Browsing Category
Science
Science-related guest posts by a selection of subscribed academics and scientific authors.
What is the Horror Genre?
What is the Horror Genre?
When I started as a writer, I wrote fantasy stories—and usually the heroic type. I…
Women in Science: Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace
Numerous love affairs, aristocratic excesses, and debts are words often associated with Lord Byron…
Women in Science: Dorothée Pullinger
Women in Science: Dorothée Pullinger
Despite revolutionary scientific discoveries by women, over the ages, the…
Over Mount Fuji 14
Over Mount Fuji 14
In the hypnotic hum, Byron’s anticipation of finding a tectonic crack surged with renewed…
Organized Ignorance
Organized Ignorance
Over recent months I have been pondering over noisy debates, mainly in social media, on…
Park Avenue to Park Bench
Park Avenue to Park Bench
Sharing a bench with a stranger and ignoring each other is not unusual in this crowded…
What Makes Certain Art Famous?
What Makes Certain Art Famous?
Artist Paul Cezanne spoke to the question when he said: "A work of art which did…
Criticality 24: Chipshot
After a week or so of laying low, Chipshot decided to venture out in civilian clothing to observe the results of…
Contemporary Coupling Hints
Contemporary Coupling Hints
Introduction
We were on our honeymoon. As I began to undress in the honeymoon…
Time Travel Conundrums
Time Travel Conundrums
I recently watched The Final Countdown, a 1980 science fiction film about a modern aircraft…
Criticality 23: Tentalor Rep
"What the fu-- was that?" Pete stumbled backward across his own feet at the sudden appearance of Tentalor Rep
Terry Maggert
Terry Maggert is a writer of urban and dark fantasy. Author of The Fearless series: The Forest Bull, and Mask of…
Don Quixote of Manhattan
Don Quixote of Manhattan
Was I crazy? Had I gone completely nuts? Most of the people in my life had already…
Charlotte Dawson: Bullied to Death?
Charlotte Dawson
Australian model, TV personality, and author Charlotte Dawson committed suicide in February.…
The Book of the Moment Club
Book of the Moment Club
We are all well aware that there are pros and cons regarding social media, as in any…
