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Winter Is Coming

Winter Is Coming

ByMichael Hanson

The Winter Solstice begins on Wednesday, the traditional start of Winter, and it marks a time most noticeable in the northern climes with the advance of cold and snow… and yet, it can also be seen as a reminder of change, a time of sleep, and a harbinger of death. For the young, Winter is a…

Two Short Stories For Nebula Award Consideration

Two Short Stories For Nebula Award Consideration

ByMichael Hanson

Author Michael H. Hanson would like to promote two of his science fiction stories that were published this year to all Members of the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) for consideration toward the 2026 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. “After The Bomb” was published in THE JUNK MERCHANTS: A Literary Tribute…

Post IEEE Appreciations

ByMichael Hanson

I find myself looking back across the past twenty-four years. For nearly 288 months I was an employee of the prestigious entity, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (more popularly known as The IEEE Inc.). I spent that nearly a quarter of a century as a Proofreader and Editor, under the ever-evolving work titles…

A Proud And Lonely Thing…

A Proud And Lonely Thing…

ByMichael Hanson

This is how I honor and carry on a minor Roger Zelazny literary tradition…. If you’ve read the Roger Zelazny short story “The Stainless Steel Leech” (first published under the pseudonym Harrison Denmark) then you might remember its wonderful closing line… ‘It is a proud and lonely thing to be a stainless steel leech.’ ———- [From…