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Twenty-two years ago I married Rebecca Moesta, a fellow technical editor at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who was also the president of the science fiction club at the Lab.  Because I had two books published (RESURRECTION, INC. and GAMEARTH), Rebecca had invited me to speak to their group.  When I met Rebecca at the […]

Daily Science Fiction just posted my new dark fantasy short story, “Dark Angel, Archangel.”  (This is the first on-spec story I have written in years!)—about a duel to the death between two incarnations of Death.  Read it at Daily Science Fiction. Each month, the Baen Free E-Library features a new batch of our WordFire Press […]

Science fiction just suffered two great blows last week, losing two influential writers and wonderful people, Frederik Pohl and A.C. Crispin.  I knew them both well and admired their work. When writing an appreciation, it’s easy to get carried away with hyperbole. In Frederik Pohl’s case, it is all true. Looking back on his many-pronged […]

I fell in love with Frank Herbert’s writing back when I first read DUNE at age 12, and I have been pleased for years to be working with Brian Herbert and the Herbert estate to keep Frank’s works and his memory alive. Our work in continuing the DUNE saga is the most obvious success, but […]