WilberSFwriter
@wilbersfwriter.bsky.social
I write award-winning short stories, science fiction and fantasy novels, essays, college textbooks, and occasional articles. I'm the co-founder and co-judge of the Dell Magazines Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing.
Happy to see my alma mater have a great men's basketball season and so earn their way into the Big Dance for the first time. Long ago I played for this team in its beginning years. What a joy to be a tiny part of this history. Way to go, Cougars!! www.theintelligencer.com/sports/artic...
SIUE wins OVC Tournament, claims first bid into NCAA Tournament
SIUE men's basketball faces SEMO in OVC Tournament championship game inside the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind.
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March 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Happy to see my alma mater have a great men's basketball season and so earn their way into the Big Dance for the first time. Long ago I played for this team in its beginning years. What a joy to be a tiny part of this history. Way to go, Cougars!! www.theintelligencer.com/sports/artic...
Gonna post more here on Bluesky as the nation heads toward David Brin's excellent "The Postman" (watching the Costner version of that now).
March 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Gonna post more here on Bluesky as the nation heads toward David Brin's excellent "The Postman" (watching the Costner version of that now).
Ready for the annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts soon in Orlando. A great mix of academics and writers/editors/publishers in the fantastic here. I'm sort of all of those. Here's me, on your left, with great pal and the very famous author, Stephen R. Donaldson.
March 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Ready for the annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts soon in Orlando. A great mix of academics and writers/editors/publishers in the fantastic here. I'm sort of all of those. Here's me, on your left, with great pal and the very famous author, Stephen R. Donaldson.
This is what my fellow Floridians voted for: www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
Trump admin rolls back protections for rare whales off Florida coast
The oil and gas industry has argued the restrictions would cost them billions.
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March 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This is what my fellow Floridians voted for: www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
Illinois, I'm your boyr...https://www.threads.net/@jbpritzker/post/DFyLLJnPNp6/media
JB Pritzker (@jbpritzker) on Threads
An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
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February 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Illinois, I'm your boyr...https://www.threads.net/@jbpritzker/post/DFyLLJnPNp6/media
just so you know where we are headed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump calls for ‘termination’ of 60 Minutes in fresh attack on US media
President also makes baseless claims that USAid has been illicitly funding news organisations
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
just so you know where we are headed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The sisters, after a long day of chasing lizards.
January 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The sisters, after a long day of chasing lizards.
Hey, cool! I was interviewed about my fiction by Amazing Stories in their "Unexpected Questions" site and here's the interview. amazingstories.com/2025/01/unex...
Unexpected Questions with Rick Wilber
Rick Wilber is an award-winning writer, editor and college professor with a half-dozen novels and short-story collections published or under contract, more than seventy short stories in print or sold,...
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January 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hey, cool! I was interviewed about my fiction by Amazing Stories in their "Unexpected Questions" site and here's the interview. amazingstories.com/2025/01/unex...
Just for fun. In 1954 my father was a back-up catcher and pinch-hitter for the Boston Red Sox. One day he hired the top Boston sports photographer of the day to come out and take pictures of him and his (then) two sons) at Fenway, pretending to play the game. Mel stepping on the bag. Safe at first.
December 29, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Just for fun. In 1954 my father was a back-up catcher and pinch-hitter for the Boston Red Sox. One day he hired the top Boston sports photographer of the day to come out and take pictures of him and his (then) two sons) at Fenway, pretending to play the game. Mel stepping on the bag. Safe at first.
This little traveler stopped for a rest today in our yard today, and then moved on.
December 16, 2024 at 11:52 PM
This little traveler stopped for a rest today in our yard today, and then moved on.
A study in southern live oak, from our front yard.
December 11, 2024 at 4:05 AM
A study in southern live oak, from our front yard.
Happy to see my short story, "Jilly in Right: A Thought Experiment," in the Jan/Feb 2025 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. It's an alternate history/multiverse story that has some baseball in it, as my stories often do.
December 8, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Happy to see my short story, "Jilly in Right: A Thought Experiment," in the Jan/Feb 2025 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. It's an alternate history/multiverse story that has some baseball in it, as my stories often do.
My first post. Of course I'll start with our cat and our dog. Because. I plan to talk about writing, politics, and some sports. New short story coming out in a couple of weeks in Asimov's. New novel just sent to the agent. And my Rays seem to be leaving town in a year or two. Sad about that.
November 27, 2024 at 12:29 AM
My first post. Of course I'll start with our cat and our dog. Because. I plan to talk about writing, politics, and some sports. New short story coming out in a couple of weeks in Asimov's. New novel just sent to the agent. And my Rays seem to be leaving town in a year or two. Sad about that.