There was a little jumping spider on the table at a fast food restaurant I ate at the other day. I don't remember her being there when I sat down, but suddenly there she was, as well as some kind of flying insect, like a small crane fly, which looked like it was injured. I …
Why do we like villains?
I recently read this article in the New York times by Anna Gunn, the actress that plays Skyler White in Breaking Bad about how much hate her character gets. It was surprising to me how obsessive people can get about a fictional character (death threats.. really??), but, not surprising to me that people tend to …
Human Species
I've just started taking a class on Coursera, 'A brief history of humankind'. The first lecture was very interesting and I learned that the multiple species of humans--homo erectus, homo neanderthalensis, homo floresiensis and so on--were not simply links in a chain leading to us, homo sapiens. All these species of humans lived at the …
Sideshow Freak
I wrote a post for the IGMS blog about my recent story there, click to read!
Reviewed
I've had my recent story reviewed by Michelle Ristuccia at Tangent magazine, click!

