Come July in the valley of the sun, we eventually get our monsoon. Now, people unfamiliar with the southwest don’t realize that in the summer, we get the same kind of storms you get in the south pacific, only with a bit of desert twist. The moisture is imported from… Continue reading
Here is the cover for the new issue of “Tales of the Talisman” that contains my story “The Great Basilisk Race.” I also discovered that I’m sharing a table of contents with fellow Codex writer Gray Rinehart. Gray’s story, “Above the Event Horizon at the End of Time” covers similar… Continue reading
I learned a few minutes ago that I just made my fourth sale to Tales of the Talisman. As it turns out, I’m also appearing in the current issue. It’s so new that I don’t even have my contributor copy yet. “A Nice Day for a Walk” involves a computer… Continue reading
I just finished the first draft of the most substantial short story I wrote this year. In fact, it’s only the third I’ve worked on since January 1st. That includes finishing up the first draft of “Of Ship and Sail” with Ruth Nestvold. More recently I wrote a little boiler… Continue reading
We don’t typically get earthquakes here in the desert, though we’ll occasionally feel ripples from California’s. If a hurricane heads for us, we’re far enough inland that we’re thankful for the rain. We don’t generally see tornadoes either. Our biggest danger here is wildfire. Lightning from the dry storm that… Continue reading
From time to time, I want to take some space to introduce you to some up and coming writers to keep an eye on. Today, let’s talk about Eric James Stone. A few years ago, Eric won the Phobos fiction contest, and he is a Writers of the Future winner…. Continue reading
On the topic of my wife’s bithday, I suppose I should discuss my gift. She had one request. I’m supposed to sign up to compete on “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader.” Yikes. Not my thing. Okay, so I’m filling out the forms, and they aren’t trivial. “What is something… Continue reading
Today is my wife’s birthday. She had the day off work, she took the kids to the movies, and in return they performed a Happy Birthday Mom concert. We begin with the famous song, Happy Birthday. Followed up by the locally famous Ms. Smith version. We had a few false… Continue reading
One of the joys of living here in the valley of the sun is dealing with all the rocks. When you get on our freeways, you have to watch for them. They come off the road and fly into your windshield, leaving pings and chips. You can see some really… Continue reading
Yesterday the temperature reached 115 degrees. Today is only supposed to get to 113. Nice to have a cooling trend. Should drop to 109 later in the week. To fight the heat, the kids swim a lot. Here are some pictures from yesterday’s madness. Russell takes a dive. Reanna takes… Continue reading
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