Until today, my short story anthology Ooter’s Place and Other Stories of Fear, Faith, and Love was only available as an ebook through Amazon.com for the Kindle. Today I’m proud to announce you can purchase a copy from Smashwords, which will give you access to a wide range of ebook […]
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Ooter’s Place and Other Stories of Fear, Faith, and Love is a collection of 13 of my short stories. Twelve were previously published in magazines between 1998 and 2010, while the bonus story is exclusive to this collection. Organized in three sections—Fear, Faith, and Love—the anthology also contains an introduction […]
Some people seem satisfied to justify any action by the claim that “it’s natural.” Whether it’s giving in to every sexual urge or ingesting various products and plants, somehow the claim that “it’s natural” (which, I guess, means “it occurs in the natural world”) seems to be enough reason to […]
If you’d only ever read the title of J.B. Phillips’ little book Your God Is Too Small, you may feel that the counterpoint needs to be made. Yes, we often build up inadequate images of God in our heads (the Resident Policeman or the Grand Old Man, to take two […]
I’ve been cycling to work as much this summer as last year, but I’ve written less about it (in fact, nothing so far this year). This silence is in part due to having less free time, but it’s also because the excitement has faded in some ways. Last year, cycling-commuting […]
As a writer who likes trees and hates waste, I’ve tried to cut back on the amount of printing I do. My first line of defence is similar to the advice Mr. Miyagi gives to the Karate Kid: “Best way to avoid punch, no be there.” The best way to […]