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Across the Void

Whispers of Mars [Chapter 3] The Medbay didn’t have any windows to the outside. The only light was from those above, coming on and shutting off as they desired. If it wasn’t the light keeping Cecil awake, it was the coming and going of people from beyond the privacy curtain, clinging to the sides ofContinue reading “Across the Void”

From A Deep Slumber

Whispers of Mars [Chapter 2] Cecil “Cecil, do you hear me?” Cecil “I don’t think he’s fully awake.” “Give him time.” Cecil “Can’t you give him something?” “Nothing that won’t have an ill effect on him.” Cecil A weight sat on Cecil’s chest. He attempted to grab at his sternum, but the IV in hisContinue reading “From A Deep Slumber”

In Search of Something New

Whispers of Mars [Chapter 1] The rover crawled along the red-brown landscape, tossing up clouds of dust behind its thick wheels. The slope of the old crater was gentle and weathered, carved by centuries or more of sandstorms, and dotted with crags that split the hazy horizon. Cecil would have been able to hear theContinue reading “In Search of Something New”

I’m Rewriting Mother of Mars (For all of you.)

For those people who have been here for the beginning, you likely remember ‘Mother of Mars,’ aka my first proper, full book. The book that this site was sort of built on. And after many years and 7 other full books and countless short stories, I’m coming back to it– to give it a completeContinue reading “I’m Rewriting Mother of Mars (For all of you.)”

Always Something New

A micro-essay. Originally submitted to but not published by 3rd party publisher. School returns to us, full time and in person. As a vocation and an institution, education has its triumphs and its challenges. Some are new for us this year, and others persist. The current state of the world intensifies all such things. TheContinue reading “Always Something New”