“Behind the 8-Ball” came from an image in my mind of a body being carried by group of suited astronauts on a moonscape, within sight of a green/blue planet. Then I worked backwards – I had to figure out why he was there, and decided he was an “explorer” sent through a wormhole to find … Continue reading
I have some personal idiosyncrasies, one of which is a fairly frequent sensation while driving that I am about to be in a collision with a red-light runner, and I actually feel the sensation of blunt force head trauma that will be my doom. “Some Kind of Luck” is built around a cab-driver who has … Continue reading
In my youth, before I became a recovered wargamer (as cited in my writer’s biography), I spent a lot of time rolling dice. I developed a talent (or maybe it was just a reputation) for being able to call the numbers the dice would roll, being correct beyond statistical probability (especially in the hours between … Continue reading
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