Clifford D. Simak was an award-winning American science fiction writer, born in 1904 in Millville, Wisconsin. Setting a story like Time and Again (1951) in rural Wisconsin characterizes much of Simak’s fiction. For example, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison … Continue reading Reading Time and Again, by Clifford D. Simak
At a short distance from the pod shielded by an energy field, Lieutenant Shvaart and his ensign viewed their surroundings. They stood on spongy green plants dampening the outer layer of their shield suits. “Don’t fret about the wet, Ensign.” … Continue reading A New ZooCatron: Chapter Three
Reading Circe is like attending a master class in crafting the perfect narrative. If ever a novel engaged me so thoroughly in recent years, it was this one by Madeleine Miller, a compelling tour de force. Profoundly trained in the classics, Miller … Continue reading Circe, by Madeline Miller
The cats arched their backs and hissed at the sight of a giant Grimalk-like animal, head ringed in long fur, strutting across the enclosure near their landing place. Continue reading A New ZooCatron: Chapter 2
Introducing the first chapter of my serialized novella. It’s about cats in space and how they came to Earth: 1. A comet blew their ship off course, flinging Tepunia from one side of the bridge to the other. She suspected … Continue reading A New ZooCatron
Stories that evoke our deepest pains, like our regret for withholding love from those closest to us, like a need to fill the void of their absence, or our inconsolable calls to their spirits—in the dark, in the shower, or … Continue reading Of Love and Regret
One dog appears in a chapter of Hiro Arikawa’s novel, The Travelling Cat Chronicles. He is not Man’s Best Friend, just one man’s loyal if not too bright companion. Rather, the star of this novel and truly a man’s best … Continue reading His Best Friend, the Cat
Next to the kitchen’s French doors hung a cage large enough for several uccelli or songbirds, gorging on grains and figs or singing their full-throated calls. Continue reading Birdsong in the Kitchen
Derek was a single young man whose personal wealth enabled him to travel in his search for hard-bound treasures. He lived his life in the pages of his books. Continue reading Bibliomania
“A complex world of human creatures and fantasy creatures, all vividly drawn from deep wells of imagination and rendered in crisp and lucid prose. A fabulous tale spun from ordinary longings and desires,both benevolent and malevolent. Continue reading Draako Stars Online
