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I am thrilled to announce that my cyberpunk thriller Accidental Intelligence won the Silver Medal for Science Fiction in the Readers’ Favorite 2026, one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet.

This piece first appeared in Periphery Drafts #19.

Apple has done something with its iPad that literally no one (not even Apple) is talking about: with iPad and the Books app, the company has recreated the magical feel of reading a physical book in the medium of ebooks.

I am happy to announce that the Self Published Science Fiction Competition has announced the semifinalists for SPSFC 5.

I’m both happy and sad to let you know I’m moving—that is unless you’ve subscribed to my newsletter*, where I’ve already mentioned this bit of news.

The Mac universe was forced to say goodbye to another good person this week.

John Martellaro was good man.

There’s just seventeen hours to go (as of this writing) on the Kickstarter for Neosynthesis, the SciFi anthology in which I have two short stories.

OK, before I tell you about Neosynthesis on Kickstarter, check out this glorious cover.

I am beyond thrilled my debut novel—Accidental Intelligence—is now an SPSFC 4 Finalist!