The story of the demon assigned to tempt the Son of God. My plan is to update daily during lent of 2020. It's turning out be something like a Jesus Christ Superstar crossed with a dark fantasy--or maybe it's a demonic Jesus Christ Superstar?…
A place for me to put random thoughts about a variety of subjects... Everything that doesn't fit in my other essay works. I hope you will enjoy.…
Short essays on how to make your star drives, freeze rays, and time machines more "believable" along with some insights on what is and isn't possible. Most of these essays will probably focus on general relativity, as that's the field I've published in.…
The modern world of publishing is in a state of crisis. The barrier to getting a story into the world is either too high or too low, depending on the route to publishing, and there is no mechanism to give writers the critique they need to grow.Readers are being deprived of quality books that are too difficult to find because they are hiding in a morass of books that are not ready for print. I believe there is a solution to this problem, and it is a crowd-sourced author's guild.…
Which will machines achieve first, love or sentience? Can one exist without the other?Brian Rosen, a writer from "Tech Debunkers," comes to the Magic Isles theme park to either prove or disprove claims that the machines there pass an "Emotional Turing Test." He isn't looking for "robot love," but despite his best intentions, despite the fact that he knows she isn't sentient, the android named Kiki captures his heart.Is it possible she's real in some other, mystical sense? And if she is, would he be willing to spend the rest of his life with her?If you enjoy stories about logic, artificial intelligence, and what it means to be human, come with Brian today and discover the logic of love and the calculus of the human heart.…
So much emphasis is placed on Santa Claus that we don't see the obvious: Mrs. Claus has a magic all her own.…
Have you ever met a necromancer with dreams of being a mariachi player? Have you ever mixed a potion with dragonfly tears, or made a deadly wish on a cake and had it come true? Did you ever visit a voodoo shop that only opens after midnight or kissed a corpse to life? Come and join ten specially selected authors for a sweet combination of paranormal and horror stories--tales which have both the undead and chocolate as their special ingredients.…
When officer Larry D. Kard arrives on the scene of the suicide in the local chapel, he's suspicious of foul play. The suicide note doesn't look like a suicide note, and the blood-spattered statue of St. Mortense disturbs him. Why wasn't it standing with the other saints? Is all the blood staining its surface the victim's, or is it crying blood? And who was St. Mortense, anyway?…
Darryl Dark is a good man. He tells himself that over and over. He prays in the chapel for three hours every Friday to try and convince himself. And how could he not be good? He does whatever the statue of St. Mortense tells him to do, even killing people and disposing of their bodies. The only thing that troubles him is how much he enjoys his work. That, and the pictures of demons in the painting behind the altar. Do they move, or is it only a trick of the light?…
In a bronze age culture on an alien world live two teenagers.Apjay speaks to the dead in dreams and remembers words of a language forgotten long ago. He believes his gifts come from the invisible stars--lights that once ruled the night sky. The only person in his tribe who understands him, so he believes, is the beautiful Iota.Iota is a gifted healer who, as a child, watched her father die of illness. While the messages Apjay brings from the dead comfort her, she has no trust for the stars whom she believes are to blame for her father's death.The discovery of a turquoise skeleton prompts Apjay to go on a spiritual quest. Fearing that the past is repeating itself and Apjay will suffer her father's fate, she follows him. She will stop at nothing to save Apjay from the stars and himself. She'll even follow him to the dreaded city of the starstealers.Together they will discover the deeper mysteries of their world.…
Death is not the end for those strong in the force, but where is Padmé? As I, Lord Vader, await judgment for the crimes I've committed in life and in the spiritual realms of the force, I tell the true story of the events of my life, and most importantly, reveal the true character of the woman I love, a woman whom some fear more than me--the murderous, vengeful Queen of Naboo: Padmé Amidala.…
On nearly every timeline so far, it ended like this, with a game of Welters. Dean Fogg against the Beast. This time, however, the Dean finds out why the Beast took his eyes and hands rather than killing him outright.…
On every timeline but one, Eliot Waugh is a brilliant but troubled magician. On that one he is the noble King of Filory. How can he be protected from the Beast? (Fanfiction based on Syfy's TV series "The Magicians")…
In the thirty-fifth century, there is a genetically synthesized species of people designed to resemble the vampires of literature. Chel-C wants nothing to do with them. She wants a true, one hundred percent, human male with nothing artificial and that's what she says in her dating profile, but when Love Inc. identifies her perfect match, he isn't what she expects.…
Wise Queen Cecilia seeks a husband to be her partner in managing her kingdom. To find a worthy candidate, one who is wise, knowledgeable and concerned for her people, she must seek widely and choose carefully.…
Sunfist's punches are like miniature solar coronas, but the Ice Queen's is as cold as a starless night. Which is stronger? His fire or her Ice? In less than two hundred words, this tells the story of a meeting between a superhero and a supervillain for @SciKick "Superheroes vs. (Super)villains" contest. https://www.wattpad.com/261403577-contest-area-superheroes-vs-super-villains…