Marcus Carver

Guns of the Future

Han Solo's Star Wars blaster, an example of guns from the future

Writing the Marcus Carver Sci-Fi Crime Series has proved to be a tricky balance. It is set in the near-enough future that the world can’t be totally unfamiliar. Yet there needs to be enough new technology and social development to satisfy the demands of the genre and the natural change that occurs over several decades. Whenever I describe something in … Read more

A Literary Reductio and the Birth of a Sci-Fi Detective

A brick wall with a lamp—a metaphor for a literary reductio

As an author, people often ask me where I get the ideas for my stories. The initial impulse for a story can come from a variety of places: another story I’m reading, current events, observing a public interaction. But one of the most fruitful ways I’ve found to build a creative spark into a fully realized story setting is to … Read more