I apologize for how quiet it has been here of late. I did not intend for this long of a break between posts, but the world intervened. Or, more specifically, it quieted my mind—at least in certain ways. The societal convulsion of the last few months have not left me in a place for easy … Continue reading Reemergence

Author's Note: The below is not a story. It is a fragment: a side element, a setting, a piece of the world I am building in a full story I am working on. That does not mean it's a scene from that story, though; it is related, a piece of the context, but a musing … Continue reading Above the Waves: A Fragment

One of the more challenging aspects of the shut down here in Oregon is that it closed our local library system. I realize that’s a minimal challenge, hardly disastrous; still, Kate and I love our local library and use it religiously. We are lucky in that Multnomah County has one of the country’s best systems, … Continue reading A Library Lost, Another One Found

Nearly a month ago, I awoke to snow. It had fallen in the night and took me by surprise as I entered the kitchen to make my morning coffee. Out the small window there, the world had turned white—and a beat or two passed before I could comprehend what I was seeing. It should not … Continue reading Blooming Anew

One of my favorite literary discoveries over the last few years has been old science fiction. Some of it comes from authors who are still well known—from H.P Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith to Marion Zimmer Bradley and Leigh Brackett—while other authors I’ve discovered are more obscure, such as C.L. Moore and Edgar Pangborn. I … Continue reading Fantastic Worlds

I meant this first post to be an explication of this site’s aims and intent. That’s an obvious enough start for a new effort. But the past few weeks have taken that energy from me—that intent to explain, to lay out my plans for where I want this place to go and what I want … Continue reading The World Demands