Wading Out To The Middle Of The Creek I was never a tall child growing up. The coordination necessary for sports was not something I had in abundance, so reading, writing, and drawing kept me busy. Despite that, I loved the outdoors (even if my required sunblock would have kept a vampire alive.) One of my favorite activities—not that I got to do it often—was wading in creeks and catching crawdads. I was 13—maybe 14—years old when ours and another…
The Coming Of The Daikaiju Changes Everything “ The coming of the daikaiju changed everything, and it changed nothing. Problems were still problems, only now they came in a super-size. The fact that all you owned could be crushed beneath the heel of a radiated prehistoric behemoth didn’t change the fact that chores had to be done. Jube hated chores, so he put them off as long as possible. This morning, his mother had warned him of dire consequences if she…
Immortality (Life Well Past The Age Of Retirement) “The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.”–Herb Caen (1916-1997) So, here’s what is going on. I was recently invited to contribute to an anthology of superhero stories which should be available by year’s end. In choosing characters, I decided to create a couple gifted with immortality. When writing about super-humans, I enjoy focusing more on the “human” than the “super.” Regardless of how outrageous the…