Category: Science Fiction

Science Fiction and Paranormal Fantasy with a Noir Twist

Free Book Week Continues with Take Back Tomorrow

For a couple more days, I’m continuing to celebrate the release of my paranormal fantasy Unfinished Business by offering another free book on Amazon. Today it’s Take Back Tomorrow, a time travel novel set in 1940 that follows the adventures of hack science fiction writer Eddie Royce as he discovers the secret behind the phenomenal…
Read more


March 28, 2013 0

Free Book Week Continues with Strictly Analog

The week rolls on, and I’m continuing to celebrate the release of my paranormal fantasy Unfinished Business by offering another free book on Amazon. Today it’s Strictly Analog, a dystopian science fiction novel set in the near future. It follows Ted Lomax, a private detective living in a society where nothing is private any longer,…
Read more


March 26, 2013 0

A Soundtrack for Strictly Analog

I’ve put together a playlist for my novel Strictly Analog–songs that would either fit the mood of some of the scenes or that go along with the story. I’ve linked the tracks to other cites where you can listen (mostly YouTube). Think of it as the soundtrack for the book: 1. Charles Mingus. “II B.S./Haitian…
Read more


February 27, 2013 1

Strictly Analog Free on Amazon Today

Strictly Analog, a dystopian science fiction novel, is available as a free download today at Amazon. Ted Lomax does his best to get by as a private detective in a society where almost nothing is private any more. He lives in a near-future California that has gained independence from the economically collapsed United States and…
Read more


February 14, 2013 0

Take Back Tomorrow Free Science Fiction

Take Back Tomorrow is available as a free Kindle download today at Amazon.com. Eddie Royce thinks he’s got things all figured out. He’s managed to cheat the system and gotten himself published in the sci fi pulps by “borrowing” plots from Shakespeare. He doesn’t mind being a cheat and a plagiarist as long as no…
Read more


February 7, 2013 0

Free Kindle Day

All three of my books are available as free downloads today at Amazon.com. If you’ve read one, here’s your chance to grab the other two. Take Back Tomorrow: A time travel novel set in 1940s Los Angeles where a hack writer gets himself in a plot far more bizarre than anything he’s dreamed up in…
Read more


December 26, 2012 0

The Boy, the Bug, and the Marked Man

My short story “The Boy, the Bug, and the Marked Man” is now available in the Winter 2013 issue of The Colored Lens, an online magazine devoted to examining “the real world through the lens of the imaginary.” The story has a steampunk feel to it, or maybe more accurately decopunk or dieselpunk. Whatever. It’s…
Read more


December 23, 2012 0

Another Lost Science Fiction Classic

Okay, maybe not lost. But not on everyone’s minds either. The April 1931 issue of Hugo Gernsback’s Wonder Stories contained two rather remarkable stories–the cover story, Edmond Hamilton’s “The Man Who Evolved” and another, “The Conquest of Gola” by Leslie F. Stone. Hamilton is better remembered these days, but Stone’s story is, I think, more…
Read more


December 18, 2012 1

Just What Is Science Fiction, Anyway?

Over the years, a lot of authors and scholars far more knowledgeable (and opinionated) than me have tried to nail down science fiction, defining it in a variety of ways, sometimes in contrast to other genres like fantasy. Here are a few: John W. Campbell: “Fiction is simply dreams written out.  Science fiction consists of…
Read more


December 5, 2012 2

Strictly Analog Free Kindle Download Today

I’m offering my science fiction novel, Strictly Analog, as a FREE download today at Amazon. Ted Lomax does his best to get by as a private detective in a society where almost nothing is private any more. He lives in a near-future California that has gained independence from the economically collapsed United States and where…
Read more


November 30, 2012 0