Introducing Science Politics

Why we launched a “journazine.”

Camaraderie & Critiques

How a longtime writing group makes my work possible.

AI, Take a Bow

(But just this once.)

Gay Life in Menacing Times

A Pride Month commentary on Robert W. Fieseler’s eye-opening American Scare.

Going Rogue

Why do so many of today’s fictional detectives embrace the dark side?

In Verse Veritas

Why poetry is the enemy of myth.

Don’t Trust — Just Verify

Those AI-powered search engines can lead you down the garden path.

Pain Is Not the Opposite of Pleasure

A close reading of Garth Greenwell’s Small Rain.