Looking for some fast action at the lowest price possible? Bryce Beattie has a deal for you.  It isn’t clear how long this deal will stick around, but for now you can get the first issue of StoryHack for free.  My own contribution features Karl Barber, modern day adventurer,...

My latest book is coming along swimmingly. The tentative title is “The Adventure Constant”, and it features a man flung into a far future (or is it an alternate earth?) by a malfunctioning FTL drive. Here’s a little sneak peek: It didn’t work. That was all Jack could think...

After slogging through a few less than stellar attempts at pulp and a pair of Hugo worthy novelettes, it feels fantastic to soak up some Schuyler Hernstrom.  It isn’t just palette cleansing, it’s soul cleansing.  It’s writing so rich that I find myself stopping just to prolong the pleasure. ...

We were analyzing the submission guidelines for one of those modern day pulp magazines that just doesn’t seem to get it.  A few objections were made, speculation ran wild about what sort of stories they would wind up with, a good time was had by all.  Then the astonishingly well read...

John C. Wright is a giant among current writers.  Even as the most nominated author in Hugo history, his talents are sorely under-appreciated.  His recent essay, Ugly and the Beast is a clinic on how not to write stories.  If you want to understand story structure, characterization, and the subtle...

What you’re looking at here is the original starter from a 200 Land Rover Discovery II.  Resquiat en pace, little starter, seventeen years was a good run. Replacing one of these things is as simple as disconnecting two wires, and undoing two bolts.  It’s normally a fifteen minute job, but...

The Black Company is coming to a small screen near you. As a card carrying member of the pulp revolution, I tend to favor heroic fiction that fun and free-wheeling, but Glen Cook got me through a lot of years of pink slime.  It’s exactly the sort of grim...

Tomas Diaz beat me to the punch on this review, and more power to him for that. My review was written without peeking at his.  As you’ll see, he takes a far more cerebral approach to his review, and I highly recommend giving his blog a read. Where I...

Cora, Cora, Cora, why you gotta play like dat? I was goggling about searching for Tomas Diaz’s excellent analysis of the Hugo Novelette-ettes, which is excellent.  My own review of Touring with the Alien will be published tomorrow, so check back to compare. It’s a little old, but Cora...

Earlier this week two similar, yet very different, murder sprees cost the lives of innocent Americans. In fine Fake News fashion, the AP originally reported…well, take a look:   Note that the correction doubles down on the misleading story.  The man shouted, “Allahu Akbar,” and even after being caught out in...