I never thought I’d watch a Predator movie—let alone enjoy one—but Prey surprised me. With a strong female lead, solid storytelling, and just enough alien menace, it turns out brains and grit can outmatch gore and tech. If you’ve avoided the franchise like I did, this might be the one to try.
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“Someone online called Dune ‘just epic fantasy in spacesuits’ and I resisted the urge to flame them… mostly. Here’s why Dune is firmly science fiction — space opera at its finest — and why the spice matters not for magic, but for who controls the stars.”
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Hello, lovely readers! Well, that was quite the break! I hope you’ve all been doing well and enjoying some good reads in my absence. I’ve missed chatting with you all, but the good news is…I’m back! And not just back, but back in full creative swing. You might remember that I signed off last time
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A quick note to let you know that my standalone short story, A ROOM OF HER OWN, is now available in all stores, everywhere. On a generation ship where space is at a premium… Saulia finds her long-held dreams hardening into rebellious ambitions when the second tragedy in her life strikes far too quickly after
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It’s no secret that Dune is one of my favourite books, ever. I’m old enough that I was old enough to watch the 1984 film when it was first released and was horribly disappointed. The 2021 release of Part One of Denis Villeneuve’s version I also found disappointing…at first. While not nearly the same campy
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As part of being a finalist in Hugh Howey’s SPSF Contest, I was asked to guest post on Shaggy Shepherd’s blog — she is one of the reviewers for the contest. You can find the post here: https://theshaggyshepherd.wordpress.com/2023/06/15/spsfc-finalist-guest-post-cameron-cooper/ Cam
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I remember the first time I noticed the Megapacks popping up on the bookstore pages among the science fiction and fantasy, because the Megapack covers are…cute, at best. At first I thought it was some fly-by-night shonky operator trying for a quick buck or two, using stories that were now in the public domain, or
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A few weeks ago (but only a couple of days ago when I write this), NASA revealed and introduced a crew of astronauts with the mission to fly to the moon by 2025 at the latest. Although this mission isn’t intended to land on the moon, merely circumnavigate it, the mission will set up a
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It’s been a while, I know. I’ve had a lot of life-stuff happening lately that prevented me from getting to the writing desk as often as I liked. But I did get a few short stories written. Today’s release, A Room of Her Own, is a space opera short that is high on action and
Very early during the COVID lock-downs, I reduced the price of the entire The Imperial Hammer series, so that everyone stuck at home without income could still read a decent space opera novel or two. But the pandemic is officially over in nearly every country in the world, plus the economy is now kicking everyone’s
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