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Ares V (via NASA)

Spaceships, robots, and aliens, oh my! Strap yourself in for my forays to the stars.

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Speculative Awards Season Begins

Feb. 21, 2015 | Comments

The ruthless season of movie awards ends with tomorrow's Oscars telecast, but the award season's just getting started for lovers of speculative fiction.
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My First Completed Series

Feb. 07, 2015 | Comments

This week marked a momentous occasion: for the first time ever, I completed an entire writing series.
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That's What Tigers Do Best

Part 6: The Best Medicine (Feb. 05, 2015) | Comments

When Tiger catches a cold, Dal comes up with a unique form of treatment.
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The Last Policeman Fails to Excite

Feb. 03, 2015 | Comments

I found this book's postmodernist dip into the last days so weighed down with existential angst that the mystery barely registered or offered much in the way of tension.
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Caves of Steel is a Vibrant Classic

Jan. 31, 2015 | Comments

It's classic Golden Age science fiction, full of amazing possibilities, yet tinged with noir overtones that drive the action toward a solution I for one didn't see coming.
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That's What Tigers Do Best

Part 5: Wake (Jan. 29, 2015) | Comments

The death of a patient brings up unpleasant memories for Dal.
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That's What Tigers Do Best

Part 4: The Extraction Dilemma (Jan. 22, 2015) | Comments

Dal, Tiger, and Jack all have to face down a "little" girl with a big problem.
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That's What Tigers Do Best

Part 3: School for Brotherly Care (Jan. 15, 2015) | Comments

Tiger faces his toughest challenge yet in Medical School: befriending Dal Timgar.
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That's What Tigers Do Best

Part 2: Recovery (Jan. 08, 2015) | Comments

Everyone needs a break after an eighteen hour surgery, especially the surgeon.
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That's What Tigers Do Best

Part 1: The Friendship Treatment (Jan. 01, 2015) | Comments

Five times Dr. Frank "Tiger" Martin, Green Service of Medicine, helped out his friend Dr. Dal Timgar of the Red Service of Surgery, and one time Dal got to return the favor. Also posted on FanFiction.net and An Archive of Our Own. Download an ePub version of the series.

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