Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

Editor. Writer. Professor. Host.

Graduate Course: Update

After getting some advice from several people I have made a decision on what to do about taking that grad course: I’m going to do it. I appreciate everyone who was kind enough to offer me their opinions (all of it was done off-site, but so be it). I’m taking the course and we’ll see […]

Question to Readers About Reviews

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I do book reviews and wondering if perhaps my reviews could use some fixing. I want to improve them because I get the sense that they’re not quite right. What do you think? Are there things you’d like me to do in my reviews that I don’t? […]

Honorable Mention: Nobody Gives a Crap About Compsagnathus

My short story “Nobody Gives a Crap About Compsagnathus” is an honorable mention in the 3rd quarter of the Writers of the Future Contest. This is my second honorable mention and I’m totally ecstatic right now. I’ve already submitted a piece for the last quarter of the year. We’ll see how it turns out. I […]

A “Controversial” Meme

Well, Mr. Wheeler did it, and so shall I! [01] Do you have the guts to answe​r these​ questions and re-​​post as The Contr​overs​ial Surve​y?​​Yes. [02] Would​ you do meth if it was legal​ized?​​No. If I wanted to do meth I would have already done it. I have no desire to put that kind of […]