My wife and I got lucky. She emigrated from Japan in late December 2019, just days before 2020 rolled around. (My God, what happened to that whole year?) If she hadn’t come in those early […]
Author: R W
Rick Wayne is a cretinous mass who's dissected a cadaver, climbed the Great Wall, jumped from an airplane, designed sampling systems, swam naked in the Mediterranean, and felt the blast of a terrorist's bomb, although not in that order. When he's not vomiting words, he's planning his next adventure.
He can be found at RickWayne.com.
(Art) The Imaginary Critters of Alexander Ostrowski
I enjoy the creature art of Alexander Ostrowski because he approaches his subjects similar to how I approach my novels, by imbuing the fantastic with a heavy dose of realism such that you can easily […]
(Sunday Thought) My God, it’s full of stars…
Why is 4 out of 5 stars good for a restaurant but near-catastrophic for an Uber driver? Why do hotels and movies have two kinds of ratings but books and consumer electronics only have one? […]
(Art) Balls, Balls, Balls, Balls, Balls
You would think that after collecting and sharing hundreds of BIG BALL images, that would be it. But you would be wrong. Here is Part III. Part I is here and Part II is here. […]
(Art) The Humorous Fantasy of Tony Sart
In addition to his art for tabletop and video game properties, Tony Sart also illustrates the humorous side of fantasy, be it goblin pranks, a fierce warrior on the toilet (in his fuzzy slippers), vampires […]
(Sunday Thought) Fixing the News
What’s worst about social media comes not from the platform itself but the advertiser model. Algorithms, which drive political division and misinformation, were meant to drive engagement for advertisers. The more you’re engaged, the longer […]
(Art) Science Crimes in Progress
The Zero Signal, the first Science Crimes Division mystery, officially releases today in paperback and digital. Here’s what readers are saying: “The imaginative worldbuilding, the complex characters and the sheer scope that’s both shown and […]
(Fiction) Remnants
The area affected by the anomaly was too large to cordon completely, but warning signs had been hammered into the ground at regular intervals, and a barbed-wire fence surrounded the most dangerous areas, including the […]
