Flogging Babel

 .   It's been a pleasant Christmas season here in Philadelphia, with homemade candies and cookies, some wonderful meals, and a lot of t...

 .  I've just received the news that for this Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 only, the e-book my novel Jack Faust will be on sale for $1.9...

 .   Manger Animals   There is a legend that on Christmas Eve the animals can talk.   Yet of all the many animals yo...

 . This is a story I post here once a year, because the message is timeless. Grab your chocolate or eggnog and find a cozy place by the fire...

 .   From Tachyon Publications comes news that as of yesterday, the shortest day of the year,  my collection of short-short fictions, Cigar...

 . Something astonishing happened to me over the weekend. I was given the Aelita Award. The Aelita was named after the 1923 science fiction ...

 . What a strange year this is! You've probably noticed. All around the world, science fiction convention after science fiction conventi...