Thundertime

Today I released a story I’d written years ago on Smashwords, exploring the options of free epub. If you learn about me through that story, know that it isn’t my usual. I wrote that story after an all-night reading binge for a modern-American literature class. The teacher allowed me to use the story as the final assignment for the class. The thought was to pick up on the style and approach used by many authors of the day. Now mind you, that day was a…

A Living Wage Should Not Be Science Fiction

All I want is a living wage. That’s all I wanted when I got out of college. Of course, the term was new then. Now it is almost obsolete. Workers are supposed to be grateful for 20 or 30 hours/week. When I became an employer, I determined that we would pay our employees a living wage. The business went bankrupt. The Spaceport is my daydream business, the place I would work if I could. It has great benefits: healthcare, on-site apartments, intense mental health care.…