A local writer’s club runs a free internet short story site. I’ve had an urban fantasy short idea kicking around in my head for a bit, so I tossed a short up on the site. It can be found at the Confabulator Cafe. Feel free to poke around and read other authors’ stuff–there’s a lot […]
B-Sides and Outtakes
Strategic Bombing Historiographical Paper (2006)
So remember when I said I had reading list? Well, I can do even better than that–I have an entire historiographical paper about the Allied Bombing Campaign in World War II. It’s a bit dated (I wrote it back in 2006), but the end notes and bibliography have more than enough things to get a […]
B-Sides and Outtakes–Armageddon Dawn Part VIII (Conclusion)
Epilogue C.C.D.F.S. Emancipation 1455 Confederation Common Time 30 June, 2011 “I’m telling you right now, you little weasel, this is it! No more kids!” a woman said as Eric entered the medical ward. The woman was leaning up in the bed nursing her newborn infant, brown curly hair about shoulder length down her […]
B-Sides and Outtakes–Armageddon Dawn Part VII
West Point, NY 1330 Central Time “Oh look, it’s the great General Connelly, gracing us with his presence,” General Michael Wallace slurred through the video screen from the Pentagon. Behind him, General Connelly could see scenes of debauchery occurring that would have made a Roman blush. At least Michael, an old West Point classmate […]
B-Sides and Outtakes: Armageddon Dawn Part VI
Chapter 3 Pacific Ocean 1200 Kansas Time The first hostile alien vessel to enter Earth’s atmosphere, a Griffin-class assault lander, penetrated the atmosphere at a point two hundred miles to the west of the International Date Line. As a result, the official Day the Earth ended would be 26 June, 2011. Hitting the […]
B-Sides and Outtakes "Armageddon Dawn"–Part V
Things are tracking along nicely with the end of the world. By this point if you’re dropping in with no background, strongly suggest you start back here . Welcome all TOPCON and Time Eddy visitors–hope that you enjoy your visit! Fort Riley, Kansas 1000 Local (1100 Eastern) Putting off their characteristic whine, the last […]
B-Sides and Outtakes– "Armageddon Dawn"–Part III
Part III continues. If you’ve just started following this blog, Part I can be found here. Weather Mountain, VA 0800 Local (0700 Central) “Sir, they’re all here,” Star-Colonel Sir Conrad Bradstock, Knight of the Bath to Queen Elizabeth I, said quietly. The Englishman was massive, especially when one considered the average height of men in […]
B-Sides-Final Fight, Part II
The title pretty much says it all. I’ll do a little more commentary at the end. Let the dogfighting begin… Chapter 2 James saw two MiG-25 Foxbat fighters descend on a damaged B-52 like hyenas on a carcass and cursed, unable to do anything at the moment. One of the fighters pressed its firing run […]
B-Sides-Final Fight Part I
So after the events of The Vladivostok Thing, World War III basically went poorly for the Soviets in my World War III. How bad? Well long story short, the United States and NATO committed to a counteroffensive that speared into East Germany, Poland and Hungary rose up in rebellion, and most of the 1st and […]
B-Sides and Outtakes– "Armageddon Dawn"–Part I
It was 2003. For two years, I had been working on this great idea for a story where aliens come to Earth, seeking humanity’s help in dealing with a rabid, angry race of cat-lizards that enjoyed eating intelligent species’ flesh and soul. Having been at peace for thousands of years, the friendly aliens had no […]
B-Sides-Vladivostok Special
This post will conclude the Vladivostok thing. For those who missed the first installment–I once had an entire universe in which the Cold War went hot. Through various moves, direct action, and movement through multiple versions of Word, most of this first novel up and disappeared. This is very much a rough draft, and I’m […]
B-Sides and Outtakes (Formerly “I Can’t Believe I Wrote That”)
[Edit] So back in 2016, I decided to have a regular entry called “I Can’t Believe I Wrote That” in addition to my Writing Tips and Random Confessions. As part of the revamping of this website, I decided to just mere this with “B-Sides and Outtakes” in order to simplify folks finding things to read. […]