The world reminds me of Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, and Miéville thanks him in his acknowledgments. That said, while the setting is similar, it doesn’t feel derivative. The world of UnLondon is a marvelous place, full of imaginative twists and interesting characters, and Miéville’s other London serves as a fascinating […]
Monthly Archives: April 2010
A woman in a red sweater stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and started to cry. One second, she was like everyone else, carefully expressionless and plugged in to her headphones, then she burst into noisy tears. People didn’t do that. Michael’s steps faltered. He wanted to […]
Prohibited Comfort
I always have a hard time buying dystopias. They just don’t mesh well with my optimistic outlook. I still enjoyed The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. A generation or two before the story starts, as the oceans swelled from global warming and the oil ran out, western calorie companies created […]
Review of The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
She ran the razor over her scalp, feeling lighter and lighter as snakes plopped to the floor. They’d grow back. She’d done this before. She pulled on a stocking cap and a pair of dark sunglasses and went out for coffee. She flirted with the boy who […]
A Date with Medusa
I went to Laurel Caverns yesterday with Paul, Amy, Diane, her son, and one of his friends. We did their guided family tour. We were in the cave for just under an hour, then we did Kavernputt, which is their indoor, cave-themed putt putt course. My favorite part of the […]
Laurel Caverns Adventure!
Clarkesworld Magazine is an online magazine that prints two stories per issue. One of those stories is from the slush pile, and as a slush reader, it’s my job to help look for it. It’s a very prestigious market. The magazine has won or been nominated for many impressive awards, […]
About Clarkesworld
Triangulation is a yearly anthology put out by PARSEC, Pittsburgh’s premier science fiction organization. I’ve worked on the staff since 2008, first under editor Pete Butler, and now under Bill Moran. We print science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories, and each year we select stories based on a theme. In […]
About Triangulation
I like zombies, so my love for World War Z makes a lot of sense. But it’s not just the zombies that delighted me. I was most impressed by the pure scope of the story–Max Brooks managed to paint a picture of the whole world both during and after the […]
Review of World War Z by Max Brooks
Hello and welcome to my website! I’ve had blogs in the past, but this is my first actual website. It’s going to be dedicated to my writing. I write science fiction, fantasy, and horror, and I’m going to use this website as a platform to showcase my flash fiction. I […]
Website Intro
Welcome to my new and shiny website!