Tag: fiction

• August 4, 2025

  Realm Makers!

  This July, I attended my first Realm Makers Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is an annual gathering of speculative fiction writers, and I (and several hundred other attendees) had a blast! Here are some of the highlights… THE NEW TBR PILE I had been making some significant headway in my ‘To Be Read’ pile…
• June 17, 2025

  Thoughts on Alien Overlords

  One of my favorite books growing up was Jeff Rovin’s The Transgalactic Guide to Solar System M-17. This book, presented as a tour guide for an imagined solar system, allows you, the space tourist, to visit several exotic planets and meet their alien inhabitants. One of these alien races is called the ‘Buskap,’ which means…
• April 11, 2025

  Here Be Horses

  Back in the day when undiscovered lands were a thing, cartographers got creative with their maps, filling in blank spots with all kinds of interesting creatures. Hence the term ‘here there be dragons,’ meaning ‘we have no idea what’s over here, so let’s have some fun with it.’ I’m not sure that’s really what went…