Search
Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo!
Welcome to my outpost on the Web! I write SF, fantasy, and horror for fun and, hopefully, profit! Other interests include music, nature, science, humor, food, bib overalls, and pie throwing (both metaphorically AND literally). Stick around!
SITE PAGES
SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER!
Dispatches from the Forgotten Stars: An occasional journal of ideas, essays, acts of fiction, news updates on various projects, and who knows what else! Subscribe! SUPPORT!
If you like what you see here, consider supporting! See “My Books” in the pages above, or use these donation links. 
CONTACT
Email:
kelly AT forgottenstars.net
Emails assumed publishable
unless requested otherwise.-
Previously
- New video!!! May 8, 2024
- Tone Poem Tuesday May 7, 2024
- What to put on your next hot dog May 3, 2024
- Something for Thursday May 2, 2024
- “The personality of the photographer, his approach, is really more important than his technical genius.” –Lee Miller May 1, 2024
- Tone Poem Tuesday April 30, 2024
- Today in “Ya never know….” April 29, 2024
- Phil! April 28, 2024
- Farewell, Hunter April 26, 2024
- Something for Thursday April 25, 2024
Recent Comments
- Roger on Phil!
- Lee McAulay on On the Romance of Old Maps
- Roger on Tone Poem Tuesday
- Roger on On the Romance of Old Maps
- Roger on Sunday Stealing
Categories
- A Very Public Service Message
- Amongst the Stars
- and General Matters of Style
- Born On This Date
- Commentary
- Fandom
- Fashion
- Guest Posts
- Life
- Meta
- music
- Newsletter Announcements
- Occasional Fiction
- Occasional Quizzes
- On Bib Overalls
- On Books
- On Buffalo and The 716
- On Cats and Cat Life
- On Character
- On Clothing
- On Dogs and Dog Life
- On Exploring Photography
- On Food and Cooking
- On general matters of WTFery
- On History
- On Memories
- On Movies
- On Music
- On Nature
- On People
- On Pies In Faces
- On Science and the Cosmos
- On Song
- On Sport
- On Tech
- On Teevee
- On Things I Find Funny
- On Tools of Various Trades
- On Travels and Adventures
- On Visual Arts
- Orion's Huntress
- Passages
- Photographic Documentation
- poetry
- Random Linkage
- Reading
- Seaflame!
- Stardancer
- The Chilling Killing Wind
- The John Lazarus novels
- The Song of Forgotten Stars
- The Wisdomfold Path
- To Rant Is Divine
- Uncategorized
- Vlogging
- Writers
- Writing
Tags
- "National Poetry Month" (32)
- Anger and Rants (94)
- Bad Joke Friday (168)
- books (265)
- Buffalo (199)
- Burst of Weirdness (358)
- Comics (68)
- Daily Dose of Christmas (322)
- Daily Life Stuff (462)
- Events of the Day (232)
- Fantasy (97)
- Fiction (43)
- Food (175)
- Football (98)
- From the Books (48)
- Geek Stuff (265)
- Lazy Linkage (43)
- Meta-blog (275)
- Movies (315)
- Music (242)
- overalls (148)
- Passages (178)
- Photography (the subect) (35)
- Photo Posts (475)
- Pie in the Face (64)
- poetry (88)
- Politics (116)
- Quiz-Things (138)
- Saturday Centus (69)
- Saturday Symphony (69)
- Science (94)
- Sentential Links (380)
- Skiffy (229)
- Something For Thursday (673)
- Space Opera (139)
- Sport (77)
- Star Trek (31)
- Star Wars (157)
- Teevee (151)
- Thirty Day Challenge (31)
- Tone Poem Tuesday (314)
- Unclassifiable (74)
- Unidentified Earth (90)
- Wednesday Dichotomy (303)
- writing (225)
Archives
Meta
-
Tag Archives: Geek Stuff
Why not “The Force Gets Coffee”?
Some geeky stuff! :: Star Wars Episode VIII has itself a title: I honestly don’t have an opinion of this as a title. Star Wars titles tend to be greeted as events, and then…well, they’re titles. OK, The Last Jedi. It … Continue reading
“Flexible Whip Sword”
Holy shit. (Yes, that is all.)
Myself in Three Fictional Characters
So there’s a meme going around the various social media sites in which you pick three fictional characters to depict yourself. Here are my three: How about yours?
Conning!
This past weekend was Buffalo Comicon! And yes, we attended. Lots of fun was had by all, and some geeky stuff was acquired, as you might expect. My haul included the following items: Not bad, eh? I’d like to have … Continue reading
“You can type this shit, George, but you can’t say it.”
I recently read a fascinating book about the Star Wars phenomenon, titled How STAR WARS Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise. Written by journalist Chris Taylor, the book traces the history of Star … Continue reading
Mugging!
One of my more esoteric fascinations is with Toby mugs and jugs. These are mugs or pitchers or other vessels worked into the detailed likeness of a person, usually just the head if it’s a mug, but featuring the entire … Continue reading
My Favorite Fictional Presidents
Let’s rank some Presidents Who Never Were! 5. Thomas Beck President Beck’s record might seem spotty, given the amount of destruction due to natural disaster during his term, but his stoic leadership helped keep a seemingly doomed nation calm in … Continue reading
May the SQUEEEE be with you!
So of course I watched it: Random reactions: :: Interesting how the first couple of trailers were about revving up the excitement level for the return of Star Wars, with money shots like the crashed Star Destroyer, the Millennium Falcon … Continue reading