Wow Mike! That was a great tribute!

I guess it pays to reread old posts that we miss!

Thank you for the kind words KRW. They are appreciated.

For the record, I expanded this version even slightly more,
and it is now in the paperback anthology
"The Best of AstoundingTales.com" available from LuLu.com
or as an e-book from Whortleberry Press.

Thank you for the kind words KRW. They are appreciated.

For the record, I expanded this version even slightly more,
and it is now in the paperback anthology
"The Best of AstoundingTales.com" available from LuLu.com
or as an e-book from Whortleberry Press.

Sorry so long for the response, somehow I missed your post! :o

I will definatley check it it out! Thanks again Mike!


KRW

When I was reading Virgin, I thought it was so cool to know the neighborhood where it takes place because The Muffie (my kid) lives there. I was there last Sunday and Monday to see a show so I borrowed a digital camera and took a few pictures. There is a church on Ave. B. called St. Brigid's that could be St. Joes. It has a rectory next door and a basement entrance between it and the main sanctuary that could also serve as a tunnel. The church is closed now, so I could not get inside pictures. Directly across Ave. B. is Tompkins Square Park.
Ran out of time so I didn't get shots of the ConEd plant on 14th.

Note to FPW: If it wasn't St. Brigid's let me know & I'll delete from Compendium Collection Point.

More pictures

Very cool. Thanks, K the E.

Thank you for the kind words KRW. They are appreciated.

For the record, I expanded this version even slightly more,
and it is now in the paperback anthology
"The Best of AstoundingTales.com" available from LuLu.com
or as an e-book from Whortleberry Press.

Steve D
Hey, Mike, how's the writing going?

Could you take a minute to let us know what you're working on and if we may see it soon on the web?

Steve D
Hey, Mike, how's the writing going? Could you take a minute to let us know what you're working on and if we may see it soon on the web?

Hey Steve.

Things have been pretty productive lately. My latest output is my
poem "Cannoneer" which will be published in the December 2005
print issue of Paradox Magazine, my poem "Annalee" in the next
issue of Kenoma Magazine, and my short story "Sleepwalkers" in
the present contest section of Anotherealm.com.

Also, I just finished a 5,000-word short story titled "The Cerebral-Man"
for submission to Subterranean Magazine, for their special 2006 issue
on Science Fiction Cliches. This one was very tongue-in-cheek and a
lot of fun to write. I hope it gets accepted. Please wish me luck.

Otherwise, I've spent the last seven to eight months overseeing the
writing of a shared-universe novel containing the work of 17 writers
including myself. I'm just about finished with the second edit, and
it is totalling out at around 250,000+ words, and by necessity will now
be split into two books before I start pitching it to agents and
publishing houses in October.

The two volumes will be titled "Sha'Daa: Tales of the Apocalypse"
and "Sha'Daa II: Beachheads."

I won't go into plot details here, but while I consider it an original
concept, Sha'Daa was definitely inspired by Paul's "Nightworld,"
a true classic among classics.

Cheers,

Mike

Is the first reference to The Otherness, using that name, in The Keep?

Magda is concerned about her father's alliance with Malosar, and says something like: "Maybe I'm being too hard on Malosar. Maybe it's not that he's so evil as much as he's so other".

Has anyone mentioned that Kaze Group is talked about in "Sims"?


KRW

Hey Steve.

Things have been pretty productive lately. My latest output is my
poem "Cannoneer" which will be published in the December 2005
print issue of Paradox Magazine, my poem "Annalee" in the next
issue of Kenoma Magazine, and my short story "Sleepwalkers" in
the present contest section of Anotherealm.com.

Also, I just finished a 5,000-word short story titled "The Cerebral-Man"
for submission to Subterranean Magazine, for their special 2006 issue
on Science Fiction Cliches. This one was very tongue-in-cheek and a
lot of fun to write. I hope it gets accepted. Please wish me luck.

Otherwise, I've spent the last seven to eight months overseeing the
writing of a shared-universe novel containing the work of 17 writers
including myself. I'm just about finished with the second edit, and
it is totalling out at around 250,000+ words, and by necessity will now
be split into two books before I start pitching it to agents and
publishing houses in October.

The two volumes will be titled "Sha'Daa: Tales of the Apocalypse"
and "Sha'Daa II: Beachheads."

I won't go into plot details here, but while I consider it an original
concept, Sha'Daa was definitely inspired by Paul's "Nightworld,"
a true classic among classics.

Cheers,

Mike

Damn good and damn right, Mike! Keep at it--wish you luck!