Well, I am finally through my first book and it’s out there for sale.  I cleaned up all my short stories and they are off to the editor.  That means I’m finally free to get back to my next novel, one that I’ve really looked forward to writing.  Saying that I am writing it is

This is an excerpt from my first novel, THE SCORPION GAME.  Read the first chapter below!  You can also download the PDF version here. In 2458, on a continent sized starship with its own atmosphere and an entire civilization churning inside, the poor live in rotting organic cities and the rich live in massive orbital

Imagine if the Buddhists could experience Buddha’s epiphany under the Banyan tree or if Christians could leap inside Christ’s head as he changed water into wine?  The followers of ancient religions can only read about their savior in brittle books, but by the mid 2200s, nanorecords allow the followers of the prophet Amadeo to experience

For years, I’ve kept a timeline of future events that help guide and influence all the stories in my Age of Transcendence universe.  I’ve always informally called it the Future History of the World.  I’ve altered it at times, to fit my needs or to reflect current events, though it has remained remarkable consistent and

This is one of the first short stories where I got it right in my Universe.  It’s a simple premise but one I still love.  It revolves around early posthumans called Leptics who no longer need to sleep.  In a time of economic crisis, the Leptics get hired and the people who need to sleep

All right, I’ll admit it, I’ve got a thing for Asian girls and tattoos, so it’s only natural that tatted up Asian girls end up in my work.  In my newest novel, the heroine changes bodies often.  Such is the way of post-humanity in my vision.  I picture our lives as fluid and changeable as

This is a short story fragment that I’ve always liked but never been able to finish.  I just couldn’t find the right story to fit around it.  I may have just found a use for it in my latest book.  But then again, I’ve thought that before.  Either way, I’ve always loved it and hoped

A article over at the Singularity Hub made me think of one of my short stories, so I thought it might be a good excuse to publish it.  The article is called Will Automation Lead to Economic Collapse?  The premise is simple: as automation and robotics advance will we have enough jobs for the people

Fury of the Sun Gods was written as a kind of trial run for the novel I’m working on right now, The Jasmine Wars.  It takes place during a future Chinese Civil War, after China becomes the world’s first Direct Democracy, with no centralized leaders.  It swiftly becomes the light of the world, as America