I’m traveling through Europe this week and haven’t had much time to write – so here is an old character I’d like to resurrect. The writing style is a bit different as well – leave a comment and let me know what you think of Farigh – 5 points to anyone that translates his name… Read more »

The car was half-submerged in the murky canal water. Soldiers on one side; frantic civilians on the other. A crowd gathered around the hasty rescue effort in the center. He could still see her in his mind. Not her face, but her back. Her hair gently dangled in the water as men pulled her out… Read more »

Chapter 2 of Trials is coming this week (if you haven’t read the prologue or chapter 1, you can click here – In the mean time, enjoy the first half of this short story! Press “like” if you want to read the second half 🙂 There was no need to say anything. Everybody had already seen… Read more »

I just published Chapter 1 of Trials here, and thought it would be fun to explore one of the villains that I introduce in that Chapter. His name is Malek, which is actually Arabic meaning King. The reader, however, should consider him a crude warlord; barely in control of his own tribe, let alone his… Read more »

When the ground shook, it started off as a slow rumble, simply vibrating the metal springs on his twin sized bed causing them to rattle back and forth against its steel frame. Ordinarily, he wouldn’t have responded. The ground here had tremors frequently and other than a little dust from the ceiling of their cavern… Read more »

A friend recently asked me what my fascination with aliens was. “Legal or Illegal?” I asked. “No, Aliens, like in your stories!” He laughed. His eyes added “Doofus” to the end of that statement. Huh… Aliens. I don’t know. I didn’t at the time. When I take the time to reflect, however, I have to… Read more »

I’m a new author. Its the truth. I’ve been writing for a long time and even won an award in college – 25 bucks – but that was that. I haven’t ever published before and this is a difficult experience to navigate… to say the least. Recently I completed an “interview” on my smashwords profile…. Read more »

Now that I’ve finished my first novel, I must say writing is hard. Real hard. Let me explain. It isn’t difficult to turn the stuff inside my head into words on paper; in fact, I would argue that the best part of writing is going deep inside of myself and expressing those feelings and emotions… Read more »

“Make no mistake,” the speaker said resolutely, “with this technology and your continued investment, we could terraform an entire planet!” The audience erupted in applause and the attractive female scientist smiled widely behind her podium. After years of research on volcano fields and at the bottom of the ocean, she was finally getting her big… Read more »

Panic immediately set in. We’re lost. Deep down I knew this wasn’t the right way. We made a wrong turn. It just felt wrong. Why the heck didn’t I stop him earlier? This network of caves had gotten increasingly more complicated, and now, the walls were closing in making it even more difficult to move… Read more »