Skeptophilia

In C. S. Lewis's novel Perelandra,  the protagonist, Elwin Ransom, goes to the planet Venus.  In Lewis's fictional universe Venus is...

Sometimes I run across a piece of research that is just so charming I have to tell you about it. This particular one comes from the European...

When I was a kid, one of my favorite books was a fantastic collection of Japanese folk tales called The Case of the Marble Monster and Other...

I was listening to tunes while running yesterday afternoon, and Christina Aguilera's beautiful song "Loyal, Brave, and True" (...

People who know me are well aware that I consider our two dogs, Guinness and Cleo, to be family members, not just pets. They're kind of ...

Every once in a while, I'll run across a piece of scientific research that is so creative and clever that it just warms my heart, and I ...

When I was about fourteen, I read Richard Adams's novel Watership Down . I had never experienced being completely swallowed up by a book...

As a fiction writer, I am constantly working to make sure my writing is engaging.  What writers want, after all, is to keep readers turning ...

I've been a storyteller since I can remember.  Nicer than calling it "compulsive liar," which I suppose is what it is, not tha...