“The Sheila Wulf Chitinoid Sessions” is NOT about problems with space crabs. I just wanted to play with the mistake we make about assuming that other life (and people) have to be the same as us, looking and behaving like something familiar to us instead of something alien. And if we can have tools and … Continue reading
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Fractured Fragment Friday: “Choosing the Right Time”
I love time travel stories, especially the variety of theories on how it could work (if it could work – I’ve heard that the idea is now discredited, and should be moved from science fiction to fantasy. Snobs.) We all have things we regret about our lives, and that we wish we could do over, … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “In Robert’s Memory”
“In Robert’s Memory” started out with the idea of a sort of Titanic in space, awaiting rescue after a calamity. The pun of a title may have been the germ of the story – but I’m not sure. This is a story about a ship’s computer whose memory becomes contaminated by human inhabitants. In a … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “Sasqwhat?”
My birthday is tomorrow (yes, I will be EVEN OLDER!) Some ten years ago, I had a look at myself in a mirror, and noticed that even though my hair was silver, it looked like I had darker roots, almost as though I was really a younger man who had colored his hair to look … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “Riding the Devil”
In choosing this week’s fractured fragment, I haven’t been able to come up with an angle to explain WHY this particular story is apropos for this time of year; it’s just next on my list of non-flash publications. Here’s the blurb for “Riding the Devil”: With his town running from one strange frontier to another … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “Quiet!”
Happy Holidays! Looks like Christmas doesn’t come up much in my fiction (like ONE TIME), so it’s a struggle if I want to stay topical with these fractured fragments. How about this – The 46th anniversary of the end of the final Apollo mission (17) was Wednesday (the mission was December 7th through the 19th), … Continue reading
Fractured Fragment Friday: “Business is Business”
We’re still in the holidays, and so to stay topical, I’ll tell you that the next story mentions Christmas in it (conveniently, because I’m really just picking it because it’s the earlies ePublication that I haven’t done a fractured Friday for.) It’s also a fairy tale adaptation, which also seems appropriate for the Holidays. Here’s … Continue reading
