Apr 22
I made this cup using a chunk of color that a fellow student named Kitty generously gave me. I went back and forth on what I was going to do with it. I love blue and orange and yellow together, or even blue and orange, but in the end I decided that I wanted …
Apr 17
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer I really wanted to like this book. Before I started listening to it, all I knew was that it was the first in a series by a science fiction “master” whom I hadn’t read before. It starts out a little dry, but the narrator did a …
Apr 14
I wrote this story a few years ago for a theme anthology that (as far as I know) never came to fruition. It’s a very funny story, so I decided to publish it on its own, along with another story that never found a home. Humor is hard to sell. If you like funny fantasy …
Apr 10
What Makes a Hero?: The Surprising Science of Selflessness by Elizabeth Svoboda This book has one of the best covers I’ve seen in years. So striking, people kept stopping by my desk and peering at it, trying to figure out what it was about. I don’t know how they made it, but the artist/designer deserves …
Apr 08
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie This author was recommended to me by a reader I trust with the comment that he was way funnier reading his work than most stand-up comedians. Half the books I “read” these days are audiobooks, so I went and got one. I thought this …
