Recently I’ve encountered two counterintuitive, if not outright heretical, arguments about history and culture. The first belongs to New Mexico’s own Corey Fincher and Randy Thornhill, both biologists, who have marshaled evidence to support their theory that culture, including political culture, is a function of the disease pathogens infesting your particular neighborhood.  If you have […]

. . . at a great big ol’ war. Which is all by way of saying that my novella “No Spot of Ground,” featuring the Civil War adventures of Edgar Allan Poe, is now available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords.  It will appear on other forums presently. And it’s only $1.99!  Less […]

Recent news from graduates of Taos Toolbox has been pretty darn good, if I say so myself. Graduate Fran Wilde has a story, “Like a Wasp to the Tongue,” in the April/May ASIMOV’S.  She’s also sold three books to Tor, one of which was workshopped by the Toolbox gang. Graduate Gail Strickland has sold the […]

My longish novelette, The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid, is now available for download via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. Kobo seems to have some kind of complicated problem with the file, and despite my turning the air blue with curses, this is not at present resolved. I’ve been trying to get serious about uploading the […]