Death Is Not the Worst Thing That Can Happen To Men

I'm excited to announce that my speculative fiction short story "Death Is Not the Worst Thing" has been selected for the upcoming post-apocalypse anthology Enter the Rebirth. This anthology is the final volume in a three-book set, beginning with Enter the Apocalypse and Enter the Aftermath, from TANSTAAFL Press. The book is expected to be released this winter.
The title is taken from a quote from Plato.

The wife and I viewed the new Emily Watson/Tom Hanks sci-fi flick The Circle. My reaction? Meh. The central conflict was interesting; how can a company like Google abuse the data bonanza they reap to bring about a world reminiscent of 1984? And the cast was excellent. I was glad to see an old face, Karen Gillen, who played the Doctor's sidekick when David Tennet was Dr. Who.
So what's not to love? The story was predictable, some of the character's most crucial actions were unmotivated, and the story was unbalanced, in that the setup of the situation took up more of the film than the action that was being set up. I was frankly bored, and expected more from a story line by David Eggers.

Another Story Sale

I'm delighted to learn that my story "The Anvil" will appear in the summer issue of The Sonder Review, a lovely journal. This literary story explores the relationship between a man who needs a heart transplant and his suicidal sister, who has a perfectly good heart. It's not a comedy.