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On God and Aliens, Part I

Recently I found an article http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL146364620080514 stating that the head Vatican Astronomer says it's kosher to believe in both God and extraterrestrial aliens....

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A small installment.

I'm trying to write a book. It's ambitious, and probably stupid. However, I like the idea. I will put up the first teensy bit here - it might look long on the blog, but it's only a few pages long.'Eve,...

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I like dinosaurs.

I really like dinosaurs, you know that? I wish I could bring them back, encourage them to live and frolic in our wildernesses. Cause you know, ain't no government going to ok the use of military...

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Plastic Nerves

This is a short story I should have finished a long time ago. There may be more stories from our hero, but for now, this is it. Please comment on it! Plastic Nerves The doctors sit me down in the...

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Sarin and the Pigs

A really, really short story I wrote in a half an hour, just for fun.“Oh. Fuck.” As the blinding light of the teleporter dimmed, Sarin knew she was in trouble. There were a dozen pig faced...

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Article 15

Just a quickie for the new design and hopefully, the sign of more to come. It's taken a long time, and nearly a decade of self-pity and total lack of self confidence, but I'm finally doing something...

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Article 14

A Case for the Right to PiracyFirst off, lets state some things. Making money is not bad, and not evil in and of itself. (Though I hate it out of principle.) The desire to make money (also known as...

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Article 13

Legal thoughts on using noScript and other code-blocking devices.Argument against: Services provided are funded in part by blockable code. Users are therefore discounting their “free” service without...

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Water

"Father, why must we give the gods water? Didn't they make everything?"    "My son, the gods did not make everything, they simply shaped and formed what they found. Gods do not come from nothingness,...

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Article 11

A short, Lovecraftian story that I wrote while waiting for NaNoWriMo to start. Tomorrow the work begins on my real Nano, but I couldn't let this one go. Now I am sleepy, and here is some hopefully...

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Article 10

A few thoughts on Skyfall.When I saw Casino Royale, I saw a Bond that was intelligent, charming, and flawed. I saw a Bond that even though he was a sexist asshole, you couldn't help but feel like there...

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Aircars

Art by Alejandro Burdisio athttp://theartofanimation.tumblr.comYou’re on an island, tropical and wild. Jungle life surrounds you, great palms and crying monkeys and birds. The sand is white and pure,...

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Robot Suicide

“You can’t tell me it managed to kill itself with this,” said Detective Unit 47A.“Well, you look at it and tell me it’s functional,” said Patrol Unit 88Z, waving a manipulator at the corpse.“I just...”...

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Article 7

Wow. I just heard about Misha Gericke's amazing Word Master's Challenge. This month's challenge isHOW NOT TO WRITE A NOVEL BEGINNING.To quote: "In less than 300 words, I want to see your idea of the...

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Kailith

A small interlude story I wrote for my WIP Leylined, just to add to the world at large. Kailith isn't even a side character at the moment, but her life is the same as many others in this world....

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777

At @_vajk's request for #7lines, here are the first seven lines from the seventh page of my book. (I may have cheated, I skipped the prologue). All the #7lines links should be compiled on her website...

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The Sounds They Make

A bit of flash fiction inspired by the Wow! signal.“I’m telling you, this recording is real.”“Well where did it come from? Why can’t we still hear it?”“This transmission travelled around a black hole...

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Short Story Shuffle!

Here's my tale for the #ShortStoryShuffle, a little game I put together on the @nanopals blog. I guess it needs a title so we'll call it:TEXTS FROM LAST DIMENSIONSo I guess like chateau is just a word...

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A Teaser

Hello everyone! Just dropping by the blog to leave this little teaser here: It's the prelude to my novel Leylined. I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to share. (HINT HINT KNUDGE KNUDGE KNOW WHAT I MEAN...

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Mad Max: Fury Road: A review

I want tell you about a movie. There's a lot of movies coming out right now, and going to come out, and some of them are quite good (Looking at you, ex Machina). Others are just further iterations,...

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