…and we’re back! Welcome to the Grand Re-Opening! After much of life’s business getting in the way, I return at last to life as it should be. Here we are together again in the land of speculation and imagination.

Let’s continue with book or video reviews and something new – free original short fiction content. You can expect one of my short stories to appear in the “Pocket Storyverse” page currently under construction. It seems that in order to be considered a writer, one must cease editing and publish something. All this time, my manuscripts were like Schrodinger’s cat existing both in the completed and draft states. Since no one opened my desk drawer, it seemed a new location was needed and the “Pocket Storyverse” was born. Some of my longer projects are still in a quantum superposition. Announcements of their observable state will be swift to seal them into our reality.

Is it just me or does the Harvest Moon herald ghost story season? I’m not a fan of the seasonal pumpkin spice frenzy. Please don’t misunderstand. It’s perfectly lovely and if others enjoy it tremendously, I’m happy that it is available for them. The spooky themes of autumn are mu kind of autumn spice. Perhaps something to read by the fire will find its way into the Pocket Storyverse at the next full moon.  

Currently, I am reading Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Children of Time” and hope to have a spoiler-free review for you in the near future. Contact information will be updated for anyone wishing to offer constructive feedback or requests relating to our explorations in speculative fiction. Thank you for joining me here.