I got a query from an old friend the other day.  And by old, I mean old : this is someone I’ve known for more than fifty years. After a l...

So, Bruce mentioned to me that some people were asking about how I managed to make a go of turning a web novel on Royal Road into a (relat...

Just a few quick notes as to what’s going on around here. First off, Tales from the Brahma continues tomorrow with Episode 3, “Nuclear Fami...

  The hue and cry over the intrusion of AI into our little writer’s bubble-universe continues. As best I can tell the bulk of the complaints...

  We science fiction folk do love our end-of-the-world scenarios. Be it from an alien invasion, a new plague, an astronomical catastrophe, a...

I have two things on my mind this morning that are related although perhaps not obviously so. I’m also pressed for time today, so this is go...

One of my tasks for this long holiday weekend was to spend some time learning about DALL•E 2 , the AI art generator from the same people—at...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. There, that ought to get your attention. Actually, this is a Request For Proposals, or if you prefer, Pitches. As we w...

And here I am, back at the Mall of America again. Twenty-some years ago, when the MOA was shiny and new and I was a promising young writer w...

Eric Dontigney found and posted an interesting article on our facebook page and here’s the link: https://www.facebook.com/StupefyingStories/...

That sounds much better than, “We began with a series of expensive blunders, some of which continue to this day.” A decade ago, when we firs...

Short answer: HELPLESSNESS Long answer: read on... HARRY POTTER appears in the first book as a baby in a basket, being dropped off at his au...