OH, HELLO THERE. I promised I’d be back on Monday with some photos, so you can see right there at the top, a big ol’ portrait of a beautiful mantis. She’s ready for her closeup. Also she’s ready to eat the head off your neck. More mantis photos at the bottom of the post. Let’s […]
“HEY, CHUCK, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?” you might ask me, out loud, in all caps for some reason. And I would say, “Well, fellow human, human fellow, I’ve been digging deep into the word mines, deeper than I’ve ever gone before, lost in the dark, following a rich and mysterious vein of story ore to its conclusion.” […]
Defeated in a devastating war with China and ravaged by climate change, America is on the brink of a bloody civil war. Seizing power after a controversial election, the ruling regime has begun cracking down on dissidents fighting the nation’s slide toward dictatorship. For Donny Kimoe, chaos is good for business. He’s a lawyer who […]
Cloud isn’t just a place to work. It’s a place to live. And when you’re here, you’ll never want to leave. Paxton never thought he’d be working for Cloud, the giant tech company that’s eaten much of the American economy. Much less that he’d be moving into one of the company’s sprawling live-work facilities. But […]
A gripping courtroom drama, perfect for fans of Anatomy of a Scandal, He Said/She Said and Apple Tree Yard. The victim: A sixteen-year-old girl with facial deformities who accuses four classmates of something unthinkable. The defendants: Four handsome teenage boys from hard-working immigrant families, all with corroborating stories. Whose side will you take? Former barrister […]
Today, a guest post from friend, author, editor, and general ne’er-do-well gadfly, Alex Segura, who wants to talk to you about how your brain is cooking? Which I think is a drug metaphor from the 1980s? Whatever. Point is, Alex isn’t cooking his books with drugs, he’s cooking his books with cool influences, so here he […]