by Zackary Russell | Jan 20, 2021 | Movies
I keep thinking about that scene with the “red phone” (or more formally, the Moscow-Washington hotline) from The Sum of All Fears. It’s after a nuclear bomb goes off at a football game. The president narrowly escapes, and then starts spinning up the...
by Zack Russell | Jun 18, 2019 | Writing Updates
Today, my first-ever short story was published, with Havok. It’s called “Luminous Matter.” If you’re reading this after June 18, read the story on the archive page but you’ll have to become a member (and it’s a no-brainer;...
by Zack Russell | Mar 2, 2019 | Reading
“They went so that they might come to know and love God’s other children.” This was a fascinating book that asks, “What if Jesuit missionaries were the first to travel to another world and encounter alien life?” The title is based on the...
by Zack Russell | Dec 1, 2018 | Writing Updates
NaNoWriMo drew to a close last night. I didn’t make it to 50,000 words, so I’m 1 for 2 now. BUT there were lots of good things that came out of the month-long writing challenge. First off, I am 25,418 words closer to completing the manuscript for my...
by Zack Russell | Aug 25, 2018 | Reading
Dust is the final book Hugh Howey’s Silo trilogy. The series was one of those rare progressions that got better as it went along. Here are some favorite parts. Tearing a world down was a simple affair; the gravity of human nature tugged willingly. It was...