Daniel Dennett gets it right

We cannot let any group, however devout, blackmail us into silence by their expressions of hurt feelings whenever they feel that we are getting close to the truth. That is what con artists do when their marks begin to get suspicious, and that is what children do when they can't have their way, and it should be beneath the dignity of any religious group to play that card.

Daniel Dennett in Salon.

New Story: A Fragile Dream

This is what I get for being distracted! I've been neck-deep into The Temple for so long I forgot that yesterday I was supposed to release my newest story. I'm so sorry! So let me make it official:

Journal Enty 128 / 03264, A Fragile Dream, has been released and can be found at your favorite server. The ASSD/ASSTR codes for this story are "MF scifi rom slow". Misuko & Linia (and some of their crew) have supporting parts, but this is not a robot story. In terms of quality, I'm very pleased with this story, although it's structure contains only one straightforward thread and not the intertwining of the last one.

I've noticed that Drizzle is becoming more and more overloaded, to the point where the webserver's response times are very slow. On the other hand, you guys have been wonderfully generous, enough so that I think I can afford to move later this year. I'm researching those options right now, but I just want to say thank you so much for your willingness to support my efforts. And as always, if you enjoy a story, a buck or two in the tipjar never hurts. Enjoy!