Mokka mit Schlag

Daily Science Fiction has published my latest short story, “Classified Ads“. It would take me longer to blurb it than it would to read it, so just go read it, OK?

The Flash Fiction Press has published my latest (very) short story, “31“. Arguably this is my first published non-genre (i.e. literary) fiction. It would take me longer to blurb it than it would to read it, so just go read it, OK?

Between my eye surgery in March that took 6 months to fully recover from and a major writing commitment that occupied most of my weekends before that, 2015 was not my best birding year. Nonetheless, I did manage trips to Oregon and Hawaii; and some rarities visited my “backyard.”

According to eBird, I added 20 species to my life list in 2015, though many of those are introduced exotics in Hawaii. Hawaii doesn’t seem to have a bird records committee, so there’s no one to rule on which ones “count” and which ones don’t. Clearly native birds like Wedge-tailed Shearwater and Hawaiian Coot count, but what to do about Red-crested Cardinal and Hwamei?
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My latest short story, “Blood Test”, has been published by Dreaming Robot Press in the Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide 2016:

This story offers a somewhat more serious take on the superhero genre than my last story “Pinning Portugal”; and has more than a passing connection to the real world we actually live in.
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Red-tailed Hawk with dead mouse
Brooklyn Botanic Garden native flora garden at noon

Why can’t super-villains cooperate? Find out today in “Pinning Portugal” in Caped: An Anthology of Superhero Tales.

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