Let me introduce you to my speculative fiction...

My blog is named after the hero of my pun-filled, tongue-in-cheek science-fiction series of short stories (four of them so far):

1. “Surgical Diplomacy,” which introduces us to David Ventax, intergalactic diplomat extraordinaire, and the Continuum Complex at the center of our universe’s space and time
2. “Planet of the Apiary,” taking place on a planet of sentient, mobile plants who heavily rely on oversized pollinators
3. “Goldstinger,” on an insectoid world, loosely spoofing James Bond
4. “Real Time,” which plays around with time-travel and the geological time-scale on a planet of sentient birds and sentient rocks

As you might guess, I’m playing fast and loose with science—but there is some science in there. Sticklers to genre might call this science-fantasy. I don’t pretend to categorize what I write in this continuing series; I just have fun with it.

(“Surgical Diplomacy” is available in the speculative anthology Obliquity, put together by the Speculative Fiction Writer’s Co-op.)

Outside this series, the more serious “Josephine and Starry Night” was printed in the anthology Off the Ecliptic, also put together by the writers group I’ve just mentioned. I’ve completed several other stories, and there’s no accurate count of all the others—short, novella, and novel length—still just begun, waiting for me to get back to them. And then there’s my first completed novel... I’ll let you know when I get it published, and then more details about it will be available.

I also write poetry because I enjoy working with words (that maybe explains my weakness for puns), their sounds, and the rhythms of text read aloud. And imagery—I want to create that most of all, and try to include it in as much of my fiction as I can as well.

That’s it for now. This probably will be as long as my entries will get, and most should be much shorter.