• Almagaverse First Mission: The Ghost Ship – Part 1

    Captain’s Log, supplemental. We’ve answered a distress call at the coordinates flagged by our long-range sensors, and found a ship gone silent. Automated beacon still cycling, running lights dark, and no one responding to our hails. A freighter drifts before you, drive cold, cycling a fragmented distress call on a… Read more ⇢

    Almagaverse First Mission: The Ghost Ship – Part 1
  • Choose Your First Amalgaverse Mission!

    Captain’s Log – Stargate Unknown: I have commanded starships through Klingon ambushes, Romulan incursions across the Neutral Zone, and temporal anomalies that would unsettle lesser officers, but none of it prepared me for this. The Enterprise-D has been refitted, re-crewed with the finest officers from across multiple realities, and given… Read more ⇢

    Choose Your First Amalgaverse Mission!
  • The Amalgaverse Begins!

    You’re just finishing up lunch, considering that last cookie on the counter when, suddenly, you are assailed by a blinding flash. Vertigo. Pitch blackness. A few seconds of incoherence. Then, when you awaken, you find yourself transported to an alternate universe, a far future where the Federation, Galactic Empire, Earth… Read more ⇢

    The Amalgaverse Begins!
  • September 20, 2026: Sharky Sunday!

    FBI’s Most Wanted…. This is pretty impressive.  Despite having no eyes, Sharky leads mom to me in a crowded airport lounge.  And I didn’t even tell him where I was sitting! He is one goofy pug – We took Sharky to see a neurologist to see if there were any… Read more ⇢

    September 20, 2026: Sharky Sunday!
  • September 19, 2026: Our Amalgaverse launch approaches! And Happy Belated Birthday, Buddy!

    The ship has landed its 3rd Wildcard crew member and the roster is almost complete. Our Amalgaverse launches in two days! Enjoyed a long overdue lunch today with one of my oldest friends (in every way), Lawrence, and his lovely wife Mel.  I suggested we go out for lunch but… Read more ⇢

  • September 18. 2026: The search for our ship’s 3rd Wildcard crew member concludes!

    It has all come down to this… Choose! vs So, who’s it gonna be? We got into Montreal yesterday and will be here for the next two weeks while my sister enjoys a well-deserved break in Croatia – and the floors at our place are finally done.  Or that’s the… Read more ⇢

    September 18. 2026: The search for our ship’s 3rd Wildcard crew member concludes!
  • September 17, 20026: The search for our ship’s 3rd Wildcard (Women of Sci-Fi Division) approaches its end!

    Choose! vs Choose! vs The other day, my research consisted of two episodes of Star Trek: TOS, two episodes of TNG, one episode of DS9, an episode of Farscape, and the final three pages of a cyberpunk novel. 4 days to Amalgaverse launch! Read more ⇢

    September 17, 20026: The search for our ship’s 3rd Wildcard (Women of Sci-Fi Division) approaches its end!
  • September 16, 2026: Check out these classic SF authors – Jones! Elgin! Cowper!

    Raymond F. Jones His hard SF blended scientific ingenuity with uncanny psychological twists. This Island Earth (1952): Assembled and expanded from three previously published novelettes, this novel follows an electronics engineer who unwittingly passes an alien recruitment test. Immortalized in the classic 1955 film adaptation of the same name. Renaissance… Read more ⇢

    September 16, 2026: Check out these classic SF authors – Jones! Elgin! Cowper!
  • September 15, 2026: Amazing Covers!

    A few that caught my eye this week… Absolute Green Arrow #5 – cover art by Mirka Andolfo Batwoman #7 – cover art by Dan Panosian Catwoman #91 – cover art by Sebastian Fiumara Detective Comics #1113 – cover art by Mikel Janin Lobo #7 -cover art by Rahzzah Lobo… Read more ⇢

    September 15, 2026: Amazing Covers!

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