The Glitz Interlude
“Yes?” Teddy says like it’s a question, rising from the levitating sofa to go investigate the sound, which in all likelihood indicates...
The Pitch
Monopole is a time-travel mystery novel about a world-famous physicist and engineer from the 1950s who, after creating what is arguably...
the lab
From the novel Monopole. The magnificent glow of the M Corp lab casts an eerie blue light in through the window of the nuke as they...
the call of the machine
From the novel Monopole. When she left, I knew it was for good. I didn’t have any illusions about her coming back after everything I’d...
safer than he feels
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] Felix enters the coordinates, engages the automated clutch, and sits silently as...
welcome back, mr. doe
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] The elevator door slides closed. Teddy looks down to admire his new tuxedo as...
goodbye, john
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] “Goodbye, John,” says the voice of an electric lady, which seems to come from...
the belly of the earth
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] The rumble slows and then recedes, seemingly back into the belly of the earth....
chloe floats!
From the novel Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] “Another remarkable characteristic of the material,” the ALLpod says, “is that...
mid-morning city
A sneak peak at the next draft of Monopole [formerly Theodorus in Excelsis] The mid-morning city passes by. Teddy stares out the van’s...