The following interview was written for the Writers Group of the Triad Newsletter: My short story, "Pentacle on His Forehead, Lizard on...

I've been going through emails Laura and I exchanged over the years. I found some moments where she spelled out her attitude toward lif...

This is the homily I wrote for Laura's funeral service today. It makes reference to Ecclesiastes 11:1 "Cast your bread upon the wa...

She was dying when I met her. We met through online personal ads, and she wrote me saying that she liked the philosophy I had sprinkled thr...

Today I learned about David Seidman's website. He's the insanely talented illustrator of the modern magic anthology. If the storie...

So, tonight I'm in a funk. One of those moods where I'm trying to make a list of things I like about the world and I'm coming u...

So, I own this ugly clock. I first encountered the clock in an antique store, and from a distance, I thought it was a fairly unattractive wo...

So, I've been told that the Modern Magic anthology is going to be going to press this week. There's a link along the side of this p...

So, I was reading an old Fortean Times when I stumbled across a reference to women and children who, in times of panic, gained superhuman st...

So, I've been telling people for months now to look for the "Final Flight of the Blue Bee" in Asimov's in April. My timin...

Recently over at Codexwriters, a conversation got started about Harlan Ellison's teaching style. Apparently, he has a reputation as a b...

I recently wrote a big list on the wall next to me of all the stories I've written to date. And, looking over it, I think I've writt...

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/12/D8FNQDG80.html Not only did Cheney shoot an innocent man, that man is 78 years old. They say it wa...

So this morning, I wake up with a song in my head. In my mind's ear, it sounds a bit like Bob Dylan singing. They lyrics I can't r...

So, yesterday was a slow day at work... the first truly slow day I've had at work since moving to this location. I spent the morning se...

So, every now and then I like to read the sort of trashy 70's paperbacks I was addicted to when I was a teenager. There were dozens of ...

Yesterday, I found the December Asimov's in a local Borders and peeked inside to confirm that I wasn't dreaming, that this issue did...

So, just now my phone rings and it turns out to be Harlan Ellison. He read to "To the East, a Bright Star," in Asimov's and w...

So, in my last post I mentioned my recent insomnia. I was so tired I felt drunk. Here it is five hours later, and I'm wide away. Well...