Speaking of the 80’s. . .

I just finished the 1987 apocalyptic doorstopper of a novel, Swan Song by Robert McCammon. My first thought: If any one piece of literature embodied the pop-culture zeitgeist of a particular decade, it is this novel. This book could not be more eighties if it was sporting a mullet and Read more…

Weekend of the Pooka

This coming weekend I will be participating along with other local authors Saturday & Sunday 1:00pm to 5:00pm at the annual Bedford, Ohio “Weekend of the Pooka.” at the Bedford Commons. (730 Broadway Avenue, Bedford, Ohio.) In addition to myself, attending authors will include Vince McKee, Michael Heaton, Jonathan Knight, James Read more…

SF as Thriller/Thriller as SF

For various reasons I’ve been pondering thrillers as a genre lately, considering the directions of future projects.  One of the nice things about SFF is the fact that it is the universal donor of literary genres.  Tropes from science fiction and fantasy can be mixed with almost any other genre Read more…