Story Inspiration: RICOCHET-T-T-T-T
I know just enough about programming to be dangerous. This point was driven home one day when I inadvertently introduced an infinite recursive loop into my code…
SCIENCE FICTION
Story Inspiration: Unreal
No story comes to a writer fully formed — at least not to me. By the time I finish writing a story, my hard drive is littered with deleted scenes, pointless plot lines, and bodies (ahem: cut characters)…
Story Inspiration: The Coupon
I’ve often wondered what the eventual fate of Voyagers’ two golden records might be. What if they really did fall into the hands (or pseudopodia/tentacles/cyborg extensions) of aliens?…
Story Inspiration: Playing for Keeps
According to the block-universe theory of time, the past exists. As the present drives us towards the future and we leave the past behind, it stays put, like a road we once travelled. But if the past is extant, how is it stored? Obviously, everything comes down to doughnuts…