Remember Groundhogs Day? Where Bill Murray keeps living the same day over and over no matter what he does? Imagine if, instead of Punxsutawney, Â Bill was in space fighting aliens when his day started repeating, and you'll have an idea what this movie is like. Tom Cruise plays an officer, Cage, who is placed in …
Under the Skin
I watched this slow-burning, surreal sci-fi movie a few days ago, and it's still rattling around in my head. Especially the soundtrack. Scarlet Johansson plays some kind of alien in human form who seduces men, leading them to their death. This sounds horribly cliche'd and uninteresting, and the plot as it is could have gone …
Away
I haven't posted in a while. Hello! I'm still alive, and still sort of a writer. I just haven't been putting my thoughts to blog very often. In my search for something to have an opinion about, I went to the good ol' Wikipedia Random Article button. And though I didn't find much inspiration, I …
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North
I just finished reading this, and though it was very clever, and a fresh idea and extremely well written with beautiful prose, identifiable characters and vivid emotions and exciting action, it was also incredibly irritating. It is another iteration of the timeless story of the villain trying to accomplish something, and the hero trying to …
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Repossession
I'm in this month's issue of Fireside Magazine with my story Repossession! I sold it nearly two years ago and now it's finally out! Click here You won't be able to read it without a subscription (which is affordable and worth it for the quality they put out) but click anyway to see the awesome …
Jonas David 