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I had to race down to Phoenix this last week as my mom is on her last leg. My brother told me to hurry, so I did. She looked pretty bad but was still upright. Unfortunately, she didn’t know who I was, but I kept my dad company. Mom’s pallor was a bit gray and […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC! If aliens didn’t exist, we would invent them to explain the inexplicable More Autumn pictures because it’s still the season. Temps are holding steady – high 30s to mid 50s Fahrenheit – but the leaves have accelerated their descent. It finally stopped raining. That was almost every day for about six […]

Fall isn’t rushing in on us like it usually does. We are getting a little bit of rain while temperatures have been consistent for almost an entire month. Lows in the mid to high 40s (F) and highs in the mid 50s.The change started early, but since then, it’s been lingering. Fall usually lasts a […]

No Game for Knights, an anthology published by Baen and now available from all your favorite brick and mortar stores, or online. This collection is not available through Kindle Unlimited.Get it here using this universal link to select your favorite store: You can read my story, Utopia’s Sheep. It’s about a retired detective getting conscripted by […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC! Your favorite space lawyer returns in Succession Rocking the free galaxy with a passion for justice. Rivka takes no crap, not from an ex-wife, a widow, a child or even a downloaded consciousness. Rivka #16 (Judge, Jury, & Executioner, Succession) is live! Get it today or read it as part of […]

I’ve moved Stanley’s adventures to the end of the NL. Because I work on the other stuff ahead of time and am never sure how much space to leave, some rewickering was in order. Keep reading – we have giveaways, a sale, and most of all, Stanley! Rivka #16 (Judge, Jury, & Executioner, Succession) has […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC! Who could use a new Kindle? What about signed hardbacks from leading Thriller authors? The leaves are starting to change color and the air has taken on a crispness in the early morning. The mosquitoes are mostly gone. It is a beautiful time of the year. All kinds of new smells […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC! A ship like no other, lost for a thousand years It’s finished. The last two books of the Battleship Leviathan series are done, and both are longer than any of the previous titles. Book #5 is nearly 98k words and Book #6, the last in the series, is 90k words. Both […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC! A new dill salad and the thrill of the chase I always struggle for a subject line that’s catchy because you need to see pictures of Stanley! But I did buy a new ready-made salad mix from Costco – dill salad. It was glorious! I added a few pickles, too, because […]

GREETINGS FROM MADRID! Tango Seven inbound, weapons free.  I am still in Madrid. This is downtime, which means work as usual but in a different place doing different things. Like the naval museum. They have models to end all models. The Spanish ruled the seas at one point with shipbuilding that was second to none. […]

Craig Martelle, Inc is offering a chance to win this eclectic set of really cool stuff for US only (because of extreme shipping costs). A St. Andrews Old Course pennant from the 18th hole, an all metal bag tag from the old course, a 54mm painted model of Indiana Jones, a Lord of the Rings […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC Sometimes the hardest fight is not in combat We are in the middle of an extended breakup – that’s the Alaskan term for cracking the ice layer over the rivers. It also applies to the hardpack on our roads. It is getting into the 40s during the day and back below […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC Audible Deal of the Day – Battleship Leviathan Bring the Payne!  Straight to your ear holes through the Audible Deal of the Day. Only $2.95 to buy the audiobook. You can’t beat that with an ugly stick.  Battleship Leviathan TODAY ONLY (April 5th)! Audible Deal of the Day – only $2.95 […]

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GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC Bring the Payne! Team Payne, that is. He is back along with his whole team facing a terrifying alien from somewhere beyond known space… Stanley! What a good boy he is. From kitchen to living room… my sausage is his sausage, or so he thinks. I toss small pieces for him, […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC Sometimes a single grain of sand can stand out on a vast beach… Stanley stole my spot, then sacked out, snoring in my face as if to lord his position over me. I let him have that spot because he is an olympic-caliber sleeper.  My wife was at a conference in […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC Stanley is exploring the extremes of his ability to sleep at least twenty hours a day. It’s gotten cold, like really cold once more. Easy come. Easy go. The roads have a nice ice glare to them.  Stanley is never too far from baby Yoda. He gives his favorite toy prime […]

Greetings from the Sub-Arctic! So much snow! We added a foot on the ground over the past week. It now goes half-way up Stanley’s body, but it’s better to have that much snow on the ground as insulation. As it is, we get a hard freeze of the ground to about four-feet deep. Without the […]

Greetings from the Sub-Arctic! Still cold. Business as usual. Stanley gets extra blankets. His hair isn’t growing in thickly enough, quickly enough. It’s 63F in my office as the thermostat in the hallway is set to 70. There’s a second thermostat about fifteen feet down the hallway toward the living room and another about ten […]

Greetings from the Sub-Arctic It’s still cold here. It’s been two weeks since our high temperatures have been above 0F… Going for a walk nowadays is a trial. Stanley needs his coat and boots on every time. At these temperatures, he can handle about thirty seconds without his gear before it starts hurting his feet. […]

Science Fiction is the way to enlightened entertainment Greetings from the Sub-Arctic! I made up that title. You can find enlightened entertainment anywhere you look, as long as you’re looking. There’s deeper meaning everywhere. It’s like finding peace in a forest or along a rushing stream.Or in pictures of Stanley as he adventures across the […]

It’s amazing any of us made it out of our teens Greetings from the Sub-Arctic! Winter is upon us.  Stanley is getting into the winter spirit – with the darkness comes extra sleep. Yesterday, I think he managed about eighteen hours. At the nadir of winter, Phyllis was able to sleep about twenty-two hours. Stanley […]

Two books enter. One book leaves… Greetings from the Sub-Arctic! We had a quick warming spell that melted most of the snow so it looks dismal out there. Looks like Fall, which it technically is, but it’s already winter up here. We’ll get sandblasted this week, no doubt. My snow removal equipment is ready, I […]

One ship against many in a battle that has lasted a thousand years… Greetings from the Sub-Arctic! Stanley’s first big snowstorm. He wasn’t sure what to make of it, but once he got into it, he was a big fan. He loves the snow. But it’s getting deeper, almost too deep for his short legs. […]