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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Tag Archives: short story
Short Story “The Blood Test” Now Available
My most recently published story, “The Blood Test,” is now available online. You can read it for free on the website of the new international literary magazine The Quiet Reader. In the story, an enigmatic stranger appears at a book … Continue reading
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Tagged literary fiction, literary magazine, newly published, short story
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Book Review: Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume I Edited by Robert Silverberg
Once upon a time, back in the last century in 1965, the Science Fiction Writers of America launched the Nebula Awards. A few years later they thought: Why not have a vote on the greatest science fiction stories of all … Continue reading
Short Story Author Highlight: Roger Zelazny
The two best things I got out of my dreadful year of college at the University of Santa Clara were an unquenchable desire to be a writer and a love for science fiction. Both came about because I enrolled for … Continue reading
“Fear or Be Feared” Free Short Story Offer
For five days, from Wednesday August 20th to Sunday August 24th, my short story “Fear or Be Feared” will be available for free download at Amazon.com here. Stop in and pick up a copy. Here’s what it’s about: A teenage … Continue reading
Posted in On Writing, Reading
Tagged fantasy, Fear or Be Feared, free offers, short story
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“Lady Linguist” – Free Short Story Offer
For five days, from Sunday June 29th to Thursday July 3rd, my short story “Lady Linguist” will be available for free download on Amazon.com here. Stop in and pick up a copy. Here’s what it’s about: After a near break-in … Continue reading
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Tagged free offer, Greece, journey, Lady Linguist, linguistics, odyssey, Opting Out, short story
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“Opting In” – Free Short Story Offer
For five days, from Thursday June 19th to Monday June 23rd, my short story “Opting In” will be available for free download on Amazon.com here. Stop in and pick yourself up a copy. Here’s what it’s about: An old man, … Continue reading
Book Review: Becoming Ray Bradbury by Jonathan R. Eller
I suppose I should preface this by saying that this book was not what I expected. I found it by chance browsing at the public library in the new book section. It intrigued me because I love the short story … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, book review, Ray Bradbury, short story, Writing
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