The Book When is a person not really a person? Zeb Johnston is a man who becomes obsessed with answering that question. Set in a future where human cloning has become an industry that feeds fantasies of violence and sex for those rich enough to pay, Palingenesis focuses on a wealthy businessman, […]
“To be able to write, a woman must have a room of her own.” – Virginia Wolfe In December of 2009, I moved back to Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) to work on some things with my family. They were living in an apartment at the time, but were supposed to move into a house in […]
Lose an arm. Lose both arms, part of an abdomen, and half a leg. Means nothing. Nothing knocks a zombie off track. It is tunnel-visioned as it groans its way to its goal. What if more people were like this? Would we all be more successful? Think about zombies for a moment. Just think about […]
Asher St Paul thought it was just a typical zombie apocalypse like in the movies, until the necromancers crawled out of the woodwork. Since the undead have chased the living into hiding, the necromancers are able to roam freely in a new America of their making. Asher is seeking safe harbor. The need for safety […]
It’s a strange thing, waking up dead. The strangest feeling I’d ever had. When I woke up on the side of the road with a pipe through my chest I knew there was no way I was going to survive this. Still I took the liberty of walking down that barely visible highway. The streetlights […]
“If you don’t have time to read, you have neither the tools nor the time to write.” – Stephen King I have a BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. (I know. Shocking right?) During those years as an undergrad I couldn’t figure out why I had to take all of these various […]
Casting Shadows Everywhere by L. T. Vargus has everything. Humor, suspense, death, mayhem, and destruction. And little bit of love. 15-year-old protagonist Jake has a sharp wit and incredible insight. He writes in his journal of his first crush and thieving with his convict cousin. One of the things I found interesting was what one […]
Pray. Repent. Forgive. Ask. Lie. Move. Cover. Over. Great. Amazing. Righteous. Herald. Communist. Agent. Glory. Moses. Drown. Water. Cry. Cover. Loose. Spiral. Taken. Stars. Universe. Ugly. Handsome. Nose. Apple. Fruit. Pie. Pi. Movie. Film. Darkroom. Glory. Gory. Agitated. Shaking. Morose. Nurture. Caring. Falling. Happy. Smiling. Marvel. Galactus. Sorrow. Impact. Impetus. Instigate. Inferior. Handling. Governing. Ringing. […]
I have been reading mostly science fiction books lately, and I have begun to question why a lot of writers choose not to modify the language they use to create a sense of another time and place. It seems that in the future, vocabulary will remain the same and people will talk to each other […]
Everyone’s talking about bucket lists. People have things on their list like skydiving, water skiing, and snowboarding. (Ironically, all things that can get you killed.) You know what’s on my list? Nothing. Not because I’ve done everything I want to do in life. But if I were given, let’s say six months to live…let’s say […]
