Heather Hayden

Ensign’s Log, Entry 11: Pi Day Number Crunch, or the Post That Almost Wasn’t

Yeah, the post title’s a bit of a long one. But necessary, today. Because unlike other days when posts have been late (or completely forgotten to be posted on another day), this post was already partially planned (in my head anyways), but almost didn’t get made because a certain author …

Saturday Shorts: The End is Only the Beginning

This should have been up yesterday, but I was busy walking across a good part of Manhattan and completely spaced. Whoops! Another little drabble for this week… Somewhat related to the image as well. The End is Only the Beginning I type the last few characters to end a story …

Ensign’s Log, Entry 10: March Month Map!

Welcome to March! It’s the third month of the year, that time where, in some parts of the world, the snow is finally receding and birds, grass, and flowers are reappearing. Given that it snowed yesterday, it’s not quite spring yet here, but the month still has that renewal feel …

Saturday Shorts: Demon’s Blade, Excerpt #1

Today I’m sharing an excerpt from Demon’s Blade, the first in my YA fantasy trilogy. Demon’s Blade is currently in the revision process, with the goal being to release it in June. Here’s the old, crappy summary of the novel, which will give you a brief idea of the main …

Saturday Shorts: Mist Dancers

Today’s Saturday Short is late, I know. It should have been posted yesterday. I’m pleased to have found a picture to go with it, however, thanks to A.J. Flowers’s blog and book cover resources post. A.J.’s post led me to Pixabay, which offers beautiful images under the CC0 license, meaning …

Saturday Shorts: Valentine

Yes, this should have been posted yesterday. On the bright side, it’s fitting that it come out today, given what today is. And, no, I’m not buying into the commercialism-ridden holiday of red hearts and chocolate. The following is something I wrote some years ago, when I was participating in …

Magic Monday: The Glass Maker’s Daughter by V Briceland

Once a month I post a book review for a fantasy novel that I’ve read in the recent past. These reviews are posted on “Magic Monday”, the second Monday of every month. Whoops! This should have been up on Monday. Better late than never, though, right? Today I’m reviewing The Glass …

Saturday Shorts: Evidence of AI fantasies

I can’t honestly remember when I first learned about AIs. I’m not speaking of the current, real life attempts to create artificial intelligence; I mean the AIs that are littered across the science fiction genre, the Daneels and Datas and Durandals. Sometime in my past, however, I stumbled across these …