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Aurora Finals!
For the second year in a row, Realm Makers (a community of Christian sci-fi and fantasy writers) hosted the Aurora Contest. It’s purpose? to give aspiring authors an opportunity to get our writing on industry professionals’ radar. This is a three-round contest, and last year my entry didn’t get past the second round. This year,…
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A Dog’s Life
Countless millions of pictures have been taken of the engineering marvel called Hoover Dam. On a recent visit, I took several dozen more. None of them do it any justice, so I’m not going to show them to you. But in the midst of all Hoover Dam’s gigantic-ness and all-around impressiveness, I found an unexpected…
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GalaxyCon!
I had the pleasure of attending GalaxyCon 2024 in Raleigh, NC last week. Here are some of this year’s highlights and lowlights. LOWLIGHT 1 – Giant Weapons. Anime characters in particular seem to favor ridiculously huge weapons, and GalaxyCon is a hotbed for Anime lovers. Since you may have trouble locating the weapons in the…
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Cruel Water
Have you ever been tempted to drink out of a toilet? I once read about man who might have been tempted; a prospector named Pablo Valencia, who survived almost seven days in the Arizona desert with barely a drop to drink. When he was finally found, this is how his rescuers described him: ‘His lips…
Jeff Maxim 