. Our future is up there. Whether or not you believe all the #JourneyToMars hype, no matter how critical you might be of the Space Launch System…
I Have Anger Issues…
…and I love Superman. Those two things are related. Let me explain. Last Saturday, I rewatched Man of Steel, because why not. And it turned out to be a more enjoyable film on the second viewing, partly because I knew…
This is My Enterprise
Image from Wikipedia United Federation of Planets, Starfleet, Constitution-class heavy cruiser refit, launched in 2273. This is the first starship I truly loved. This is my Enterprise.* I was born four years after TOS went off the air (personal trivia:…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Thrilling Heroics”
For the record, I imagine Dyna-Gent’s costume as a cross between Black Lightning‘s and Union Jack‘s jumpsuits… plus a bowler hat. Also, this is my 200th 512 story. I guess that’s something of a milestone. Hooray, Zoidberg, etc. Finally, on…
SnoutCast #125: Action is His Reward
And now for something completely different. [ Download mp3 – 28 MB ] 00:59 – “genetic”02:34 – spoilers!04:37 – rice?08:29 – girls11:06 – stupidity16:36 – violence21:04 – endings23:41 – praeterition29:55 – The End Tell us we’re wrong on the Internet!…
I am a Prize-Winning Screenwriter
Against my own expectations, I appear to have won an actual writing competition: Since this is probably the closest I’ll ever come to actually getting this show produced, I am definitely going to attend the table read next month. I…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Faster”
Trying something a little different here: inspired by last week’s story, “Fearless,” and driven by a compulsion to write superhero serials, I’m going to fill out that world by building a whole team of reluctant crime-fighters. You’ve already met Alex,…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Fearless”
Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! If this week’s story seems familiar–perhaps even thematically identical to 2009’s “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead”–it’s probably because I tend to write the same characters over and over again–basically super-powered police officers. Speaking of which,…
Friday Flash Fiction: “It’s Better to be Lucky”
If this week’s story doesn’t make a lot of sense, it’s because I had to cut out the first scene–which set up the whole bad situation–for length. I apologize for any confusion. You should really just be reading Scalped anyway….