When my son Thomas was preparing to head back to Dallas to start his new job, for no particular reason, we started debating modern physics and just how real this stuff was. I had great fun explaining vacuum decay and he was concerned that physicists were too likely to take math at face value and… Continue reading Time Travel Stories
Author: hmelton
Golden Duck Strikes Home
A couple of years ago, with my brand new Emperor Dad book in my hand, I was talking to another author when he pointed me to one of the officials of the Golden Duck Awards. We shook hands and he took a glance at my book, noticed the 2003 copyright date I’d put on the… Continue reading Golden Duck Strikes Home
Monsters Around the Corner
A couple of events occurred recently that I filed to my ‘monsters’ idea bin. Walking distance from my back yard is Brushy Creek, and a news article hit the local paper about a feral hog that was tearing up the local farmland. This 365 pound beast did not go down easy, surviving multiple gun shots,… Continue reading Monsters Around the Corner