Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we're probably not going to see.

Those walls and bars are there for a reason,” said Crake. “Not to keep us out, but to keep them in. Mankind needs barriers in both cases.” “Them?” “Nature and God.” “I thought you didn’t believe in God,” said Jimmy. “I don’t believe in Nature either,” said Crake. “Or not with a capital N.

Short forms are returning online. Interactivity is coming back; it was always there in oral storytelling. Each form has its pluses and its minuses.

When demons are required someone will always be found to supply the part, and whether you step forward or are pushed is all the same in the end.

Freedom, like everything else, is relative.

oil paints...the look of licked lips.

If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice.