illkommen, bienvenue, welcome … to this ongoing construction site. Kids have model trains, Jerry Jones has the Dallas Cowboys, and your obedient servant has this page — where the effects of mutant Web coding may be studied, where we learn that HTML is not a radio station in Ecuador and that CSS does not involve dead bodies and the police. (Well, not intentionally.) Please leave your weapons at the door, with the exception of salmon. Hard hats must be worn at all times, and watch for falling static text objects. Those dratted dangling modifiers can let go at any time …
You may or may not know my name yet; for a list of works I’ve produced, see below. While this is not exactly a blog — for those see the “Blogs and Essays” page — occasionally we’ll have a discourse or two about subjects such as
- science fiction and fantasy
- theology and Bible-related subjects (as it happens, I’m in the evangelical camp; if you aren’t, again, welcome! let’s talk)
- podcast fiction (it’s the new radio drama)
and other items as they appear. Meanwhile, thank you for visiting!
About the Scriptor
I’m an expatriate Virginian living in Indiana. Having had one career as an editor and another as a grant-writer, I’m trying to launch a third as a professor of theology and an SFF writer. When people ask my specialty, I often say, “Systematic theology, science fiction, and fantasy.” It does keep the conversation going …
By all means, read these too:
- “Crosswort Puzzle” (with Elisabeth Waters)
- in Sword and Sorceress XXII (Norilana Books, 2007)
- “One Drink Before You Go”
- originally appeared in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Worlds (Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust, 1998)
“Michael Spence’s “One Drink Before You Go” is an ancient tale as current in appeal as it is age-old. Another gem from Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Worlds.” — Eugen Bacon, Fictionwise Recommender
- “Salt and Sorcery” (with Elisabeth Waters)
- originally appeared in Sword and Sorceress XVI (DAW Books, 1999)
- “Pride, Prejudice, and Paranoia”
- originally appeared in Sword and Sorceress XIX (DAW Books, 2002)
• The above are now available for download at Fictionwise. •
- “Secular Theology in the Fiction of Harlan Ellison”
- PhD dissertation, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2002. The first dissertation to analyze Ellison’s work.
Presentations
- “Jesus from the First to the 170th Century: Presentations of Jesus of Nazareth in Recent Science Fiction and Fantasy”
- Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting, 19 November 2003
- “To Find the Truth, Look to the Lie: Contributions of Science Fiction and Fantasy to Theological Expression”
- Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting, 16 November 2005
Audio
- “Distinctive”
- semifinalist in Podcast Pickle’s first “Pickle Tales” competition; nominated for 2007 Parsec Award for “Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)”
- “Monster Story: Scott Sigler’s Infection from the Triangles’ Point of View” (trilogy)
- included in the podcast of Scott Sigler’s novel Infection (Sigler’s evaluation: “[expletive deleted]ing brilliant”); nominated for 2007 Parsec Award for “Best Audio Drama (Short Form)”
- “Wakeup Calls”
- included in the podcast of J.C. Hutchins’s novel 7th Son
- “Dissertation Excerpt: ‘Shammekath’”
- included in the podcast of Scott Sigler’s Galactic Football League novel The Rookie
- “Genada Memo”
- included in the podcast of Scott Sigler’s Galactic Football League novel The Rookie
- “GFL Week Two Roundup” (by Scott Sigler)
- guest reading for the podcast of The Rookie
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