I’ll be appearing at Miscon 32 this month in Missoula, Montana. Part of this appearance includes a book signing, and a panel in the Dragon Pavilion with Brandon Sanderson.
Miscon is a fun and beautiful spring convention held every year in Montana. Most of the authors I attend panels with don’t want to leave the state, haha.
You can check out my full schedule at this link.
This story really, really pissed me off. And that doesn’t happen very often.
In India, a taxi driver spotted a bear along the road, and got out to take a selfie. Sure, this was dumb. There’s almost no commentary required here. To make things worse, the bear was injured and likely felt threatened. So it charged the man.
Here’s the part that gets me: in the video, the man is *slowly* being killed by the bear, while the onlookers (five to six people) *do nothing*. Well, okay, to give them “credit”, they were filming. And one boy tossed a big rock.
This bear could’ve been scared away by several people ganging up on it. Instead, they filmed. As the man died. Slowly.
Yet, there was one animal in this scene that actually tried to do something. A tiny stray dog desperately tried to save the man, and attacked the bear. Unfortunately, the bear seized the man by the head, gave two good shakes, and likely broke his neck.
Cliches are cliches because they’re often true. Man’s best friend is a dog, not people.
You can watch the video at this link. But be warned, it’s distrubing.
Hey everyone,
I have a short story out called “Shadow of the Ponderosa”. This is literally brand new, has not appeared in any anthology or magazine. It’s currently charting on Amazon, and you can grab a copy at this link.
Logline: A rural farmer in Montana is stalked by a strange creature. As the night grows darker, the farmer must protect his animals and himself before it’s too late.
Hey everyone, my new short story “Glass Eye Pines” has made the Amazon 30-Minute-Reads Best Seller list (currently #15). You can grab a copy at this link.
With global warming devastating earth, a corrupt empire called “Gen Corp” erects a nation-wide water collection trough across the tops of the decaying U.S. infrastructure. A young man escapes his custodial job on the trough’s surface in order to find the last spot of wild in the lower 48, and away from Gen Corp’s grip.
My “new” 5k short story “Divinity” is out in Kindle format. This piece was originally published in the great Perihelion Science Fiction magazine (hard science fiction). Logline:
A young college student signs up for a research class on planet Divinity, and helps discover a new animal species. But as the class spends more time on the new planet, they find out how little they actually know.
If you like wildlife biology and animals in your science fiction, DIVINITY might be your thing.
You can grab a copy at this link.
