Issue #184, Aug 2024

Using the Six Senses in Writing

"Death in the Chinese Darkness”

I Have an Idea For a Novel…

"Death at a Ghost’s Hands”

"A Corpse in the Martian Sand”

June 2024

Issue #183, May 2024

April 2024

April 2024

Issue #182, June 2024

Vol.39, #4, Dec 2023

December 2023

November 2023

Calling All Cars...

Horses? Why Horses?

"A Dead Man at 35,000 Feet"

"All We Gotta Do Steal Temple Bell"

Issue #181, Nov 2023

When is Enough Enough?

"The Desert of Death"

August 2023

The Secret Handshake

Issue #180, Aug 2023

Issue #179, May 2023

Suspense!

No Sense of Place

Issue #178, Feb 2023

"The Fastest Gun in China"

3 Tips on Writing for Publication

Write What You Know

Issue #177, Nov 2022

Issue #176, Aug 2022

November 2022

Inspector McWilliams Aerial Corps!

"A Death in Dalny"

Just One More Edit...

The Myth of Initial Perfection

June 2022

December 2021

Issue #175, May 2022

Issue #174, Feb 2022

Vol.37, #2, July 2021

Issue #173, Nov 2021

Issue #172, Aug 2021

Issue #171, May 2021

How to Self-Edit Your Story

Did You Even Research This?

Proofread Your Work

The Case of the Missing River Map

Issue #170, Feb 2021

Issue #169, Nov 2020

The Narrative Hook

On Persevering to Publication

"Murder and Multitude Other Sins"

"Dead Men on Asteroid 3-19 Delta"

December 2020

December 2020

Issue #168, Aug 2020

Issue #167, May 2020

April 2020

August 2020

"Treasure Bowl of Shen Wan San"

"Death is a Matter of Faith"

Study the Market

Are You an Artiste?

Are You an Amateur?

The Problem of Said Bookism

On Naming Your Characters

7 Common Errors Writers Make

Issue #166, Feb 2020

Issue #165, Nov 2019

Issue #164, Aug 2019

Issue #163, May 2019

Issue #162, Feb 2019

Issue #161, Nov 2018

Issue #160, Aug 2018

March 2019

"Interception in the Desert"

How to Critique a Writer’s Work

Present Tense vs Past Tense

The Internal Monologue

Issue #158, Feb 2018

Issue #158, Feb 2018

November 2017

Issue #159, May 2018

Submission Guidelines

"A Killer Walks Past"

Should I Copyright Submissions?

"A Season for Money"

What Goes In A Cover Letter

Show versus Tell

Titles: Why They Matter

Accuracy in Science Fiction

Issue #156, May 2017

Issue #157, Aug 2017

Issue #155, Feb 2017

Issue #136, Aug 2012

Issue #136, Aug 2012

Well-Rounded Characters

"Only Death Gets Your Respect"

Issue #137, Nov 2012

2017 ~ 2012

A five-year hiatus caused

by a traumatic brain injury

that took away my ability

to read and write.

Cookies? What are Cookies?

Writing the Short Story Series

Issue #135, May 2012

Issue #134, Feb 2012

"Death in the Bright Darkness"

"Murder in Orbit"

"Chaos in Chamber of Deputies"

Issue #133, Nov 2011

The Ending: When it Fails

Issue #132, Aug 2011

October 2011

October 2011

"Hu-Mon are Uncivilized"

Why Most Stories Get Rejected

"A Free Exchange of Information"

"A Diamond of a Joke"

Issue #133, Nov 2011

October 2011

July 2010

July 2011

Issue #126, Feb 2010

October 2009

"Grave Consequences"

"Shadows of Revolution"

"The Seven Dollar Clue"

"Sentient Interspecies Liaison"

September 2009

July 2009

"An Arbitrary Deprivation of Life"

"A Killing Season"

"The Franklin Folio is Missing"

"Bad Connection"

October 2008

September 2008

June 2008

November 2007