Author: Matt

  • Another Glass of Lemmonade, Please.

    I’m at poolside now, late into dusk. In the distance an immense cloud is above the Catalinas. It’s as if a big fist gave a shiner to the sky. A covey of birds, new to me, strut linearly about the pool, mother and chicks. Offbeat bird sounds punctuate the lambent…

  • Mea Culpa

    Inadvertently I associated Pif.com, a literary online magazine, with Perigee.Com. One of Pif’s editors, Derek Alger, interviewed me by phone last night and asked if I would clear this up to my readers. I have just cleared it up. I suggest you go to Pif and check out the numerous…

  • Queries and Other Things

    In Pages I have just entered the query I used for The i Tetralogy. I worked hard on that one, saying what is hard to say but struggling to say it nevertheless on one page. As the months go along I revise it, and this version reflects recents events. Tonight…

  • Another Query Letter

    I have put into Pages a query letter for Gruffworld. You may find it of interest. The first story of the novel, “Covenant,” is also filed here as well. For some reason many of you out there selected my query for Down to a Sunless Sea to visit repeatedly. The…