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Italian Zombies, Dread Machine, Demeter, Censorship

I’m excited to announce that I’ve sold the next story in my Italian-hitman-in-the-zombie-apocalypse odyssey for the New York Times-bestselling Black Tide Rising series. Entitled “Isle of Masks and Blood”, the story moves the action from Umbria to Venice (one of … Continue reading

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We Will Sound Strange to the Future

“People in the past had a strange way talking.” And that’s precisely what people in the future will say about us. We eat hot dogs that contain no dog, and hamburgers that have no ham. Buffalo wings are not made … Continue reading

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Field Mice, Lovecraftian Plants, ChatGPT

Dear field mouse who keeps building a lair in my car’s air-filter: I appreciate the need to have a sanctuary. My town contains a veritable bestiary of threats to mouse-kind, so I am not unsympathetic. Between snakes and birds and … Continue reading

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Cunk, Cats, Titanic, and Howlers

If laughter is the best medicine, then Netflix’s mockumentary “Cunk on Earth” is the perfect dose. This is one of the funniest shows I’ve seen in a very long time. Playing like a hybrid of Monty Python and Stephen Colbert, … Continue reading

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The Witcher, and Howlers in the Void

Henry Cavill’s departure from The Witcher, allegedly because he was unhappy with how the writers were deviating from the source material (something that was obvious from Season 1), brings to mind an ongoing complaint I have about adaptations in general: … Continue reading

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Year in Review, Science was Awesome in 2022

In 2022, I spent time in Austria, Bavaria, Hawaii, Virginia, and Washington DC. I had poke bowls in Honolulu, explored a 500-year-old salt mine in Berchtesgaden, and ate my first Sachertorte in a Viennese café. I attended a New York … Continue reading

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James Bond and All the Things

I’m an unabashed James Bond fan. It goes beyond the longevity of the series–60 years as of this writing. Growing up, I read the original Ian Fleming novels handed down to me from my father, and eventually entered 007’s cinematic … Continue reading

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Vienna, Bavaria, and Redspace Rising Wows the Critics

Donna and I decided to voyage to Vienna, for the signing of the Sokovia Accords.   🙂 The city of music and Hapsburg opulence, shelled by Napoleon and half-obliterated by World War 2, Vienna is a study in contrast: centuries-old architecture … Continue reading

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Redspace Rising is Out!

It’s official: my novel Redspace Rising is now available everywhere books are sold! Publisher’s Weekly calls it a “nimble, bloody space opera… Trent works in some thought-provoking speculation on the pliability of identity and technology’s ability to change human nature.” … Continue reading

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Rushdie, Van Gogh, Romania, China

Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked and stabbed this month while speaking at the Chautauqua Institute in New York. He is a personal hero of mine. A writer of vivid power and perception, a man of astounding courage, and a true … Continue reading

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