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Flick Filosopher–on–Apple News experiment ends

Sun, Jun 02, 2019
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I had hoped that it would bring in a lot of new readers, but it never garnered more than a scant handful of views each month…

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new fantasy flash fiction: “Contrary Malediction”

Thu, May 30, 2019
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He had been hanging in the theater for many years before he suddenly realized who he was, where he was, and what purpose he served…

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are you having trouble with email notifications of my posts at Patreon?

Thu, May 30, 2019
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A reader appears to have stumbled upon a bug at Patreon…

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new flash fiction from me to you…

Thu, May 23, 2019
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…if you’re my Patreon patron, that is. (Only $1/mo to read this story and others!)

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new sci-fi/fantasy/horror flash fiction by me for your amusement

Sun, May 19, 2019
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Please support my Patreon — for which you get intriguing genre flash fiction — so I don’t have to get a real job, which will kill me.

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new sci-fi flash fiction by yours truly

Sun, Apr 28, 2019
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See the object at The British Museum that inspired this week’s story, and read the opening of the story itself.

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which Netflix movie should I review next?

Sun, Apr 28, 2019
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Results are in…

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new flash fiction: it’s another sci-fi body horror

Sun, Apr 21, 2019
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As ever, the stories in this series are not about museums, or artifacts, or history. I’m simply letting an object in The British Museum in London inspire me.

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my top 10 films of 2019 (so far)

Mon, Apr 15, 2019
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With the year about one-third over, here’s a peek at my top 10 films of the year so far, out of the 71 2019 releases I’ve seen to date.

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my latest sci-fi flash fiction is a teaser of the long serial project I’ve been gearing up for

Sun, Apr 14, 2019
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I didn’t plan this. My brain has a mind of its own, and it does not share its thoughts with me. But this crossover is a good sign that it’s time to start going big.

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