This week's story was about someone trying to open a gate to a parallel universe. I had a prompt from a competition on a forum I frequent, I haven't seen how I rate yet, so you'll hear next week 🙂 I finished reading Reflex and it was really good, the writing seemed to improve a …
Week 11 and The Demolished Man
I have survived another week, and read another Alfred Bester novel. This week I wrote about a duel fought with time guns... yeah, probably just as dumb as it sounds. I also read The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester. It's the story of a murder committed in a world full of telepaths--a world that hasn't …
The Stars My Destination
I just finished reading The Stars My Destination (originally published as Tiger! Tiger!) by Alfred Bester. I didn't mean to pause from the Count of Monte Cristo. I only meant  to read the preview in the Kindle store, as someone had mentioned it as one of the best Sci Fi novels ever and I'd never heard of …
week 6 and Jane Eyre
This week I again paused from my regular song prompts to do something for a contest among friends. I was required to write a story about a picture of a creepy looking swing set, which didn't much appeal to me. So I took it literally and wrote about an actual picture of a swing set …
Steelheart
Just finished reading Brandon Sanderson's new book, Steelheart. I bought it without realizing it was a YA book, but enjoyed it nonetheless. It takes place in a near future where people all around the work begin getting superpowers. Except, they don't become heroes, they take over the world. Our protagonist joins a group of rebels …
Jonas David 