This is the fifth in a series of journal entries (read the first one) made by the main character in Sugar Scars, written during the weeks just before the events in the novel. I’m about to write the most intrinsically obvious sentence ever written. I suppose it’s a tautology (look it up). I’m not […]
This is the fourth in a series of journal entries (read the first one) made by the main character in Sugar Scars, written during the weeks just before the events in the novel. I just put duct tape on my front door and windows. Not to actually seal the house from the airborne virus. […]
This is the third in a series of journal entries (read the first one) made by the main character in Sugar Scars, written during the weeks just before the events in the novel. The government has gone from saying “precautionary measures” to “preparatory measures”. The virus hit this hemisphere yesterday in Alaska. It can’t […]
This is the second in a series of journal entries (read the first one) made by the main character in Sugar Scars, written during the weeks just before the events in the novel. Okay, it’s a virus. That much is obvious now. China is denying it, but China would deny that the sky is […]
This is the first in a series of journal entries made by the main character in Sugar Scars, written during the weeks just before the events in the novel. You see a lot of videos on YouTube or Facebook that are supposed to make you outraged or horrified or scared. But after a while […]
Touch starts with a science fiction premise that I’ve seen a few times before. Beings exist that can move from one human body to another, taking complete control of their hosts. The Denzel Washington movie Fallen is about a serial-killer demon that moved from person to person. One of my favorites books, Wild Seed, by […]
California, by Edan Lepucki, starts with a fairly typical post-apocalyptic world. Society has collapsed. People struggle to survive in primitive conditions, except for a few pockets of rich people who isolate themselves communities. But Lepucki takes a different approach to the genre and focuses on the effect that this environment has on the marriage of […]