I always knew I was a huge nerd. However, I was reminded just HOW big a nerd I am when I recently unearthed a long-forgotten paper comparing Thomas More’s Utopia to Star Trek that I had written, and actually submitted, in a college class. Yes, I wrote an actual paper about Star Trek! I am highly amused! I make the excuse that it was an assignment for a mere 200-level course, so perhaps the atrocious writing can be forgiven. I was still a baby student. I make no excuse, however, for being a life-long, rabid Trekkie.

So now, in all its unedited, non-MLA-compliant, unadulterated crappiness, I present to you my Star Trek paper. You’re welcome.

Continue reading “Trek to Utopia” →

HNS also just published my review of The Medic by Adam Palmer.  Continue reading “The Medic: Miracle on Hacksaw Ridge” →

My review of Fiery Arrow by Sheila Lamb is now published on the Historical Novel Society website. Continue reading “Fiery Arrow” →

The shortest short story I’ve ever written. Continue reading “Invisible” →

If summer has to come, with its blazing heat and blasts of air that feel like you opened the oven door, then we may as well celebrate with Beltane, yes? We’ve all heard the silly chant, “Hooray, hooray, it’s the First of May! Outdoor fucking begins today!” But maybe not as many people know where that originated. The first of May is properly called Beltane, at least in some traditions, and it is ancient. Ancient things are cool. We should learn more about them, especially when so much of what we think we know is nonsense. We can start here. Continue reading “Hooray, Hooray, It’s the First of May!” →