On Living in the Future
As I type these words, I’m listening to my friend Mary Robinette Kowal read from an updated version of her first novel, …
The Boy of Summer
The images above are from my ever-changing array of faces, specifically the last four years of my life. Here’s a little story …
On the Flip Side
Last weekend was one of my few guaranteed social engagements of the year, a Science Fiction convention called RadCon. It’s a three …
Math, and why it matters
If you hate freedom, you might want to skip to the next blog in your daily rotation, or read some website that …
Sorry, Boss
Roughly an hour ago, I learned that the actor Michael Clarke Duncan had passed. I find myself greatly affected by this, which …
Over and Out
Last week, my position at En Masse Entertainment was eliminated. While some might see this is cause for alarm, I do not. …
In the wee dark hours of the now
This last weekend I was in Las Vegas, getting to know and experience the culture of Horror writers. Not horror fandom, that …
The things we do at night
A throwaway line in a campy movie I love reads thusly: “Character is what you are in the dark.” Of late, I’ve …
Bhrow, winds. Bhrow!
I’ve got rain and thunder outside my walls and windows, giving the City of Shoreline, WA many things in common with Phoenix, …
Zam the Assassin and the Chase to 2 PM
Or, how I spent my Saturday afternoon. By Scott James Magner, Eleventieth Grade. Not so long ago (as such things are reckoned), …