Birthdays are a time of celebrations Even the birthdays of imaginary characters. In the Books of Unexpected Enlightenment, Rachel Griffin's birthday is March 30st, and Sigfried Smith's birthday is April 1st (falls on Easter this year.) The closeness of their birthdays allows them both to be the same age for two days every year!In honor of…
Part One Part Two When I was in high school, we had something modern schools don’t seem to have called study hall. During study hall, you were free to do choose what to do. You could study, do homework, sometimes even talk quietly. Me? I chose study hall in the library, where I could wander through…
In honor of St. Valentine's Day, here is Planetary: Venus — the anthology edited by A. M. Freeman and myself. This volume also contains a short story written by me that takes place in the Prospero's Children background and features Miranda and Astreus on their Honeymoon! Venus, the second planet from the sun, a world…
This short ebook, beautifully typeset by my excellent typesetter, Joel C. Salome, is now available to anyone who joins The Roanoke Glass newsletter. The link to download it comes in the third newsletter. There is also an oportunity to download a short fiction work in the second newsletter. The first four newsletters, with freebies, etc., come…
I am always amazed at the things God asks us to do. Wrote this a few years ago. In late August of 2006, I was driving to help my mother-in-law. The price of gas was over three dollars a gallon. As I drove along, it suddenly struck wrong to me that people should be having…
I have been working on this essay for a couple of years, finally got the first part done: We live in a fairytale. You might not realize this as you struggle to pay your bills or sit in a traffic jam on your way to work. You might miss the magic as you surf the…
The diary of Effie the Gypsie Princess was written by our friend Brian. Episode One is here. (art credit — this seems to be a character from Game of Thrones.) Old gypsy tale tells of great hero to the gypsies, Robin Hood. This Robin Hood took from those who had plenty and gave to…
John and I will be signing books tomorrow at 1pm at: Booktrader of Hamilton 2421 Nottingham Way Hamilton, NJ 08619
Once upon a time, a friend wrote up some game notes in amusing detail–particularly because the character's view was…quite different from that of everyone else involved. That amount of effort deserves to be shared. The reports get funnier as they go along, but they don't make much sense out of context, so I starting early…
New from Superversive Press: Ever wonder how Erasmus Prospero came to be on a first name basis with the Swift God? The answer is in a short story appearing in: Planetary: Mercury MERCURY! Innermost of worlds, blasted by the sun by day and frozen by night, Mercury remains an enigma. Mythical Mercury was also the…