Area Denial
I remember my first scifi convention. I was a little awed, a little Dorothy-opening-the-grayscale-door. I’d married the only girl in college who read Terry Pratchett…
Daniel M. Bensen
Daniel M. Bensen is an author of speculative fiction, including science fiction, alternate history, and fantasy, including the speculative-biology novel Junction, the optimistic post-apocalyptic comic-book First Knife (with Simon Roy) and the Sidewise Award-winning alternate history short story “Treasure Fleet.” He teaches, writes, and resides with his wife, daughters, and in-laws in the Balkan Tower of Matriarchy.
Mushroom, Mushroom, Mushroom
There is a pair of dragons on the crest of the iconostasis of the village church. Posed like cats clawing an armchair, they flank the…
You Fly the Plane
The last month of the morning schedule is always the hardest. Every weekday since September you’ve had to wake up at six, but it’s only…
The Gift of Heinlein
Our kids’ school, in its icy cruelty, continued its program right up to the day before Christmas Eve. We’re letting them out of school early,…
Levski’s Boots – If Levski had boots
You can also grab the PDF 27 December, 1872 (Old Style) Kakrina Village, Sanjak of Tarnovo, Danube Vilayet, Ottoman Empire Levski’s boots hit the ground…
The Tripe of Black Friday
Every year, Pavlina and I take a break the day after Thanksgiving and drive away to a secluded mountain retreat. The first year we did…
Even Lifting
I was somewhat dissipated on a Friday afternoon, pottering around, waiting for my Aeropress to drain, when Pavlina called. Friday is when I catch up….