(Feel free to re-listen to "... And Justice For All" after reading the blog subject. But, do it with the bass elements properly mixed back in. Also, think about what grief can do to people, and alter the decisions they make.) I announced this on my Facebook feed but felt it deserved a deeper treatment… Continue reading “Death has a dignity all its own.”
Category: Writing
Bad Decisions Make Good Stories
I've seen this on a t-shirt in a few different places. It's supposed to be some kind of devil-may-care, "I'm try-sexual - I'll try anything" type of declaration. But I saw it worn by the co-author of Hard Case Crime's brilliant comic, Peepland. And it might as well be the thesis for film noir, and… Continue reading Bad Decisions Make Good Stories
Choose your own Adventure
(C) 2017 Andrija Popovic The door opens up and you find yourself in the main hub area of your beautiful job. Rows of cube-chairs, one after the other, line the massive open plan office space. You can see your reflection in the great silvered mirrors of the executive offices. The executives get private thinking spaces… Continue reading Choose your own Adventure
Extra Large Turing Test with Fries
Extra Large Turing Test with Fries by Andrija Popovic (C) 2017 Andrija Popovic [Excerpt from artificial drive-through attendant Turing Test with Miss Rosa Mirella, 26, of Gaithersburg, MD. In this test series, subjects are randomly exposed to either a human attendant or an artificial one.] INTERVIEWER: Miss Mirella, just to review, prior to the very… Continue reading Extra Large Turing Test with Fries
All Politics is Local
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
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
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
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!
Biomechanoid Blues 