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The October Country: Oct. 3: “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
In celebration of the month of October, I’ll be sharing 31 of my favorite spooky, eerie and creepy stories, one per day. The stories will range over an array of genres: horror, suspense, science fiction, mysteries and dark fantasy. The October Country …that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country […]
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The October Country: Oct. 2: “Vampire Lake” by Norman Partridge
In celebration of the month of October, I’ll be sharing 31 of my favorite spooky, eerie and creepy stories, one per day. The stories will range over an array of genres: horror, suspense, science fiction, mysteries and dark fantasy. The October Country …that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country […]
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The October Country: Oct. 1st: “The Jar” by Ray Bradbury
In celebration of the month of October, I’ll be sharing 31 of my favorite spooky, eerie and creepy stories, one per day. The stories will range over an array of genres: horror, suspense, science fiction, mysteries and dark fantasy. There is no criteria other than my own humble opinion of which stories belong in what […]
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The Martian, Andy Weir and the Ghost of Michael Crichton
Reading Andy Weir’s brilliant novel The Martian, I was consistently reminded of the work of Michael Crichton, who sadly passed away from cancer a few years ago. That seems like an easy comparison to make (yawn). Crichton was best known for his science fiction (Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, Sphere), and Weir’s novel is clearly in the […]
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327 Missing in Limetown: An Eerie Podcast of Documentary Fiction
If you haven’t heard of Limetown, the creepy new podcast created by Two-Up Productions, you’re missing out. Following on the heels of the massively successful podcast Serial, the tale of Limetown takes a similar documentary style approach, although this time to a fictional story. The tale begins on February 8, 2004 with a nerve-racking 911 call in […]
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The Smashwords Interview: K&K in 2020, Being Mistaken for Tyler Durden, and Writing Naked
The interview below was published recently on Smashwords.com. Smashwords is a fantastic publishing platform for indie authors looking to reach readers through ebook publication. You can find the interview on my Smashwords Author Page. You can also purchase my books there (as well as books from other great authors). The Smashwords Interview Let’s start with […]
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The Many Covers of John Irving
While shopping at one of my local secondhand bookstores this last weekend, I came across a couple of old John Irving novels in the bargain section (side note: Irving, to me, is always a bargain…he gives so much as a writer I’d pay double for his novels). Nothing all that surprising, except that these particular […]
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All In a Name: Best Short Story Titles
When I was teaching 6th grade, we used to have a weekly Top 10 List. The list could be anything: Top 10 Movies, Top 10 Hairdos From the 60’s, Top 10 Tricks to Play on Your Sister. One week I put together a list of the Top 10 Titles From Ray Bradbury Short Stories. We’d […]
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New Ebooks Published!
Two new ebooks just out this month. You can click the links below to find them on Amazon.com. Descriptions of the stories can be found on the Fiction page. Read Excerpts from the stories now! Buy at Amazon.com for $2.99 Buy At Amazon.com for $2.99
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All the Bones in the Bag
A&E wrapped up their production of Stephen King’s “Bag of Bones” last night, a four-hour, two-night mini-series starring Pierce Brosnan. It’s always hard to make entirely fair comparisons between a novel and a filmic adaptation. This is made ludicrously more difficult when the novel is a whopper, like King’s “Bag of Bones.” A film or […]
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