By Paul Kupperberg
The three old men were long finished with their breakfast and were loitering in the corner booth with their coffee over a table of dirty dishes waiting to be cleared. They sprawled with the easy familiarity of their years, talking in deep, rumpling voices that periodically erupted in raspy, phlegm filled laughter.… Read the rest
On April 3, 2027 at 3:42 p.m. EST, the scientists found a dimension in which religion did not exist.
They had first discovered the long-theorized dimensional barrier early in the afternoon of July 27, 2012 utilizing the power from a singularity generated by the Large Hadron Collider in Bern, Switzerland.… Read the rest
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Last year I wrote a short story for Moonstone Books‘ The Avenger Chronicles, an anthology starring the 1930-1940s pulp character. The book is out and I share space with a batch of talented writers, including Will Murray, Ron Goulart, C.J.… Read the rest
The Same Old Story, she is written, being read by several friends for consistency and suckishness (my wife’s already read it; not to keep you in suspense, she loved it). It’s also out to an agent of my acquaintance for consideration.… Read the rest
A couple of weeks back, I decided to pick up the manuscript of a mystery novel I had started some time back but which has sat for years untouched. I had about 21,000 words written and I reasoned if I wrote an easy 500 words a day on the book (on top of my ongoing paying writing), I’d have a completed novel in two to three months.… Read the rest
I’ve run a couple of pieces from a Superman novel (here and here) that I started playing around with, mostly just to get the words down on paper. Here’s some more:
Chapter 1/ Smallville (Continued)
When the first calls came in, Doug Parker was only wishing he were home in bed.… Read the rest
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On August 16, I decided to return to The Same Old Story, a novel I had started a while ago on which I had written about 21,000 words. The book is a mystery, set in the early 1950s and features a pulp and comic book writer who is the son of a late and legendary N.Y.P.D.… Read the rest
The first chapter of a young adult adventure book in a military setting, kind of a Tom Clancy for the kids:
Chapter One/ Wiesbaden, Germany
Airman Sean Jordan was on a night time training exercise in the densely wooded forest between Wiesbaden and Frankfurt when his new orders came through.… Read the rest
In 2002, I heard the publishers of the Hardy Boy mysteries were open to pitches, so I wrote the following chapter (along with an outline for the rest of the story) and pitched. Timing, of course, is everything, and the editor I was pitching to left the publisher shortly thereafter.… Read the rest
On July 22 I posted the Prologue to a Superman novel that I started playing with last October for no other reason than I had the idea and needed to get it out of my system. After a lifetime as a commercial writer, it’s unusual for me to work on something featuring someone else’s intellectual property without there being a paycheck waiting for me on the other end, but, as I wrote when I ran the first part of this, it was a creative itch I needed to scratch.… Read the rest
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