by David Backman | Aug 19, 2024 | Blog
Can you believe it? (I can’t!) The Lightning in the Collied Night is published! So, let’s talk about it! I’d like to know what you think about my first novel–my first fiction writing of any kind since high school. What did you like? What did...
by David Backman | Aug 16, 2024 | Blog
(Based on characters in The Lightning in the Collied Night) June 20, 2052 Meira’s and Katherine’s eyes were glued to the main monitor in the tiny Flight Control room of the Prometheus base. The monitor was fed from an outdoor video camera that overlooked Silo 1. They...
by David Backman | Aug 5, 2024 | Blog
(Based on characters in The Lightning in the Collied Night) February 13, 2039 Lai looked up from the research paper on the Zeeman effect that she was reading on her pad for her Quantum Mechanics II class and gazed out the window of her room in the Sally Ride House....
by David Backman | Jul 26, 2024 | Blog
(Based on characters in The Lightning in the Collied Night) October 2, 2034 Daniel sat in a brown leather swivel chair at his West Wing office desk as he finished reading the report on his pad. He looked up when he heard a knock on the door; it partially opened, and...
by David Backman | Jul 16, 2024 | Blog
(Based on characters in The Lightning in the Collied Night) July 19, 2051 Here we go! Katherine thought as she stepped into the conference room in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. She turned off her phone, tucked it back into her purse, and looked around...
by David Backman | Jul 5, 2024 | Blog
(Based on characters in The Lightning in the Collied Night) September 18, 2037 Lai dragged herself up the stairs to the second floor of Crothers Hall, exhausted from her first full week of classes at Stanford University. I should have my head examined for taking...
