What Avengers: Endgame has to say about storytelling (and life)
I REALLY wanted to go see Avengers: Endgame on opening weekend. So badly I could taste it. So several days before the premier, I searched the whole of my favorite ...
Runner, a 20TweetTales SciFi Story
It's always interesting when a digital artist creates a piece of future military hardware. I like to compare how my past experiences with vehicles, guns and stuff in the Marines ...
Good Intentions: Is WikiLeaks Paving the Road to Hell?
I think most of us grow up with the notion that good always triumphs over evil. Even if evil seems to win in the near term, good wins out in ...
Freestyle Friday: Swiggity Swaggity Swag for 5-3-2019
Whoops! Missed the last two Freestyle Fridays! While I was on vacation for the first, I just kinda missed last week. I’ll try not to let that happen again. I’ve ...
Lakeside Gate, a 20TweetTales SciFi Story
A few weeks ago, while browsing ArtStation, Sarper Baran's piece Portal Forest stuck out and reminded me of the science fiction Stargate franchise. Of course, while the small portal on ...
Future Man is a kick in the nuts, it’s also pretty good scifi
Every so often a SciFi show comes along that either redefines the genre or dramatically ups the bar for amazing TV. Shows like this combine jaw dropping effects with complex ...
Freestyle Friday: All Aboard the Swag-Train for 4-12-2019
Back again for another Freestyle Friday for some swag. Don't worry, I gotcha. As for me, I made some good progress. Got 2 and a half chapters done on Scarlet ...
Space Tourism: A Little Vacay In The Outer Atmo
Are we finally seeing the dawn of the age of space tourism? A little over twenty years ago, the Ansari XPRIZE sent a shot of adrenaline into the virtually nonexistent ...
Freestyle Friday: Stuff, Stuff, Stuffy-Stuff for 4-5-2019
Well, this week went fast. And yeah, I wussed out and didn’t do a blog post for Monday. I kind of feels bad, but not really. I will try to ...
Glacier, a 20TweetTales Fantasy Story
Haven't done a 20TweetTales for a little while. Actually wrote Glacier a while ago, just never posted it. This fantasy story was partially inspired, at least thematically, by my most ...