Letter I wrote to DC Comics when Superman died
Here’s an oldie but a goodie, the only letter I ever wrote to DC Comics (back when they had letter columns). This was in response to the Death of Superman,…
One of the first times I was published — Computer Magazine MICROpendium (1987)
WAY back in the day (1987) I got published in a computer magazine for the first time. MICRopendium was the official monthly magazine for the AWESOME TI-99-4/a and its not-at-all…
2010: “Something Wonderful”
by Robert Gillis, 1985 Another vignette from “The Abucs Scenario.” Dr. Robert Gillis has a meeting with an old, omnipotent friend. Any resemblance to the same scene in “2010: Odyssey…
The Valinor and Ted Koppel
by Robert Gillis, 1985 An excerpt from one of my earliest stories, “The Abucs Scenario.” (1986) So if John Matthews really was, as he claimed, a member of an advanced…
The Dolphins of Persephone
By Robert Gillis Written 1987-1988 Historians note: Back in the 1980s my friends and I (especially David, JB and I) liked to write stories featuring ourselves in science fiction /…
Tripp and JB
by Robert Gillis, 1985 More excerpts from Abucs Scenario, as Tripp tries to unravel the mystery that is JB — and unravels in the process. Note that these are excerpts…
Star Trek: Corel
STAR TREK: COREL by Robert Gillis (1996) “STAR TREK” is a registered trademark of and © CBS (or Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom Corp). This story is fan fiction…
JB’s robot and the lightsabre
Another vignette from “the Abucs Scenario.” Tripp encounters JB’s robot, and David gets a new toy. (1985) by Robert Gillis As he headed for the lab, Tripp was, for a…