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Nominations for the Dragon Award close Sunday, July 12th at midnight. Which means you still have time to jump in an help nominate A Sense of Murder for best fantasy novel!

This is a fan award, so anyone can sign up to nominate works here.

I would really appreciate you nominating A Sense of Murder for best fantasy novel so Selene Press & I could both earn our first-ever Dragon nomination together!

Nominate "A Sense of Murder" Now!

The 2026 Dragon Award nominations are open through July 12th, and I would appreciate it it you would consider nominating A Sense of Murder for Best Fantasy Novel.

It’s free to nominate and vote for the Dragon Awards. When you submit your nominations, you can sign up to receive a ballot for the voting in August.

Please go to the Dragon Award Nominations page and make your nominations soon… and thank you for helping out!

If you still haven’t read A Sense of Murder, maybe I can do something about that...

Shari & I are back from LibertyCon, and boy, are my arms tired!

Mostly from shaking hands and giving hugs, but still…

There’s a lot to unpack from this year. For the first time, I was primarily there for , not myself. On top of that, I split time between LibertyCon and the Chattanooga Homeschool Expo, which was going on in the same space at the same time.

Why? Priorities. The Boy’s Adventure Books line from Rac Press is doing well, and it has the chance to do SO. MUCH. BETTER. Connecting with homes...

“I don’t care if you are a god. I’m off the clock.”

The human on the stool next to me shifted a bit. Maybe I’d annoyed him with my response. Maybe he was just making himself more comfortable. I’m a dwarf, so I don’t always get their body language. Always fidgeting and yammering.

“Mr. Thorn.” His smile seemed genuine, if small. “I am a god, and I am willing to pay.”

“Willing is one thing—”

Three gold squares clattered onto the bar in front of me. I scooped them up before they came to a complete rest....

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A few years ago, our trip to/from the Outer Banks for vacation involved a 10+ hour car trip in each direction. As a result, I found myself in an excellent position to study and take notes on the Small Child Interaction Protocol (SCIP). Up close and personal. In the wild, as it were. Here, I present my findings from that trip.

SCIP begins with one of two interrogatives (”Mama?” or “Dada?”), originating from the Child and directed at a Parent. In theory, t...

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Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there again today
Oh how I wish he’d go away.

-- William Hughes Mearns

This bit of doggerel - or a variation of it - was the basis for “The Yehudi Principle”, a short story by Fredrick Brown. It’s a cautionary tale, a sort of warning that tells you: You may think you know what’s going on, and you may even think you can use that knowledge to shape the world. But the real world is stranger than you realize, and sooner or later, you’re goi...