Fantasy
Split Second
I like fiction from which you can actually learn a thing or two. Whether it’s military fiction with enough hard military action that you can actually learn a bit of tactics, or science fiction with enough hard science that you come away with some new knowledge in that field, a book that teaches you something…
Read MoreForgotten Ruin
This love-letter to the U. S. Army Rangers is, if shameless, also delightful, and if you like hard military action but you’re also a nerd, you should read it. Find it here.
Read MoreThe Ride
An excerpt from the new novel, Outsiders, by William Collier It is one of those peculiarities of military air travel that, in a cargo aircraft, one often sits with one’s back to the side bulkhead, facing perpendicular to the aircraft’s direction of travel, such that as it accelerates or decelerates, one is thrown sideways into…
Read MoreMeeting the Parents
An excerpt from the new novel, Outsiders, by William Collier Doran had offered to drive, which meant that he would be picking her up. They had been dating now for several months, and the thought of him still made a very girlish part of her go giggly. Waiting for him now only exacerbated it. That…
Read MoreThe Mission
An excerpt from the new novel, Outsiders, by William Collier Bulbous, faceted eyes, blown wildly out of proportion, huge, reflecting an oily rainbow of green, orange, and brown hues, leaving room only for the tiniest bit of head to support them—just enough head to attach also what it had in place of a mouth: this…
Read MoreOutsiders, a novel
A special forces team, on what should have been a simple, uncontested operation to extract an unimportant source from neutral territory, is ambushed during exfil and nearly wiped out. A graduate student of machine learning and AI discovers an artificial neural network operating on the Internet, the likes of which no one has ever conceived.…
Read MoreWarrior, the Game
Realistic is a dangerous word in the game industry. Realistic games often bog down in detailed simulation, and no one has any fun. At the same time, though, tabletop games are notorious for their terrible representation of guns and gunplay. Want something better? Want the hard-hitting action of Jason Bourne or John Wick in a…
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