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…
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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…
A Dance Forgotten, A Laugh Remembered
The yellow cobblestones of ulitsa Tsar Shishman were slick with rain, shining like wet amber under the streetlamps. The city was a familiar hum: trams…
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,…
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…
As an actor, I was born in Bulgaria
It began with an advert in an English-language newspaper, The Sofia Echo. A foreign production was seeking English-speakers for small parts in a feature film…
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….