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E. and I left home around 11 am on Thursday, July 9th, from south-central Wisconsin to drive down to Chicago to meet SF author Cory Doctorow and see a stage production of his YA novel, “Little Brother.”

E. and Cory Doctorow

It was a great day for a trip. When we left town, I asked E. if he was interested in something to eat. He suggested McDonald’s. At just that moment, a semi with a McDonald’s logo passed us. We were amused. It would not be the last completely random timely circumstance of the day. Read the rest of this entry »

“Blessed Are the Peacemakers,” an homage to Keith Laumer’s ‘Retief’ character, is the featured story in today’s issue of Digital Dragon magazine:
http://www.digitaldragonmagazine.net/

A former space marine is caught between his principles and his duty as he juggles working for an old enemy while trying to forge a crucial treaty with a ferocious alien race.

With this story, I tried to write something that was both fully Science Fiction and fully Christian. I like how it turned out. Thanks again to Tim Ambrose and Randy Streu for letting me play in their playground.

Stick around for the author’s bio at the end. I had some fun with it.
http://www.digitaldragonmagazine.net…eacemakers.php