The damage and ultimate futility of hiding facts Today, a protest against teaching facts about sexuality in schools met with a counter-protest in cities across Canada, including on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. One of the anti-sex ed protesters actually said this: “Talking to kids about wieners and sex is inappropriate, and if you want to […]
News for 1 April 2023 I have something amazing to report. After doing my own extensive research on the Internets, that proves Graham Hancock’s theory of an ancient civilization is wrong. In fact, it’s just repackaging of stories by fantasy writers like Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft. Ardia: our extraterrestrial origin My research, conducted […]
History gives some encouragement to Ukraine fighting for its independence a century later Today, my second bonus episode is LIVE on all the podcasting platforms—Apple, Google, etc. And as a special bonus, it’s widely available. This begins a three-part series on the Winter War between the USSR and Finland, from November 1939 to March 1940. […]
It’s a gloomy New Year’s Day in Ottawa. Dark, low clouds hanging over a drenched city. Snow—what remains of it—more brown and black than white. Grey, rotten ice clinging to odd corners and cracks on driveways and roads. But at least the rain has stopped. After four days of a miserable cold that exhausts me […]
Best wishes to all for healthy, loving holidays and a new year that makes your dreams come true.
Enjoy this sample from another book edited by The Written Word: Storm of Passion by Rebecca Corio. Savanah looked at her father. “One more, Dad. There’s time to do one more.” “Your body is tired, Savanah. Pushing it too far will do more harm than good.” “I’m still really angry, Dad.” Kyle did not respond. […]
COVID. War. Totalitarianism. Pandemic. Climate change. Terrorism. Nuclear war. Judging from hyperbole in social media, we are out-and-out terrified of these things. Just consider the rhetoric around the use of “tactical” nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Will he? Won’t he? Should we? The job of writers of fantasy and speculative fiction is to reflect our audience’s fears back […]