an idealist gone to seed.
Being-in-the-World
After Luke's hominid species conquered their paltry ball of mud in the far corner of the galaxy, many became resigned to being trapped there until the advent of seemingly impossible FTL travel.
Not Luke. Luke knows what we all know: that space-time is but an illusion, concocted by the Grand Malefactor to mislead and preoccupy the hominids*. Luke uses this knowledge to slip and slide between dimensions, but his travelogues of these journeys have only been accepted for publication in science fiction magazines.
Strangely, Luke also holds a Juris Doctorate from the UCLA School of Law, a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from UC Santa Cruz, and somehow became member number 230084 of the State Bar of California. He presently lives with his wife Padma and three-year-old son Dylan Siddhartha in Los Angeles.
Luke has also been variously identified in his incarnations as an NBA Player, singer/songwriter, and a teen author of books about Asperger's Syndrome.
Stories
"Laundromat Dreams" Oddlands Magazine, March 2008 "Ekpyrosis", Bewildering Stories, Issue 270
"The Saving Power", ADBUSTERS #74, November-December 2007
Reprinted in the anthology SF Waxes Philosophical ed. by Ahmed Khan [Purchase here]
"Reduction Descending", Electric Velocipede, Issue 12 [Purchase here]
"No Pets", Scifantastic, Issue 5, reprinted online as "You Are Alien" [Spanish translation]
"Trade Secrets", Neometropolis, Issue 0x09
"The Fragile", Ethereal Gazette, Issue 4, reprinted online here
"Inside the Artists' Colony", Bewildering Stories, Issue 197
"Towards a New Ontology", Bewildering Stories, Issue 192
"The Liberal Intelligentsia", Alienskin, February-March 2006 [Spanish translation]
"War Thrash", Ultraverse, November 2005, reprinted online here
"Mistakes Were Made", Writers' Stories
"The Gospel According to Judas" [Spanish translation]
Poems
"You Bright and Risen Apes", Bewildering Stories, Issue 237
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* At birth, Luke’s thick skull cracked his mother’s tailbone. She was eventually able to sit again, though critics suggest that Luke may have suffered permanent brain damage from the incident, and never had the chance to be “normal.”**
** These critics are fools. Neutral third parties, including Luke's mother, agree that Luke's intellectual and cognitive abilities far surpass the standard capabilities of his hominid species.
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