Here’s an excerpt from “After the Bear”, one of the stories in SHIFTY: TALES FROM THE WORLD OF SAGE. Like the SAGE trilogy, the stories in SHIFTY are traditional fantasy, and yet they are not. People who don’t generally like fantasy often like SAGE and…
Uncle Shahtsi was a bit character in my science fiction comedy of bad manners, SIDESHOW IN THE CENTER RING. He’s the uncle of one of the main characters, a native of the planet Marner. The people there are covered in fur and have slight muzzles,…
In honor of Tipper, our new cat, who is white, here’s an excerpt from a Mr. Sugar story. Mr. Sugar is a neutered white Persian, who has an improbable friendship with the rowdy widow down the block from his yuppie-ish humans. This story appeared one…
