Woo hoo! One of my flash fiction (really short fiction) stories just got published in Flash Fiction Podcast, and the narrator did a great job. It’s called ‘Inside David’, about a computer programmer who fantasizes a character to life in
Today I interview the illustrious Alison Mcbain, author of numerous intriguing short stories and a couple novels in projects. We talk about moral border lines in fiction and more. Read on… B.T. Lowry: Hi Alison. I have an idea. Would
I’ve read many stories in which the characters have strong spiritual/religious beliefs, but those beliefs are just internal. They don’t seem to affect the reality of the story in any solid way. I’ve also read or seen a great many
The Book of Phoenix takes place when scientific civilization was still proudly manipulating the world on a vast scale, but just before its downfall. So perhaps around now? Who Fears Death, by the same author, is a mystical story set
I am a sucker for beautiful films. Don’t get me wrong; gritty stories, which tell it like it is from the trenches, also pull me in, and if the story doesn’t acknowledge the darker side of life at all, it
Hi. I’m B.T. Lowry. Welcome to this week’s scene of the week, Bouncing off Borders. I shuffled up to the immigration desk. “Papers,” said a brawler of a man with a thick black mustache. I furnished him with my passport.
“Instead of branding people according to which camp they’re in and which flag they’re waving, it’s far better to look at underlying motives.” This week I’m pausing the scene-of-the-week series. I’ve been thinking about religion and science, and how too
