Global Reach

January 27: “[A]ll articles must be accurate, objective, of enduring value, and ‘of a kindly nature.’ ”  

Unriddling Robots

January 25: “We need to understand robots so we can proceed with due caution and deliberation. No secrets. No surprises.”  

The Visionist

The City of Hope is a 1840s Shaker community in search of their Visionist, a seer of mystical trances.  When fifteen-year old runaway Polly Kimball seeks shelter in the City, a volatile chain of revelations is ignited.

The Ballad of Barnabas Pierkiel

A neurotic’s love story, set in the fictional nation of Scalvusia in 1939.  Magdalena Zyzak creates an unforgettable antihero in Barnabas, an innocent farmer lusting after the gypsy concubine who enchants his doomed village.