United States – Keeping the Peace, or Addicted to Killing?

The United States has been at war or in conflict with other peoples for roughly 225 of its 250 years of existence. No other nation has, on the face of it, been more war-like in the same period. The reasons for war (declared or otherwise) are varied, and in some cases one might say areContinue reading “United States – Keeping the Peace, or Addicted to Killing?”

“Signal 238” – a Lovecraftian horror story set in the New Cold War…

I’ve just published my latest short story, ‘Signal 238’… Set on a Royal Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine, the crew unexpectedly discover the resting place of one of the ancient rulers of the Earth, the ‘Great Old Ones’… … but when K-Thalassa is disturbed, they expose their boat, its nuclear weapons and their very livesContinue reading ““Signal 238” – a Lovecraftian horror story set in the New Cold War…”

We Are Already in a New Cold War…

One of the topics I am exploring in my (soon to be published) series of Cold War articles is the question “Are we already in a New Cold War?” That article was drafted between May – September 2020, but recent news about the expansion of Chinese ICBM silos has pushed the topic on. I believeContinue reading “We Are Already in a New Cold War…”