The new Draiken story appears in the Jan/February 2018 ANALOG. Here, the first couple of pages: Reunited after years of separation, the two old enemies Draiken and Thorne somehow refrain from killing one another and instead take to traveling together. They are strange companions, neither strangers nor friends, occasional sex partners but not lovers. The […]
Thing that I am getting awfully sick of, in dramatic presentations of sf/fantasy works. Honestly, if I ever see this again, it will be too soon. The exposition-sentence that begins with, “What if I told you–” Usually followed by something that sounds batshit insane to the person who’s been living a normal life until that […]
Originally published on Facebook 26 June 2016. Look. Science fiction is one of the things I write. I publish some in ANALOG, a magazine where some of the stories hinge on the finer points of engineering. I understand that some of the folks plying this trade pride themselves on accuracy to multiple decimal points. But […]