A few years ago in Vienna, while touring with our university chorus, I and three companions, one male and two female, wanted to find our way from the edge of the city to Vienna’s famous giant wooden Ferris wheel. We men, of course, did the logical thing and began studying the subway map. The women …
Final Shapers of Worlds anthology has been out for a while now . . .
I really can’t believe I neglected to highlight this one when it came out! Shapers of Worlds Volume V is, of course, the fifth (and final) installment in a series of anthologies featuring science fiction and fantasy …
My latest! Middle-grade/YA modern-day fantasy Fireboy
My latest novel, the middle-grade/younger YA modern-day fantasy Fireboy, is now available everywhere! Buy it wherever you buy books, or have your local bookstore or library order it in! Or, get it directly from Shadowpaw …
Cold Feet: A Seven-Sentence Short Story
Well, I did it again: led the Seven-Sentence Short Story workshop (created by science fiction and fantasy author James van Pelt) at a writing conference, this time, Wordbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. Here’s the story I …
The Dragon Toy of the Seven: A Seven-Sentence Short Story
Here’s another seven-sentence short story! I ran the workshop again at Ganbatte, an anime convention in Saskatoon. It went well, and here’s the one I created, again with the instructions, created by noted SF short-story …
The Cat of Enlightenment: A Seven-Sentence Short Story
Another When Words Collide, another Seven-Sentence Short Story workshop, as I once again led a group of writers through this plotting exercise devised by noted science fiction short-story writer James Van Pelt. As always, I …
Soulworm, my debut novel, now available again in a new edition
Soulworm, my first published novel (originally released by Royal Fireworks Press in 1997), is now available in a brand-new, lightly revised edition from Shadowpaw Press Reprise. You can purchase it at one of these links …
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- By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
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October 25, 1993
- 5 mins to read
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