The Ten Best Things About Summer
I'm always doing lists. Best board games, greatest book, most fascinating science fiction universes, things I've forgotten at the grocery store, etc., etc. Well, it's warming up in Virginia, the trees are leafing, and the breeze is blowing. I thought I'd make a summer list, the ten greatest things about summer. So, in no particular order, and without explanation except where I feel like it.
Mark H. Walker served 23 years in the United States Navy, most of them as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal diver. He is the owner of Flying Pig Games, the designer of the aliens-invade-Earth game Night of Man, the author of Desert Moon, an exciting mecha, military science fiction novel with a twist, with plenty of damn science fiction in it despite what any reviewer says, as well as World at War: Revelation, a creepy, military action, with a love story, alternate history, World War Three novel thing, Everyone Dies in the End, and numerous short stories. All the books and stories are available from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing right here. Give them a try. I mean, what the hell? The games? Well that's Flying Pig Games. Retribution will release in the summer of 2015.
- Bat on a ball. Hardwood bat, hardball. The ultimate summer sound.
- Fresh cut grass. Summer's best smell. I actually enjoy mowing. I have a two-acre lawn. The rider broke two years ago. I push mow it now. Great time to plot new novels, design new games, or think about what I'd really like to say to the haters on the forums.
- Sea meets sky. One of my favorite summer sights. Love the ocean. Love the beach. Its where the membrane between our reality and others grows thin.
- Devil's Cadillac. I first heard the Floorboards when they opened for Toad the Wet Sprocket. They've become one of my favorites, and this is one of their best songs. Oh yeah, they live about 45 miles north of me.
- The Roller Coaster. No, not the up-down thing. They scare me. I mean turns 14, 14a and 15 at Virginia International Raceway, America's most beautiful road racing track. Hearing ALMS cars scream through that series of swoopy turns is a thrill.
- "May I take your order?" As spoken by the waitress at the Nags Head Pier Resteraunt, THE place to eat fried oysters on the East Coast.
- The Hub-Bub and general pandemonium of the open gaming game room at the World Boardgame Championships in Lancaster, PA. Always my favorite convention, this game room often keeps me up way past my bedtime, which is like, ah... 9:30 PM.
- "Mr. Walker? Your book has hit the best-seller list." Well this one hasn't happened yet, but I can dream, no?
Mark H. Walker served 23 years in the United States Navy, most of them as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal diver. He is the owner of Flying Pig Games, the designer of the aliens-invade-Earth game Night of Man, the author of Desert Moon, an exciting mecha, military science fiction novel with a twist, with plenty of damn science fiction in it despite what any reviewer says, as well as World at War: Revelation, a creepy, military action, with a love story, alternate history, World War Three novel thing, Everyone Dies in the End, and numerous short stories. All the books and stories are available from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing right here. Give them a try. I mean, what the hell? The games? Well that's Flying Pig Games. Retribution will release in the summer of 2015.
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