Category Archives: Writing

Enter the Mirrormaze

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Thomas

I am pleased to announce that our Dreampunk anthology Mirrormaze is now available for preorder. “We find ourselves in a very strange place. “Technology is embedded so deeply in our lives that it no longer feels separate. It’s taken for … Continue reading →

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New Golden Age for Archaeology

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Thomas

I have been thrilled by the boom in archaeological discoveries in recent years. As I have discussed elsewhere, this has largely been driven by the increasing sophistication of technologies, such as satellite imagery, LIDAR, and supercomputers that allow everything from … Continue reading →

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Rediscovering Lost Civilizations and Found Adventures

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Thomas

I have successfully moved my old review series, “Lost Civilizations and Found Adventures,” back over to my website. It ran in 2017 on Bibliorati. LCFA has it’s own heading now (see above) and most of the older reviews are here. … Continue reading →

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Doubts Like Broken Strings

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Thomas

A thousand times a thousandDoubts broke their stringsAnd fell off my tripping feetTrying to weigh me down like forgotten luggageIn the empty station of late Trains and dreamsWithout arrivals, without destinationsOnly they didNot succeed and after that failI dead-lifted the … Continue reading →

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I Want to Talk You

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Thomas

I figured out our communication error We don’t actually know how to talk To each other, enjoy each other Verbally, idea to idea, word to word Because all we’ve ever done is make love So now all I have to … Continue reading →

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Your Smile

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Thomas

Echo of laughter Hanging the night sky with love Smile of crescent moon [c 2016 Thomas Fortenberry]

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I Have Loved a River

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Thomas

I loved a river And she was wild Untamed and flowing Churning, chaotic I went over the top and fell Was tumbled and beaten Half to death, broken Nearly drowned in her depths But I have never lived More fully, … Continue reading →

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