“Descended from Darkness” available for pre-order from Apex

As I mentioned earlier, Apex Magazine is collecting all of its fiction since 2008 into a very cool anthology of dark science fiction stories.  Descended from Darkness includes my short story, “Hindsight, In Neon” which appeared in the April 2009 issue of Apex Magazine.  It is scheduled to be available on December 1, 2009. You [...]

The Zachary Chronicles, Episode 2: Time Dilation

Zachary turned 2 weeks old today and it’s pretty incredible how long these two weeks have stretched out.  Time has slowed down as if we have been on a rocket at near light speed and the world around us passed us by. Zach had his two-week check-up this morning and it went swimmingly.  Your average baby tends [...]

My Kindle

I am now the proud owner of an Amazon Kindle.  I’ve been toying with the idea of getting one for a while, and on Thursday, I broke down an ordered one and it arrived yesterday.  I paid for it, in part, with the payment from my last story sale, which has a gratifying symmetry to [...]

The Zachary Chronicles, Episode 1: Our Hero Arrives

In which our hero makes his debut appearance and spends his first week on Earth getting used to all those crazy humans. – ZPR – It wasn’t like TV.  No water broke.  There was no mad dash to the hospital.  After a somewhat restless night of sleep, Kelly and I casually drove to Inova Fairfax [...]

“Your life will change forever…” (1 day to go)

Last night’s dream: I’m about to leave the office when a researcher comes by and says he needs immediate help with the “100% computing” project, which has just been approved. (I have never heard of this project, but I always try to be helpful, even if it is not in my area.) He walks to [...]

With 2 days left, here are the FAQs

There really have been some Frequently Asked Questions these last few weeks, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to address them here. 1. Are you nervous? I’m not.  At least, not yet.  Everyone tells me that instinct will take over and I trust that will be the case.  So I have no reason to [...]

What to expect (in 3 more days…)

Okay, I missed a few days. It’s been busy. I’ve been ramping up for a major software roll-out–which was pushed at the last minute and is now on at least a 3 week hiatus.  With three days left, I thought I should mention how things will proceed going forward.  Here is the plan: An email [...]

Only a week (7 days and counting)

When I was a kid, a week was the best unit of measurement for highly anticipated events:  a week until my birthday!  A week until summer vacation starts!  Less than a week until we head to Grandma and Grandpa’s.  I think that’s still true.  One might think that a day is even better, but in [...]

My degree in Parenthood (8 days and counting)

I’m nothing if not cheerfully self-appreciative, so it will come as no surprise to those who know me that I think I will make a very good parent.  I used to wonder, fleetingly, if I would be a good parent, but I quickly realized that of course I would and there is one main reason [...]

Week 38 (t-minus 9 days and counting…)

We are into the single digits! Time is moving quickly and slowly.  At work we are in the midst of a massive application rollout which takes place this weekend.  That has been making the workdays go by quickly.  But the nights can’t seem to slide by fast enough. I think both Kelly and I have [...]

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