James Pyles's Blog

There are already a ton of articles and essays out there commenting on the decline of boys and men reading. When I was a kid entering Junior High, my “gateway drugs” into science fiction and fantasy were Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series starting with A Princess of Mars. Then came along E.E. “Doc” Smith’s Skylark […]

Jerry had been a little surprised that Yasna still lived with her parents. She was twenty-five and a rising star in his company’s HR department. This was their first date and he didn’t expect to have to meet her parents. While Yasna was getting ready (he’d gotten there ten minutes early), they left him in […]

Today’s the day when my boy’s adventure science fiction novel A Boy And His Wobblegong goes on Pre-Order. Just click on the link and on the Amazon page, pre-order my novel for delivery to your Kindle device on Friday, March 20th. I’m incredibly excited about this one. This will be my second published novel which […]

“I’m in a city somewhere.” Rand stood on the sidewalk looking at his reflection in the windows of the building across the street. He pulled out his wallet. “Yeah, plenty of cash and a credit card.” He stopped when he saw the name and address on the drivers license. “My picture, but from a long […]

The President’s State of the Union message turned into a free-for-all with everyone shrieking they were better leaders. Orange Man bellowed, “I’m getting rid of all those criminal aliens and yes, there will be a few American casualties, but all for the greater good.” Former female candidate screamed, “I’m shocked that the Supreme Court sided […]

Great-grandma Sherline McCabe lay on her deathbed at the age of one-hundred-and-one surrounded by four generations of her progeny. Her voice was weak and she was as thin as a ghost as she began the final rendition of her tale. “Listen here. I was born on the Woman’s Commonwealth commune in Belton, Texas in the […]

Todd’s hands were trembling and fear twisted in his gut. The café wasn’t right, even though it said “Route 66” on the sign. “You weren’t here back then,” he muttered to himself. He shivered but not just because it was cold. Todd sat at one of the outside picnic tables. Maybe if he closed his […]

Across the vast expanse of space and time lie the remnants of civilizations that reached for the stars—and vanished. Silent cities carved into asteroids. Derelict megastructures drifting between galaxies. Temples buried beneath the red sands of dead worlds. This book contains 13 bold tales of humanity’s encounters with these cosmic ruins. Today is the official […]

It was a pleasant neighborhood and having time to kill before my next business meeting, I decided to take a walk. I began to think that was a mistake when the lone pedestrian, a woman wearing a baseball cap, saw me coming towards her and slowed down. She looked scared. Was it because I’m an […]

My interview by Blackbird Publishing about my tension-filled story in the “Haunted Waters” anthology. My story is based the actual loss of a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine destroyed in an “unexplained catastrophic event” in 1968 and sank in the Sargasso Sea. Read the full interview at Blackbird Publishing. Purchase the anthology HERE.