With a sale in recent days to the excellent, criminally under-read Interzone magazine, I’ve hit the small milestone of ten short story sales.
Given I started my writing career with barely a thought for short fiction, ten sales in under …
For those of you unfamiliar with the rather esoteric world of short story markets, Asimov’s is one of the oldest and most prestigious science fiction magazines in the world. Some, such as this site, rate it as the best. …
The more you think about this movie in the bitter aftertaste of viewing, the more you realise almost none of it makes any sense.
Now look, if you don’t think at all, Terminator: Genisys has a kind of retro pleasure …
Holy shit. Half the year is gone already. More.
It is times like this I think back on the year and wonder why I haven’t lost five kilograms, or learned 
Kung-Fu, or sufficiently explained to my 3-year-old the importance of …
I was a few days into writing my first time travel story when I realised I was screwed.
After a particularly difficult session involving much grinding of teeth trying as I tried to figure out the implications of time-travel on …
I used to play a lot of poker. Took it pretty serious, as well: serious enough to make the trip to Vegas in 2009 to play in the World Series of Poker.
I played regularly for about ten years, every …
My mind was not simply blown as I watched Mad Max: Fury Road. It was George Miller blown: multiple explosions, in an apocalyptic sandstorm, with lightning, then more explosions.
To say Miller has made a hyperkinetic masterpiece is to …
The moment you’ve been waiting for: the top four greatest actors (for geeks) of all time. My unimpeachable, scientifically accurate criteria for this decision (and rankings 5 – 11) are here in Part 1 of the article.
4: Sigourney Weaver…
Let me pose the scenario: you’re a geek (shut up, you are). You’re marooned on Mars (shut up, just go with this). You’ve got enough food and water to last until the resupply mission arrives in three years. You may …
If you want to look at galleries of gorgeous science fiction and fantasy art, then look no further. The dozen young artists (and they are all very young) who were the winners of this year’s Writers and Illustrators of the …
