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My Short Story “Confluence” to be published in the anthology “Far Futures Three – An Anthology of Deep Space”

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Cover art for the upcoming Blue Planet Pres anthology “Far Futures 3”

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My science fiction short story “Confluence” has been accepted for publication in the Blue Planet Press anthology “Far Futures Three – An Anthology of Deep Space”

The story requirements are:

Space exploration. From the outer planets of our solar system to the edge of the Orion Spur and the even more distant Andromeda Galaxy. How will we get there? Generation ships? Faster than light engines? Dimensional warping? Wormholes?

Hopefully, my tale has a unique perspective on the subject. Here’s a small preview:

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Movie Review: “Arrival” (2016)

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Promotional image for the 2016 film “Arrival.”

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I watched Arrival (2016) starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner last night. I’m doing some research for a short story I’m writing and trying to talk to aliens is a big part of it.

The original novel and screenplay were written by Ted Chiang, whose name I recognized because I recently reviewed his short story anthology Exhalation. I didn’t like it very much, and I enjoyed the movie a lot better.

I should say I even recognized the name of director Denis Villeneuve and, having looked him up, realized it was from his work on Blade Runner 2049 (2017).

The movie isn’t fast paced at all, which makes sense if it’s written by Chiang. He has the sort of mind that loves solving puzzles and delving into intellectual mysteries, but not so much a lot of explosions and car (or spaceship) chases.

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