I’ve just released my first ever Kindle product (under my real name): Secret Santa, originally published by the Dunesteef in 2012, now available for your reading pleasure with all-new illustrations by Duc Tran. The perfect length to read while standing in line for your Brown Thursday or Black Friday shopping, and only 99 cents.
The story:
Wes Howard is fat. He’s tried everything – diet, exercise, even weight loss surgery. Nothing has worked. This Christmas, Wes is going to find out why.
My short-story “Greener”, first published in Asimov’s, has been reprinted in audio form by StarShipSofa. So if you missed it before, now is an excellent time to hear it.
“Greener” in StarShipSofa No 313
I’m playing Professor Corwin in “Tales of Gnosis College, Episode 1”. Please be warned that this program contains EXPLICIT CONTENT, and is not for minors.
Tales of Gnosis College – Episode 1
My performance of “Letter from the Stars” by AE van Vogt is up at Protecting Project Pulp. Listen.
“Letter from the Stars” by AE van Vogt
I’ve always enjoyed superhero stories — I’ve written a superhero novel and a couple of short-stories, and I’ve seen a lot of superhero TV shows and films. I recently saw “Man of Steel”, and I have to say that I may actually have enjoyed “Chronicle” — the story of three friends who gain superpowers — more than that huge-budget film.
I just recently finished Affliction, the latest Anita Blake novel by Laurell K. Hamilton, and while it had a lot of really good action sequences, some of the problems that plague the other tales are just as evident in this one.
My performance of “Mitafri”, a 1929 story by Eric H. Wilkinson, is up at Protecting Project Pulp. Listen here.
Protecting Project Pulp 52: “Mitafri” by Eric H. Wilkinson
It was a good book. Just, hard to explain in one short teaser paragraph.
To tell the story of Superman, you need a big movie. And with Man of Steel, we certainly got that. It’s just… maybe there’s such a thing as too big.
I have reviewed Monsters University over at Escape Pod.
Film Review: Monsters University
I reviewed “Pilgrim of Eternity”, the first episode of Star Trek Continues, over at Escape Pod.
Here’s my review of The Raven, starring John Cusack.
I think everyone knew I was going to write a review of Star Trek 12. Here it is.
I have written a review of the TV miniseries version of Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal. Read it here.
Try as I might, I fail Master. Keep the house clean and keep red meat in the fridge, he said. These are menial tasks, yet I fail.
I have reviewed the 1969 film The Phantom Tollbooth. Read.
My review of the film Safety Not Guaranteed is up at Escape Pod.
Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 