With a cheesy Table Of Contents! — This is a compilation of my fiction here on Medium. There’s a lot! Each link in this format is a link to a category, which contains stories within that category. Psalm of Vampires (one chapter excerpt from the novel) The Trial of Summary James (all 20 chapters of the novella) Miscellaneous Short…

A messiah’s last breath in the oceans of Europa — Their songs disseminate throughout the sea, serenading its underwater currents with a rhapsody spun from millions of years of history. They sing of the rise of their great matriarchs — dynasties that heralded stories encompassing eons. They sing of the great changes that roiled Earth’s oceans long before the dawn…

Things like this should not fall from trees — If you’re not afraid of jackfruit, I have a theory. You’ve never met one. You may have seen little bits and pieces of one in a hipster dish, but never the full creature in all its glory. If you saw one in real life, uncut, you’d run in the opposite…

This is the real reason why you shouldn’t have family political arguments this holiday season — As some of you know, although I’m not technically a reporter, I could play one on TV if I could act. My reputation here on Medium is now solid enough that I’ve established a rapport with some of the finest biologists on the planet. One of them, Dr. Harry Hemogoblin…

Wherein your intrepid reporter visits a Nature Magazine article — Okay, I’m not a reporter. I just like how it sounds in the subtitle. Anyway, let’s get right to it, shall we? Bats and dicks. Oh my. From a story in Nature Magazine (with annotations from yours truly): Scientists have filmed what appear to…

A simple cut turns into a hellscape — 1 Charon grabbed Gabby’s small wrist like it was about to fly away. “That’s not for you. Let go of that.” The little girl let go. Charon snatched the knife from the table and walked it over to Peyta. “What’s wrong with you? You know better than that.” She dropped the…

The price of the trade paperback version nearly doubled in one day — The good news is that a couple of people recently contacted me directly to tell me they bought my novel. When that happens, it is unbelievably flattering. If you’re one of these kind people, a big thank you for buying my book, whether you’ve told me about it or not…

Medium writers want me to buy them coffee when I really want them to buy ME something instead — Like most of my fellow writers out there, I’m living in a state of chronic deprivation. My idea of a fancy dinner is warm milk poured over doggy kibbles and the cheapest vodka I can find. Sidebar: If you haven’t tried kibbles with gravy, it’s not really all that bad…

When an American presidential candidate says he wants to “root out vermin” believe him. — This Medium story is, for now, fiction. This is a look into a possible future if Trump returns to the Oval Office as seen through the eyes of the “vermin” he plans to root out. I hope this story conveys that these “vermin” are not limited to minorities or the…