Words
Essays, observations, things I felt strongly enough about to write down. Long-form, short-form, and everything in between.
Featured Works
States of Matter
Five interconnected short stories following the same character at ages 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30.
T10
Ten Terrible Terrific Tall Tales Trying to Trip the Triune. A college-era set of ten short stories.
Heart of the System
A young woman becomes a participant in an unprecedented event in human history.
Absence
A man unwilling to deal with the rest of humanity decides to leave society.
Short Stories
Other fiction not part of a collection
Bad Poetry
Verse I like, regardless of what anyone else thinks
Articles
Pieces I have written over the years
Aphorisms
Pieces of writing small enough to swallow whole
All Words
A lot of people are worried about the new Facebook messenger app. They are wondering if they should bother with installing it or just ignoring it. Well, pretty soon you…
These dreams, I know what they mean. I don’t need an interpreter to read my own handwriting on the walls.
The legality of their citizenship is ultimately irrelevant. We can devise any number of laws to make people criminals (just look at the population of our prison system thanks to…
We need to stop using the term “atheism” because it refers to something that does not exist.
Thanks to Jeremy Snead’s documentary about video games, Weird Al’s invasion of the Internet, and the resurrection of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, this is turning out to be the year of…
We'll ask you 10 simple questions on this quiz. Be honest, and at the end, we'll tell you what kind of candy you are. Have fun!
The winds of the Internet blow hard and fast, so people don’t have time to read an entire article before they are emotionally invested in it. They mostly just rely…
My friend, filmmaker, and funnyman Jeremy Snead gives us a quick tour of his shrine to the bygone era of video rentals where people had to travel to specific places…
A young woman goes on a journey to the inner planets of our solar system and becomes a participant in one of the most unprecedented events in human history.
International laws have been broken in Syria. Atrocities have been committed. And more importantly, many more will be committed if we do not act.
The trick to dealing with trolls is learning to recognize them when you see them so you can learn to avoid playing their game.
One of the greatest strengths of the Internet is also one of its greatest weaknesses: anonymity. It emboldens people to speak out when they normally wouldn’t, but it also empowers…
My first collection of short stories is now available for only $5 on Kindle. 😀
This is a collection of ten short stories that were intended to bemuse, berate, and bewilder.