Managed to stay up for last night’s lunar eclipse (Okay, it was only until a little after 10:00pm, but I’m a wimp). we had a clear sky, and it was pretty impressive. After my first few attempts at getting a …
Author: Arlen
Little Choices
The anthology Transcendent just came out, which has one of my stories in it! The theme of the anthology (and its original title) is Dreams, Nightmares, Visions and Hallucinations. My story is called Little Choices, and would probably be called …
Free story
I mentioned in a previous post that my story Graveyard printed in Metaphorosis magazine would eventually be available for free on their web site. Well, eventually is now! Sounds like the story will also be printed in the Metaphorosis end-of-year …
Graveyard
I have a new story called Graveyard in the November, 2018 edition of Metaphorosis magazine! Despite the title, it is, at least for me, a fairly upbeat story. You can buy the magazine from Amazon (print or e-book) if you …
A Dark and Stormy Night
Everyone has heard of Bulwer-Lytton’s opening to the book Paul Clifford (even if they don’t know where it came from): “It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was …
Transcendent update
As I mentioned in a previous post, I have a short story coming out in an anthology called Transcendent, some time during this holiday season (which I think means November/December?). The book publishers have a blog, and I have a …
A Net Neutrality Analogy
On several occasions, I’ve had to explain Net Neutrality to non-technical people, and while I can sometimes get people to understand the arguments, the abstract nature of the issues make it difficult. Fortunately, I love analogies—particularly when I can do …
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Transcendent Anthology Cover
I have a short story coming out in an anthology called Transcendent, and they just released the cover art, which I think is pretty cool. The anthology was originally going to be called Dreams, Nightmares, Visions and Hallucinations, which I …
Tower Bridge is Falling Down…
Okay, it’s not actually falling down, but since it is made of Lego, it is somewhat more fragile than the original. Anna got this set for me for my birthday, and I spent somewhere between eight and ten hours putting …