Today is the autumnal equinox, the astronomical beginning of autumn. It's also Mabon, one of the modern pagan festivals honoring the...

Recently I had the pleasure to be asked to take part in an interview/reading/panel discussion with a group of wonderful speculative...

I love mythology, and I love stories from mythology, and I *love* stories from mythologies that are new to me. Robinson's Trickster...

So I've been hard at work on the novel all summer and am consequently a little late getting this one posted, but I have a new flash...

In the Acknowledgements section at the end of Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth of England (Osprey, 2021), author Michael...

So, here's the thing: stuff decomposes. Before there were gardeners, or gardens, or heck, before there were people, plant matter was...

I can't even begin to tell you how much I loved this translation of Beowulf, that classic of Old English literature so many high school...

To know me is to know my twisted, frustrated relationship with DC comics and movies. I'm a huge DC fan, and have been since 1977, when I...

Freiheit! The White Rose Graphic Novel by Andrea Grosso Ciponte is a beautifully rendered, but ultimately disappointing, look at one of...

I couldn't be more pleased to see my poem, "Ritual," in print at Liminality, one of my all-time favorite speculative poetry magazines....

before I close the door and lock it behind me. Work needs doing, but even now, even years into this thing, I have a hard time justifying...

Just a quick note to say that my story, "A Gardener's Guide to the Apocalypse," has been reprinted in The Dread Machine, a new online...

It lives! "What My Mother Taught Me," my first appearance in the always-gorgeous Fantasy Magazine, is now live and free to read. Feel...

This is what I've been looking for - a practical roadmap for how the world can achieve net zero global emissions by 2050, presented in...

My story, "Light Years," is now live at Nature: Futures. I'm so thrilled to have a new story in Nature, and I'd love to hear what you...

I love the aesthetic feel of this book; I think the art is just fantastic. And I love the premise too--the idea that Poe was pursued by...

One of my favorite short story markets, Nature: Futures, has picked up my flash piece, "Light Years," for publication in a future issue...

I was supremely disappointed that the story turned out to be Ready Player One redux, but honestly, Cline's a good storyteller, and I'll...

The Dread Machine, a cool new dark fiction e-zine, has picked up my story, "A Gardener's Guide to the Apocalypse," as a reprint. Details...

My poem, "What My Mother Taught Me," will be appearing in an upcoming issue of Fantasy magazine, and I couldn't be more thrilled! I'll...