Welcome
Glad to have you join us in our cyber-haunt! We have fiction, nonfiction, and even a little music. If you have a speaking engagement coming up, we are available for contract speechwriting for corporate or political clients. We have experience writing for high-level executives, including Presidential appointees.
Recent Fiction
"Sensitive, Compartmented" appeared in the April/May issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
"The Song of Uullioll" is in the July/August issue of Analog Science Fiction & Fact.
Forthcoming Fiction
"The Second Engineer" has been accepted by Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and should appear in the October/November issue.
"SEAGULLs, Jack-o-Lanterns, and Interstitial Spaces" has been accepted by Analog Science Fiction & Fact.
Recent News
The science fiction & fantasy blog SFSignal included a post about Gray's Monster Hunter Ballad on April 22nd.
Recent Events
RavenCon, April 13-5, 2012, Richmond, Virginia.
Upcoming Events
ConCarolinas, June 1-3, 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina.
DeepSouthCon 50, June 15-17, 2012, Huntsville, Alabama.
Winyah High School Class of 1982 Reunion, June 30, 2012, Georgetown, South Carolina.
Audio Fiction
"Memorial at Copernicus" is an alternate-history story that occurs on the Moon, and was my first story to be considered a "professional" sale. It originally appeared in the third issue of Redstone Science Fiction, in August 2010.
And now it's also the first of my stories to ever be recorded. New Zealand author Amanda (AJ) Fitzwater recorded the story, and I'm especially pleased with how well she rendered the main character's Russian accent.
You can find the audio story on Redstone Science Fiction's audio page or by this direct link: "Memorial at Copernicus" audio.
The Gray Man on YouTube
With a total of four videos now available -- and hopefully more to come in 2012 -- we've started our own YouTube Playlist. Most of the videos feature the kind of slipshod guitar playing and mediocre vocals that you've come to expect from the Gray Man.
If you don't want to go through the YouTube interface, you can select from the individual videos below:
- Gray performs "The Monster Hunter Ballad"
- Gray performs "Playing Politics," which may be considered the theme song for the Anti-Campaign
- Gray performs "Having Failed to Be Raptured, I Wrote this Stupid Song"
- The video montage of Gray's "The Economic Recovery Blues", his 2009 song for the Industrial Extension Service
Blog, Blog, Blogging Along
We're still having fun with our Ghost Writer blog, with our continuing (though not continuous) series of space history posts. If you ever read what we post, thank you, and we'd love it if you left comments.
Download-Ables: Book Excerpt, Essays, Short Story
Free downloads available:
- The Introduction to Quality Education
- Two essays, "An Unsolicited Proposal for the Secretary of Education," and "Ignore The Tour Guides, If You Can"
- One short story (historical fiction), "The Surfman"
The downloads are FREE, though if you like them we do accept donations ... see the 'donate' button in the right-hand column.
Novel Status
Available to a good publisher, a realistic science fiction novel of survival and sacrifice on the Moon:
Stormie and Frank Pastorelli go WALKING ON THE SEA OF CLOUDS in a near-future technological drama about the risks people will take, the emergencies they'll face, and the sacrifices they'll make to survive and thrive as members of the first independent, commercial lunar colony.
2012 Is an Election Year ... Vote For The Anti-Candidate!
The Anti-Candidate is still available as a write-in candidate for any elective office, anywhere -- although we understand Virginia residents may have trouble with their state's restrictions on write-ins -- all we ask is that you spell our name correctly.
If you're interested in "Politics As Unusual," take a look at the Anti-Campaign page -- or listen to our theme song, "Playing Politics". Let us know what you think, and yes: donations are accepted.
Social Media Central
The Gray Man is active (more or less) on several different social media platforms. Contact us on your favorite:
Send a friend request or connection request, if you like; but if we don't actually know you, or you think we might not recognize your name, please send a brief explanation as well.
The Gray Man's Other Pursuits ...
Need a speech written or edited? We'll give you professional results -- at professional prices.
Need a speaker for an upcoming event, or a narrator for a film or video? We'll do that -- price negotiable.
Want a hand-crafted, musical-instrument-inspired chair? No promises, since we don't have lots of woodworking time these days ... but if we do, it'll really cost you.