A Short Story Wants to Get Away From Me
Earlier this week, I started writing a short story entitled “The Girl Who Flew on a Whale” as part of my WISB Podcast project. The story, as my friend Adam Callaway remarked, is a whimsical fantasy for young readers (chapbook level). I’ve always wanted to write a story like this. They’re fun to read and […]
Book Review: “Gates (Variations)” by Larry Niven (from Gateways)
I’m sensing a pattern in Gateways. One really good story, followed by a bad one, followed by a good one, and so on and so forth. Larry Niven’s “Gates” is one of those bad ones. Split between two perspectives — a science fiction writer talking about the singularity/Bill Gates and Bill Gates making the decision […]