Writing the Unknown
If I had to articulate one quality above all that modern media tends to lack, it is a sense of mystery.
To the Swallow’s Final Hatchling
Save me my wings, little daughter.
Moon Beaming
Anyone can catch a crescent moon.
Five Different Realities to Explore, and One to Avoid
There’s a reality where I save you, at the start.
Hotel for the Dead
When ochre mists descend, my grandparents ascend
A Spec-Fic Canon For Us
It connects the present with the past and makes a promise to the future.
Star Trek Utopianism
Simply because a utopia is not directly, easily replicable in the world does not make it superficial.
Air/born
Yet the branches still strain for sunlight
The Wind is Waiting
The wind will break your heart, just as it broke all our hearts. But that’s why you’re here.
A Recipe for the Day Alban Kills the King
Start by chopping the onions.
Shapeshifter
he dreamt of green sunlight
Taking Lessons from Cowboy Bebop
The world of Bebop is an agnostic one, without any palpable cosmic order or cohesion.
The Way Through
The door, open and welcoming, leaks steadily onto the desk.
Living in the World Ray Bradbury Created
His loss is deeply felt, and yet his phantasmal presence still exists.
The River of Naming
Names do not rise from nothing.
The Chinese Dragon in Our Pond
I asked the dragon why he was here and not home, and he said it was because he could no longer see where he was flying.
Every Story is a Teacher
When art succeeds, it casts light on the world as it is, in all its shades and complexities, socially and psychologically.
The Writing Process of a Fantasy Bard
Write the lines that have lost all feeling.
The Importance of Adventure Fiction
Adventure romance exalts the wonder and mystery that exist outside the mechanistic conventions of mundane life.
rookery
they came in droves