Author Archives: jaurquhart

By Jack A. Urquhart  ©2012  (1100 words) Dear Dillon and Devon, I’ve never cared for Hallmark holidays the likes of Father’s Day—never thought there was much cause for receiving tokens of appreciation from my children for discharging my parental responsibilities.  … Continue reading →

By Jack A. Urquhart, ©2012 (1000 words) Full Disclosure: When my spouse Raymond L. Boyington undertook the editorial role in bringing his former partner’s work to print posthumously, I had not expected to play a role in promoting the finished … Continue reading →

By Jack A. Urquhart, ©2012 (725 words) Karen Russell, the gifted author of the debut novel Swamplandia!, has been making quite a name for herself the last few years.  In 2009 she received a 5 Under 35 award from the … Continue reading →

Book Review by Jack A. Urquhart  ©2012 The early chapters of Rob Kaufman’s tensely wrought and engaging novel, One Last Lie, seem to herald a predictable story of ‘gayfluence’ brought low by tragedy.  Indeed, Kaufman appears to be going for … Continue reading →

by Jack A. Urquhart,  ©2012 (477 words) Lately I’ve been dreaming about my children.  I say ‘lately’ but it’s actually more of a long-standing thing, almost habitual.  Several nights a week they scamper across the landscape of my subconscious, practically … Continue reading →

Book Review by Jack A. Urquhart  Denis Johnson’s novella, Train Dreams, is one of those elegantly understated, deceptively simple works of fiction that sneaks up on you while you thought nothing much was happening on the page. The author’s protagonist … Continue reading →

Sci-Fi Page Turner: Expedition into the realms of the human and the alien heart Book Review by Jack A. Urquhart; The Termite Queen: Volume One: The Speaking of the Dead; author, Lorinda J. Taylor Lorinda J. Taylor’s ambitious science-fiction novel … Continue reading →

A Short Story (approximately 1780 words) by Jack A. Urquhart © 2012 Anyone with eyes could’ve seen them—the pedestrians approaching behind the car.  It wasn’t his fault Declan hadn’t.  True, he could have spoken up.  But it had all been so … Continue reading →

Well-Intentioned Scientists Running Amok Book Review by Jack A. Urquhart ©2012 Lorinda J. Taylor’s imaginative and entertaining science-fiction novella, Monster Is in the Eye of the Beholder, reminded this reader of Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow (1996).  Both works are first-contact … Continue reading →