On every timeline but one, Eliot Waugh is a brilliant but troubled magician. On that one he is the noble King of Filory. How can he be protected from the Beast? (Fanfiction based on Syfy's TV series "The Magicians")
On nearly every timeline so far, it ended like this, with a game of Welters. Dean Fogg against the Beast. This time, however, the Dean finds out why the Beast took his eyes and hands rather than killing him outright.
Death is not the end for those strong in the force, but where is Padmé? As I, Lord Vader, await judgment for the crimes I've committed in life and in the spiritual realms of the force, I tell the true story of the events of my life, and most importantly, reveal the true character of the woman I love, a woman whom some...
In a bronze age culture on an alien world live two teenagers. Apjay speaks to the dead in dreams and remembers words of a language forgotten long ago. He believes his gifts come from the invisible stars--lights that once ruled the night sky. The only person in his tribe who understands him, so he believes, is the beau...
When officer Larry D. Kard arrives on the scene of the suicide in the local chapel, he's suspicious of foul play. The suicide note doesn't look like a suicide note, and the blood-spattered statue of St. Mortense disturbs him. Why wasn't it standing with the other saints? Is all the blood staining its surface the victi...
Have you ever met a necromancer with dreams of being a mariachi player? Have you ever mixed a potion with dragonfly tears, or made a deadly wish on a cake and had it come true? Did you ever visit a voodoo shop that only opens after midnight or kissed a corpse to life? Come and join ten specially selected authors for a...
So much emphasis is placed on Santa Claus that we don't see the obvious: Mrs. Claus has a magic all her own.
Which will machines achieve first, love or sentience? Can one exist without the other? Brian Rosen, a writer from "Tech Debunkers," comes to the Magic Isles theme park to either prove or disprove claims that the machines there pass an "Emotional Turing Test." He isn't looking for "robot love," but despite his best int...
The modern world of publishing is in a state of crisis. The barrier to getting a story into the world is either too high or too low, depending on the route to publishing, and there is no mechanism to give writers the critique they need to grow. Readers are being deprived of quality books that are too difficult to find...
Short essays on how to make your star drives, freeze rays, and time machines more "believable" along with some insights on what is and isn't possible. Most of these essays will probably focus on general relativity, as that's the field I've published in.
A place for me to put random thoughts about a variety of subjects... Everything that doesn't fit in my other essay works. I hope you will enjoy.
The story of the demon assigned to tempt the Son of God. My plan is to update daily during lent of 2020. It's turning out be something like a Jesus Christ Superstar crossed with a dark fantasy--or maybe it's a demonic Jesus Christ Superstar?