All Politics is Local by Andrija Popovic (c) 2017 Andrija Popovic "Ms. Deveroux, give us a straight answer." Duane Jefferson, seventy years old and elder statesman of the Groveton city council, crossed all four of his arms. "Is the waste water disposal system for the oil wells causing our inter-dimensional issues?" Thea Deveroux, an occult… Continue reading All Politics is Local
Author: urdith
Would be author, photographer and dreamer living in the corporate world.
This Was Not the Corporate Dystopia I Was Promised
The other title for this post is "We Need The Punk In Cyberpunk Now." Recent events has me thinking on a big influence on my formative years: the literature and the aesthetic of cyberpunk. While many grew up with images of the space age, with (white, western) humanity cementing its manifest destiny among the stars,… Continue reading This Was Not the Corporate Dystopia I Was Promised
The Most Hated Creature in Known Space
The Most Hated Creature in Known Space by Andrija Popovic (c) 2017 Andrija Popovic On our first day the instructor shot our valedictorian, William Robert "Billy-Bob" Rossmount, in the crotch with a burner bolt. Billy-Bob convulsed, wet himself, and fell onto the faux linoleum floor. The woman beside me murmured, "Holy fuck." Meanwhile, the best… Continue reading The Most Hated Creature in Known Space
Sharing The Orphans
This artwork comes from ALIEN ARTIFACTS, the largest publication credit I have to date. It doesn't mean the short story therein is the only one I've written, of course, but it is the one that has gotten any kind of broad release recently. I do have others out there in the world - submissions to… Continue reading Sharing The Orphans
I’ve Seen The Future, Brother, It Is Murder
I couldn't help but bring Leonard Cohen into this. He's one of the many artists whose loss gouged great wounds in our hearts. But Leonard's poetry will live on in everyone he's touched, and in every story he's inspired. This month's post is about the future. It's about two different futures, though. One is personal… Continue reading I’ve Seen The Future, Brother, It Is Murder
The End of November
November is, to most folks who write as either a hobby or professionally, NaNoWriMo month. People set themselves up to crank out over fifty-thousand words in one month's space of time. For those on a certain side of the political spectrum, it's probably a been a rough month. For others, they've probably beaten their numbers,… Continue reading The End of November
Two Updates for October
(Image by the great Ron Spencer) It's the waning days of October and, here in the DC area, it finally feels like October. Morning air bites you on the cheek. Leaves rattle on the asphalt in slow-motion tornadoes. ALIEN ARTIFACTS has seen print. I'm still focusing on writing short stories, especially now that three new… Continue reading Two Updates for October
Oh, The Horror. The Horror….
Oh, The Horror. The Horror. I love horror fiction, and films. The weirder, the better. But, I don't think I'll ever be able to successfully write it. I'll explain why after this gloomy self-portrait of Sir William Fettes Douglas: If there was a philosophy to my early childhood, it's this: "The world is dark and… Continue reading Oh, The Horror. The Horror….
Alien Artifacts, and a new Kickstarter!
I wanted to provide folks with an update. As I mentioned before, my short story, "The Captain's Throne" has been selected for publication in the Alien Artifacts anthology edited by Patricia Bray and Joshua Palmatier, Well, my author copies have arrived, as well as the eBook copies I got through Kickstarter. The general public will… Continue reading Alien Artifacts, and a new Kickstarter!
This Is Not My Future: Gundam Unicorn & Generational Conflicts
For those who didn't shell out to get the blue-ray OAV releases, Bandai is broadcasting a re-edit of Gundam Unicorn. Mecha addict that I am, even though I've seen it before, I've been re-watching the series and it's and finding more depth to it the second time around. First, the opening theme as a spoiler… Continue reading This Is Not My Future: Gundam Unicorn & Generational Conflicts
Biomechanoid Blues 