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  • Thinking About Polar Bears

    Hey, remember a while ago I told you that I submitted one of my little stories, then later it got purchased? Well, now it’s actually been released. My story, Thinking About Polar Bears, appears in the latest episode of Pseudopod, a horror podcast, and is narrated by Matt Arnold. There are a few ways to…

  • Book Review: Ten Questions Science Can’t Answer (Yet) – A Guide to the Scientific Wilderness, by Michael Hanlon

    If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years of reading about and contributing to science, it’s the old cliche that the more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know. The method of science has revealed a whole lot about the universe we live in, but even the most well-established facts…

  • Book Review: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

    The Road is an extremely bleak tale about a father and son’s struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. That’s about all there is to it. But between the lines of the glaringly minimalistic prose are themes of love, hope, morality, and even a bit of faith. This is not an uplifting book; it’s clear…