Author Archives: BT

Great Wars, It, Flash Fiction

Posted on September 30, 2017 by BT

A few months back, I visited a World War I exhibit at the Knights of Columbus in New Haven, CT, where they have a reconstruction of a trench and invite you to don authentic garb. This war fascinates me, in … Continue reading →

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Great Silence, Strange Beasts, Luminous Wings

Posted on August 31, 2017 by BT

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Great Silence, the Fermi Paradox, Great Filters. It’s difficult to have this conversation at all because we have only one data-point, but what’s the deal? “Two possibilities exist,” wrote Clarke. “Either we are … Continue reading →

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“Galleon”, Dorian Gray, and Immortality

Posted on July 30, 2017 by BT

My sci-fi novelette “Galleon” is in the current (July/August 2017) issue of Analog. And a podcast of my dark fantasy story “The JPEG of Dorian Gray” is available from the nice folks at Third Flatiron. The stories have nothing to do with each … Continue reading →

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Greatest Moments in Sci-Fi Movie History

Posted on June 30, 2017 by BT

I went to Europe for a few weeks, to see London, Amsterdam, the Rhine Valley, Switzerland, and Paris. It was as wonderful as it sounds and frankly, I’m going to make it a point to go back once a year. … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Deaths Through Flesh and Stone

Posted on April 30, 2017 by BT

I’ve just received my contributor’s copy of the May/June 2017 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and was surprised (in the best possible way) to see that my story “A Thousand Deaths Through Flesh and Stone” opens the issue. On a … Continue reading →

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Shadows, Shore Leave, and Bones

Posted on March 31, 2017 by BT

My story “Shadows and Shore Leave” has officially debuted in Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. In the very far future, a soldier comes home to visit the family he’s not seen in three years. This family includes his father, his … Continue reading →

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February update

Posted on February 16, 2017 by BT

Can I start by saying that I loved Rogue One? Yes, you’ve all seen it, but I only just got around to it. I’ve been busy, what can I say? It’s the Star Wars film I waited more than 30 years … Continue reading →

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Reflections on 2016

Posted on December 7, 2016 by BT

So in 2016, I made 13 professional sales, including to ANALOG, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Daily Science Fiction, and some I can’t quite announce yet. My novelette “Last of the Sharkspeakers” was published to great acclaim. My novel THE GOD … Continue reading →

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The last gasps of 2016 at last

Posted on November 30, 2016 by BT

After ten months of a year which has obviously crawled out of some Smog Monster gestation pod to bring its despair and pollution to all mankind, November was actually pretty good. Philosophically, politically, historically, it was a complete disaster. It was the … Continue reading →

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The joy of short fiction and Star Trek film reviews

Posted on October 12, 2016 by BT

  Autumn is here in deep pooling shadows and icy-fanged mornings. Some quick doses of news: Nature Futures’ podcast selected my story “Interdimensional Trade Benefits” as their favorite sci-fi tale published in August, and gave it a classy recital on … Continue reading →

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