Ban the Martian Spiders!
Hi, I'm back with spiders on Mars, book bans, and book reviews. The Spiders from Mars The non-human bad guys in my books hail from Mars. At least that's...
How to Do Kaiju
On Monday I posted a link to Scalzi's review of Godzilla Minus One quoting him about what made the movie work: Godzilla Minus One is terrific in no small...
Space Junk!
Space Junk! Another War of the Worlds sequel series! Books on sale! Read on! Space Junk The inciting event in Constellation, which I wrote about in my last...
Journey to the Far Side of the Constellation
It was a busy week, which is why I'm writing this on Saturday morning, after it's already due in your inbox. I had to write a big whitepaper for the day job...
What's Your Favorite Science Fiction Film?
The Top 150 Sci-Fi Films Rolling Stone published this list of "the best 150" science fiction films back in January. It's a clickbait article, of course, and...
Release Day!
I don't like crowding your inbox with "extra" messages, but you only release your first book once. Shadows of the Past is now available for sale in both...
The Home Stretch
Happy Saturday! A bunch of new folks joined the list recently. Welcome! This week is a non-standard message, as I'll explain below. Just Six Days! The past...
Sci-Fi Comfort Food
Happy Saturday! We're just over two weeks away from the first day of Spring! It was unseasonably warm in this neck of the woods this week, and even though...
Emil Zimmerman, the Bad Soldier
Happy Saturday! This week I've got: Another character profile from Shadows of the Past A free short story for you to download, a one-question poll I'd very...
The War of the Worlds: The Exodus From London
This is the sixteenth chapter in a serialization of H. G. Wells' entire novel. You can start the series here. If you're reading it in your email, thanks for...
Meet James Brogan
We're just a few weeks away from Shadows of the Past's release, so I think it's time to revisit a few of the story's main characters and what makes them...
The War of the Worlds: What Had Happened in Surrey
This is the fifteenth chapter in a serialization of H. G. Wells' entire novel. You can start the series here. If you're reading it in your email, thanks for...
The War of the Worlds: What Do These Things Mean?
Are You Not Entertained? and H.G. Wells War of the Worlds have moved to Buttondown. The short reason is that Substack doesn't support the integrations I need...
The War of the Worlds: A Diversion
Are You Not Entertained? and H.G. Wells War of the Worlds have moved to Buttondown. (If you read AYNE, you learned this on Friday. Sorry for the rerun.) The...
Toxic Party Poops
Moving Day I've moved Are You Not Entertained? and H.G. Wells War of the Worlds to Buttondown. Substack doesn't support the integrations I need as an indie...
Titans
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The War of the Worlds: What Confounded Nonsense!
The attack begins in earnest.
A Real War of the Worlds?
Nuke 'em 'til they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark.
The War of the Worlds: Surveying the Desolation They Had Made
Another hatless man!
My Dog is Smarter than Your Toddler
Plus a book preorder.