One fact about Trump is that he will never be First Reader. He doesn’t read and he’s proud of it. All past presidents have brought great works and authors to the general public. Bill Clinton spotlighted Maya Angelou generally, and Gabriel García Márquez, specifically ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF SOLITUDE. Obama highlighted Helen Macdonald’s H IS … Continue reading Presidential reading list loss
A few miles from shore?
“Bob,” you ask, “why do you have ‘A Few Miles From Shore…’ typed out under your site’s name?” Thanks for your question! The line is a reference to a favorite quote by Andre Gide that I find inspirational. Here is what he said: “One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of … Continue reading A few miles from shore?
Flight – QSF Anthology – Moth To Flame
Mischief Corner Books, ISBN 9-781537-306926 Cover & Illustrations Artist: Mila May Short Story - excerpt below Proton collisions in the Large Hadron Collider spewed particles that flew in arcs, curls, and spirals through Remy’s virtual workspace. A physics grad, he analyzed trajectories from quarks, bosons, exotic particles with and without charm or charge, looking for … Continue reading Flight – QSF Anthology – Moth To Flame
Frank M. Robinson’s Memoir
Why is this on my site? I wrote the AFTERWARD and if you read that, you'll understand. Review Publishers Weekly Select Books with LGBTQ Themes for 2017 listPraise for Not So Good a Gay Man"Vivid and detailed, Robinson's story is an engaging recollection of the golden age of pulp fiction interwoven with the story of … Continue reading Frank M. Robinson’s Memoir
Same Player Shoots Again – GALAXIES 2010
Galaxies, 2010 - ISBN 9-782914-590266 Editor: Pierre Gevart Guest issue editor: Geoff Ryman Short story French translation of Remote Control Translated by Laurent Whale
Kehuan Shijie – Science Fiction World Translations
Short Story Chinese translation of Remote Control Table of Contents: Life, the Universe and Everything (1982) by Douglas Adams "Remote Control" (2008) by R. R. Angell "Fountain of Age" (2007) by Nancy Kress "Diving into the Wreck" (2005) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch "The Gabble" (2006) by Neal Asher "The Second Kind of Loneliness" (1972) by … Continue reading Kehuan Shijie – Science Fiction World Translations
“Clinical Delicacies,” Stress City, Anthology, Paycock Press
Short Story - excerpt Eola was my first, and I'll always remember that. She was on the heavy side, no great beauty, but I wasn't concerned with beauty right then. She was flat on her back. Gravity pulled at her jowls, stretched her face, and tugged her ample boobs down on her biceps. Those were … Continue reading “Clinical Delicacies,” Stress City, Anthology, Paycock Press
“Remote Control,” Interzone Issue 216 – May 2008
Short Story - excerpt Artwork for Remote Control It happened right in the middle of my shift. I'd been flipping, as usual, through the thirty-two thumbnails of empty, peaceful desert arrayed across the bottom of my wall screen. The map of my surveillance territory encompassed 1,000 Atco-Johnson Perimeter Stations that ruled 62 miles of Mexican … Continue reading “Remote Control,” Interzone Issue 216 – May 2008
“Run Off” issue 18 of the UK magazine Jupiter, October 2007
Short Story - excerpt Aiken Conner was anything but sure, so he lied to the supervisor towering over his workstation. “Yes, sir,” he said. “I love communications engineering, and I especially like working for Bicogen.” "Sonny boy, you get paid for doing your job, not shopping for some...," Mr. Shepherd went on with the lecture. … Continue reading “Run Off” issue 18 of the UK magazine Jupiter, October 2007
“We’ll Always Have Paris,” Best Date Ever, Anthology
Here's an excerpt: Ben and I met in October of 1988 when he was a junior at Georgetown University and I was an engineer with a defense contractor and nine years out of college. He was two inches taller than me, and had the grace of the young. I was a triathlete, built for endurance … Continue reading “We’ll Always Have Paris,” Best Date Ever, Anthology