The second Book of Unexpected Enlightenment, The Raven, the Elf, and Rachel, is live. In honor of this, on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, The first book, the new and expanded The Unexpected enlightenment of Rachel Griffin, will be only .99 cents! I will post about it again when the time comes. Also, I added some…
Hey Folks! My short story, The Last Flight of Odin's Hundred, is now live on Sci Phi Journal. Read here — firedrake star jets vs star serpents! This short story takes place in the same greater background as the Books of Unexpected Enlightenment and as Ring of Sounding Brass, the short story in God, Robot.…
Many people feel Tom Simon, Mr. Superversive himself, is the the best essayist living today. However, he writes fiction, too! Hot from the presses, six short works of fantasy by Mr. Simon: The Worm of the Ages on Amazon Join Tom Simon for a light-hearted excursion through the fields of the imagination, from legends of…
SPACE PIRATES IN HELL!!! Buy on Amazon Today, we are book bombing Nethereal (like etherial with a n at the beginning) by Brian Niemeier. I had the honor of being the editor for this fascinating book. It has a very interesting and unusual mood, kind of like if a science fiction story were set…
Before I start, an argument was made to me that Political Correctness is not the appropriate term for this issue. Having given it some thought, I think there is an argument both for and against this claim. I will discuss the matter in a different essay. Now, to begin… 1) In my recent discussions about…
A debate broke out recently about political correctness between myself and some of my fellow SF fans. (You can read Matthew M. Foster’s response here.) I am very fond of Mr. Foster, but I must respectfully disagree. Once, many years ago, I spent a week at a Rensi Zen monastery. It was housed in a…
Once upon a time, my husband was an atheist. Then he had a heart attack, and was healed by prayer. He both converted and went to the hospital to find out what happen. They told him, his heart itself was healthy, but he needed a quintuple bipass. When he came home from the hospital, he…
Finally, a distopia by someone who has actually lived in one! Today, we have an interview with Marina Fontaine of Liberty Island, author of the new book, Chasing Freedom. How did you come to write this book? It all began with a flash fiction contest at Liberty Island, an online fiction magazine. A New York…
Guest poster S. Dorman returns with another powerful essay: My Hero, Lost On A Mountain In Maine One of my heroes was lost on a mountain in Maine. Not on just any mountain, but The Greatest Mountain—Katahdin, it was named of the Abenaki. Highest mountain in the state and sharing with downeast coastal Quoddy Head first…
A Girl I Knew A brief Superversive short story by our favorite teen, April Freeman! I knew a girl, she was an angel. Her beauty, soft and innocent, was so pure it seemed untouched by the corruption of the world. It was a beauty I’d never known before. Her soft hair was like a waterfall…