Review: “Uppity” by Bill White

Uppity: My Untold Story About The Games People Play by Bill White, with Gordon Dillow; Foreward by Willie Mays ISBN: 978-0-446-5525-8 (Hardcover) “Mild, sagacious Bill White has had three all-star careers. First, for thirteen seasons (1956-1969), he starred as a Golden Glove award-winning first baseman for the New York Giants, the St. Louis Cardinals, and [...]

Poetry Ebook Giveaway

Good news, everyone! I’m having a giveaway for my new poetry ebook titled The Poets Are Dead? Here is how you can enter: 1) Go to my online club at http://www.ajhayes.com/apps/members/ 2) Join the club. (If you are a Facebook user you can use your Facebook credentials to join.) 3) You will receive a welcome [...]

Short Story ~ “The Five Universal Laws of Inter-Species Dating”

Law 1: Make sure the two species are compatible.* He saw her sitting at the bar, one dainty hand holding a Zomarian Martini, while the other two impatiently tapped upon the bar counter.  She was beautiful for an alien—and he ran through his mind all the things he wanted to do to her, um, extra [...]

NPR’s Top 100 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Recently National Public Radio (NPR) released a list of the top 100 Sci-Fi and Fantasy books of all time, as picked by its audience. That means the people voted on their favorite books and series of all time. The full list is here, and there is an interesting breakdown of the list by Glen Weldon [...]

Poem ~ “Death to Autocorrect”

“This ain’t politically correct. This might offend my political connects.” — Jay-Z I know people who cook Savages for breakfast– Cannibalism colonial America style. They minus well send messages via Morris code while they’re living In the pass–it should help boost Their shelves of steam. Literacy is a chisel for the elite; Chipping off the [...]