Interviewed by Lee Mather

Author Lee Mather has an interview up on his website. We discuss CORRUPTS?, of course, plus this year’s other projects. There are certain moral dilemmas that simply aren’t going to be part of most people’s experience. I, for instance, will …

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Nice to Matter, FREE on Smashwords!

Nice to Matter is a short superhero story about the prostitute sidekick of a superhero cop. I originally wrote it for inclusion in CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY? but decided against including my own work in the anthology (I’m not against editors doing …

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The Writing Warfighter

I work hard to keep a wall between the different aspects of my life. I don’t want my family to be plastered all over my website and public profiles to such an extent that my wife is accosted by nutjobs …

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Music to My Ears

Of course, this would have been a great post for the day after the Grammys, but I had something else to share with you then. So, you get it now. Instead of the playlist I offered last time, here’s a …

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Jeffrey Wilson’s The Traiteur’s Ring Fundraiser to Benefit the Navy SEAL Foundation

I won a contest a few months back…probably on The Writers’ Chatroom, but I guess it could have been elsewhere. It’s still on the TBR stack (and what a stack it is, boys and girls!), but the name of the …

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Interviewed by Lee MatherNice to Matter, FREE on Smashwords!The Writing WarfighterMusic to My EarsJeffrey Wilson’s The Traiteur’s Ring Fundraiser to Benefit the Navy SEAL Foundation

CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY?

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Read the Editor’s Retrospective

Lord Acton originally wrote, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts  absolutely.” Modern pop-culture is brimming over with stories of bright, polished men and women with iron wills and indestructible moral codes, who throw themselves into a life of public service after being graced (or cursed) with cosmic powers, a magic ring, puberty-activated  mutant genes or robot suits.

How about the people who look out for ‘Number One?’ With flaws? With serious psychological issues? Who’ve ve been looking for a ticket out of their circumstances and finally lucked into it? Who’ve devoted themselves to their success and have reached it, at long last? The nerdy kid who doesn’t have to be pushed around and isn’t willing to hide anymore? The jealous girl that’s tired of being the ‘other woman?’ The disenfranchised homeless man? The bored housewife who wishes she’d made some different choices?

What would really happen if today’s people had superpowers? Available March 2012 in paperback and digital formats from Damnation Books. Cover art by Jessica Lucero.