A Creature Was Stirring
I wrote an Xmas story! It may not be the best Xmas story ever written, but it likely has more tentacles in it than pretty much all other Xmas stories. And, no, it’s not a horror story–it’s wholesome and full …
Author: Arlen
Museum Piece Paperwork
Just saw that the Museum Piece anthology is now out in paperback. I have a story in there called The Museum of Lost Dreams. The paperback is a little cheaper than the hardback. My story is about a museum that …
Israel and Gaza
I have generally tried to keep this blog apolitical, but I feel like I need to say something to my massive audience (that, on a good day, requires both hands to count). I’m a Jew, although I’m not very …
C# WinForms Arbitrarily Large CheckBox
Recently, I needed (well, wanted) a CheckBox that was the same size as some large controls on a form. Not the deepest, most impactful thing I’ve ever done, but, in the interest of avoiding working on a different project, definitely …
Screwdriver Holder
An electrician did some work at the house recently, and he had this really nice Craftsman electric screwdriver. I got one for Anna for her birthday and I, uh, also got myself one for Anna’s birthday. I use it enough …
Skillset
My story Skillset just came out in WyldBlood Science Fiction & Fantasy #13. Wyldblood is a UK-based SFF magazine. It is also available from Amazon. Skillset is a story about a man who can permanently take skills from other people–although …
Kintsugi Piano Table
Anna got me the Lego piano kit for my birthday, and it is really cool. As well as looking fairly realistic, with the ability to open and close the various covers, it also has some clever mechanisms; The pedal makes …
Skin Deep – The Audio Book!
My story Skin Deep came out about a year ago in Kevin J. Anderson’s Gilded Glass Anthology. At the time there was talk about do audio recordings of some of the stories. For various and sundry reasons, this took rather …
Map Photos
(Don’t care about the blather and just want the app? Click here). In April we went to New Zealand along with some friends. The trip was amazing and we all took a lot of photos, including this one of the …
The Museum of Lost Dreams
My story The Museum of Lost Dreams came out this weekend in the anthology Museum Piece! (hardback) As the title suggests, all of the stories in the anthology are set in museums (aren’t you glad that I’m here to point …