I’m thrilled to share that The Observer earned Runner-Up in Fiction — Paranormal at the 2025 PenCraft Book Awards. As a result, this recognition shines a light on the story’s heart and the readers who have supported it. The Observer Wins PenCraft Runner-Up (Paranormal Fiction) October 24, 2025 · Brian Thompson About The Observer and the PenCraft Award The Observer is a Paranormal Urban […]
The Observer has achieved #1 on Amazon’s Kindle Bestseller list in Inspirational Spiritual Fiction. It explores themes of empathy and discovery beyond death, depicting how spirits influence the living. The story emphasizes the importance of kindness and curiosity, resonating deeply with readers. Thank you to all who contributed to its success.
Welcome wise witches and weird wizards. Welcome (wait, I already did that, oh well gotta stick to the formula) to Word Geek Wednesday: Where logic meets language, and curiosity sparks creativity. This week we are first freaking out about how many ‘W’ words I’m using in this introduction. Then, even though I said we were […]
Salutations Sassy Shes and Salacious Sirs. Welcome to Word Geek Wednesday: Where logic meets language, and curiosity sparks creativity. This week we are using forms of the word ‘observe’ so many times that you’ll swear it’s looking back at you. Modern Meaning Observe verb ob·serve əb-ˈzərv observed; observing transitive verb: 1: to conform one’s action […]
Greetings, Gruesome Gents and Ghoulish Girlies. It’s that time of week again where we take a thorough analysis of a single word until we’re certain that’s not really the way it’s spelled. The Word Geek word of the week this week is ‘possessed.’ Since I’m trying to foster a bit of a spooky audience. The […]
Felicitations friends, foes, femme fatales, and fancy fellas. Welcome to my new series where I spend so much time ruminating over a single word that it hardly looks real anymore. I geek out over a bunch of things; star fights, star trips, and playing pretend with dice to name a few. But, for an author, […]
A treatise on the way mere mortals view the art of temporal shifting. Greetings, denizens of the third dimension. I altered the past to lure you here today so I could ridicule you about your silly fantasies about time travel. Your various returns from the past, and eternity pebbles do give me quite the chuckle. […]
Well overdue. On May 5th 2025 I self-published my first book, The Observer. Now, I started writing for an audience back in 2009. I submitted my first finalized article to Cracked.com the day my son was born. That November, I joined several of my freelancer colleagues and participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). It’s […]