Author Archives: Zaslow Crane

About Zaslow Crane

Zaslow Crane wrote his first Science fiction story when he was 11 This was after an uncle had given him a Charmin case full of sci fi paperbacks- all the old masters: A.E.Van Vogt, Cordwainer Smith, Heinlen, Bradbury, and dozens more. After that, he never looked back. Zaslow Crane has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers over many years, and has been a contributing editor for a national magazine. He has been published a couple hundred times for non fiction. Regarding fiction, he writes primarily SciFi and was one of the creative talents behind Smoke and Mirrors, a parsec nominated podcast that "re-imagined" the Twilight Zone and, which ran for 2 1/2 years. He has written over two hundred short stories, 7 or 8 novellas and two novels, one of which "explains" a great many advancements in human technology. He likes mindless sort of work, because it frees that other part of his brain to work on story ideas, so if you see him, say, digging a ditch, you'll know that he’s really writing. He lives in a tiny house on a hill in Central California. His home overlooks the ocean - IF you're willing to stand on tip toes and crane your neck. Just a bit.

Doppelganger

Doppleganger             The German’s have an interesting way of looking at things. Each language, of course seems to excel at something: English is so rabid to pick up new words,… Read more »

“Hey, are you some sort of Goth?!”

          “Are you some sort of …Goth?”          Understand, I had just exited Ralphs with around $100 in groceries (which of course meant that I had only two bags of… Read more »

The Great MudBowl Game of 1974

by Zaslow Crane Wrdcount 1600 The Great Mud Bowl Game of 1974          Where I grew up, you couldn’t swing a stick without hitting some kid. We were simply everywhere…. Read more »

The Summer Cottage

The Summer CottageBy Zaslow Crane I grew up in Western New York and it was a vastly different place in the 60’s and 70’s than it is now. My neighborhood… Read more »

Heaven?

            What will I look like in Heaven?             This is of course, presupposing that I make the cut.             Even if you don’t believe in the concept of heaven,… Read more »