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Online Status: Last On: Sep 28, 2008 - 8:57 PM
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Member Since: March 29, 2007
Location: Marble Falls, TX
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Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Published Works
Dimensional Shifts (2007)
Poetry

Dimensional travel can be a risky trip to take, if you aren't prepared.

Read poem free on-line!
Infinite Realities (2007)
Sisko seeks his calling in an unusual steam house, and believes he has found it. But the life of a miracle-worker isn't as easy or pleasant as he expected. Follow him through doubt, hate, fear, and tragedy as he seeks to fulfill the calling of God upon his life to be his brother's keeper.

Buy Infinite Realities Online

Marvelous Man (2007)
My one and only mainstream fiction story, so far.

How does thirteen-year-old Jared face the fears of growing up in the midst of a divorce and new dad?

Read story free on-line!
Mirror, Mirror on the Screen (2007)
Micro-flash Fiction

How well can you argue with yourself?

Published by Residential Aliens Magazine

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Monkey Madness (2007)
This less than 500 word flash fiction won second place in the Ray Gun Revival Space Monkey Flash Fiction contest.

The Space Monkeys spring their evil trap for galaxy-wide dominion. But can they succeed?

Download Issue #29 to read the story for free.
Public Identities (2007)
What happens when a superhero ends up in the hospital? Tornado Man finds out.

Read story free on-line at A Thousand Faces
The Call of Nature (2007)
One superhero, one goal, and it has nothing to do with the bad guys, but his own passions.

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The Cold Truth (2007)
Flash Fiction

Neil and his buddy will be the first to dive under Neptune's clouds. What will they find within the Ice Giant?

Published by EveryDay Fiction

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Uknown Realities (2007)
Chapter 2 of the Infinite Realities four-part series, soon to be in a book.

Setting out on his travels to fulfill his calling, Sisko discovers raw hate a powerful enemy while dealing with self-doubt.

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Voices (2007)
Where can you run to get away from the voices?

Read the story for free, here!
Waking Nightmares (2007)
Poetry

What lurks in the deep recesses of the mind when the eyes close and dreams erupt? Sometimes the waking world has its own nightmares we wish were only a dream.

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Where's My Soul? (2007)
Poetry

Where does our search for meaning lead us?

Read on-line for free..
A Mother's Life (2006)
Poetry

A Mother's Day poem, about, naturally, mothers!

One son's perspective.

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Black Hole Relationships (2006)
Poetry

This one won an honorable mention in the 2006 "Dragons, Knights, and Angels" poetry contest.

Do we dare go beyond the event horizon of love?

Read poem free on-line!
Dragon Stew (2006)
How do you make dragon stew? Take equal parts of one knight intent on killing a dragon, one dragon attempting to destroy said knight, and one unorthodox angel working to join them in holy wedlock. Simmer over an open fire, adding in a dash of love potion and deception for a week. Then spice it up with twenty-one hidden (to varying degrees) Shakespearian quotes for connoisseurs of literature to discover, wrap it in a Shakespearian style comedy and you have "Dragon Stew."

WARNING: May result in gaseous fumes and flaming mouth.


Read story free on-line!
Growth (2006)
Poetry

All things grow...or do they?

Read poem free on-line!
Hearing God (2006)
This is one of my few non-speculative stories. Not even fiction, really.

A trip to two very different retreats highlights the many ways God speaks to us, often when we don't realize it.

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Heroes (2006)
Poetry

We all have them, but do they help more than they hurt?

Read poem free on-line!
Steamy Realities (2006)
Chapter 1 of the Infinite Realities four-part series, soon to be in a book.

Sisko discovers the reality a mystical steam house reveals not only in others, but within himself. The results of this rite-of-passage begins a long journey in his life.

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The Path of Least Resistance (2006)
Poetry

The vastness of creation and our connectedness to it is revealed by the journey of a small rock.

Read poem free on-line!
Weapons of War (2006)
This one didn't come out in print, but I read it on the "Ray Gun Radio" podcast. It won an honorable mention in the "Ray Gun Radio" flash fiction contest in October of 2006.

The battle of secret weapons comes down to one man's ingenuity in escaping a dimensional trap.

Listen to story free on-line!
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About R. L. Copple
Father of three and husband of one, since 1982, I've done many different things in my life. From working at fast food in college, daycares, preaching, pastoring, bookkeeping, general practitioner of computers, and now writing, I've made the rounds.

Though, in truth, I began creating stories in fifth grade. My first real attempts were drawing a comic of a horse. I guess it grew from there. I went on to create many comic book characters and drew several comic books, though nothing ever published. I had no idea how to even go about it in junior high school, at the time. Though you can read the few I do have left over on my personal blog: Copple's Creations. I also would create stories and "dramatize" them into a tape recorder, creating all my own sound effects. In high school, I wrote some stories and even wrote a Shakespearian comedy for a class assignment.

Then college hit, and my writing turned to research papers mostly. Then I went into the ministry and my writing turned to sermons, devotionals, and Bible studies. My move into Orthodox Christianity prompted me to build a web site for folks with questions about that group, my inquirer's site.

However, since November of 2005, my focus has been on writing fiction, specifically fantasy and sci-fi. I've ended up getting a few stories and poems published, which you can check out on the left. I've also ended up working as a volunteer at one of the Double-Edged Publishing magazines, Haruah: Breath of Heaven as a submissions reader, illustration editor, and copy editor. Current, I'm managing editor of that magazine.

I like stories that reveal how we deal with character flaws and life in general. Fantasy and sci-fi gives me a way to explore that in settings you wouldn't normally find. That allows me to show the day to day conflicts in our lives from a perspective they may not have thought of before.

Oh yea, another of my hobbies is photos, especially of nature. Some of my photos have appeared at Haruah, one will soon be the cover of a book, and I have them on my personal photo page as well: Copple's Photos. Some of them are experimental, but I like cool photos that bring out the wonder of God's creation.

And then there is my new project. I've entered the world of podcasting, taking over hosting duties of Ray Gun Radio: a sister production to the on-line Space Opera magazine, Ray Gun Revival. The podcast centers around the reading of a Space Opera story from the magazine, interviews with the authors, music, and other fun bits and pieces.

Here you can listen to a couple promos I put together.

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Check it out! You can also listen to past podcast when Taylor Kent was doing the show as well.

Thanks for checking out my stories and links. May God continue to lead you on your journey.
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A Cool Review of Infinite Realities   9/28/2008 - 8:57 PM
Just discovered a couple days ago that The Green Man Review did a nice review of my book, Infinite Realities. The only addition I would make to her observations is that one can be rewarded by digging deeper. While there are obvious allegory/analogies... (login or sign up to read more)
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How Do You Define Christmas?   12/24/2007 - 2:13 AM
I've read more than one rant about the commercialization of Christmas. And, to some extent, I agree that it has become too commercialized. However, some seem to take a "throw the baby out with the bathwater" approach. If it has become too commerciali... (login or sign up to read more)
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First Book in Print!   11/26/2007 - 3:03 PM
And now for some really big news! My novella length book, Infinite Realities is finally out! Currently, you can buy it from Amazon.com. You should also be able to purchase it from Double-Edged Publishing's bookstore as well. I think thi... (login or sign up to read more)
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Fantasy or reality?   7/23/2007 - 7:01 PM
I recently had a discussion with a good friend, who mostly wrote science fiction. One reason she didn't do much with fantasy is because she felt the link with God's truth to fantasy would seem to suggest that God's truths are fantasy. Of course, I... (login or sign up to read more)
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Lazy Me, Crazy Me   6/09/2007 - 10:42 PM
Don't know about you, but my reaction when I get overloaded with things to do, is just to shut down. Today, despite several things I wanted to get done, I watched an old Godzilla movie I had sitting around. (I still need to finish it.) A lot of go... (login or sign up to read more)
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