I should call this entry by a different title. I’ve never had poetry. Not in the way we normally think about poetry: beautiful language arranged in careful patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables conveying a moment or an image. You can spend hours digging through Poetryfoundation.org and travel down the rabbit hole of Hendecasyllabic metrical… Continue reading Losing Poetry
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At The Star Wars… Dive Bar?
More Star Wars neepery, so beware. Saw something on Facebook trying to describe TLJ and TRoS as an extended metaphor. Imagine you're in a nasty dive bar. You've got one friend who's says he loves the place and the bikers, but is going around to all of the bikers there and gleefully pointing out, in… Continue reading At The Star Wars… Dive Bar?
Memento Mori – Paul Darrow, Tanith Lee, and “Sarcophagus”
Actor Paul Darrow passed away this week after a brief illness, and the world is the lesser for it. You can check out any number of memorials, especially about his work on Blake’s 7, but for me, he had another honor. He is, as far as I know, one of two actors cast by my… Continue reading Memento Mori – Paul Darrow, Tanith Lee, and “Sarcophagus”
Ripples in the Pond
Warning: This post will contain levels of Doctor Who geekery, discussions of current events, Communism, illegitimate children, and talk about how works can impact the future in unimaginable ways. You have been warned: For Doctor Who fans of a certain age, UNIT means something very deep and abiding. To the point where, when watching the… Continue reading Ripples in the Pond
Monster is as Monster Does
1995. The movie Species had just come out in theaters and there were a lot of problems with it. Let’s put aside the terrible science (as a friend of mine put it, “Breeding doesn’t work that way. After a few generations, the worst you’ll have is someone with the occasional tentacle...”). Let’s put aside the… Continue reading Monster is as Monster Does
The Last Jedi: A few thoughts
Artwork by the amazing Phil Noto. Seriously, this man is amazing. Just to throw out my bona fides regarding Star Wars: when I was a kid, my family would find me under the table with my original Kenner action figures. Everyone would ask me what I was doing and I'd say, "I'm off with Luke… Continue reading The Last Jedi: A few thoughts
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
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
Dark Stars in the Sky
We've lost quite a few prominent artists this last week. It's provoked quite a bit of thinking on my part. Especially because these artists in particular all took their own routes to expression. David Bowie is a classic example of an artist who, on paper, shouldn't work. Yet, his content re-invention and seeking of his… Continue reading Dark Stars in the Sky
Pandora Sands, or the Dream Author
I still remember standing in the doorway of the bookstore. Blue carpet stretched out under my feet. Above me, the sandy stone archways of the former cathedral now supported chandeliers and signs and at least one wooden ship with brass fittings and a golden sails. Ten foot tall bookshelves made from old oak mingled with… Continue reading Pandora Sands, or the Dream Author
Biomechanoid Blues 