Your support helps keep the words flowing!

-

World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
-
Road Signs
-

A collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories -
Thoughts from the Aerie
-

-
Memoirs and essays on a range of topics
-
Silent Interviews
-

Stories about the mysterious Telepathic Guild Invisible People
-

A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories The Relocation Blues
Adriana’s Family
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: The Namesake
Book Review: Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri; Part One: Background
I have long appreciated Jhumpa Lahiri’s writing. I first came across it by accident. I was living in Greece, where my then-wife and I were raising our family; I often browsed for books at the library of the elite high … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Interpreter of Maladies, Italy, Jhumpa Lahiri, Rome, The Namesake
Leave a comment
Book Review: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
My interest in the novel Brooklyn stems from seeing the movie a few years ago and considering it one of the best films of the year. I decided to re-watch the movie recently and I came up with the idea … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged 1950s, Brooklyn, immigrant experience, Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
Leave a comment
On Book Addiction, Time Magazine, and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
I am addicted to books the way some people are addicted to cigarettes. As soon as I finish one, I start the next – like lighting up a new cigarette off the smoldering butt of the last one. To be … Continue reading
Book Review: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri; Part One: Background
I’m only about halfway through this latest novel by Jhumpa Lahiri now, but reading it stirs up so many memories I can’t help but write about it. Lahiri is one of the few writers now working for whose books I … Continue reading
Ten Plus Two of My Favorite Films (Part 2)
Yes, I’ve changed the title. The first post, a few weeks ago, was “Ten Plus One”, and now it says “Ten Plus Two”. That’s because I realized there was a film I’d left out of the original list that had … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Reviews
Tagged American Beauty, Chaplin, Flashback, Modern Times, movie, The Last Samurai, The Lord of the Rings, The Namesake
Leave a comment




























