Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Busybody

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That would be me. It's been a long week, considering it's only Tuesday. Last night, I finished up an essay for an antho called Do N...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Bloodbath

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By day, I work for an educational publisher, and in past years, it has been less subject to extremes in the economy than many others, sinc...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

The Unthinkable...

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...is exactly what I'm thinking. It's still a ways off yet, but eventually it's going to have to happen. My next computer might ...
Monday, February 9, 2009

A Weekend at Stately Wilson Manor

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Spent a very pleasant long weekend in Hertford, NC, visiting writing- and now geocaching-cohorts, David Niall Wilson and Trish Macomber, as...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Who Could Resist...

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...picking up a copy of a magazine of literary criticism whose cover lists "Torture, Cannibalism, and Necrophilia" as one of its f...
Sunday, February 1, 2009

On the Trail...

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...wooded, urban, and everything in between. It's been a great weekend for geocaching. Yesterday, Mrs Death and I spent the afternoon in...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Remembering DARK SHADOWS at Fearzone.com

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The past couple of weeks, Greg Lamberson of Fearzone.com has been interviewing me about Dark Shadows: Path of Fate. It's interactive and...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

There and Back Again

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Last night was such a beautiful evening, I couldn't not go out into the woods geocaching. About 10:30 PM , I took off with my caching...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

OTHER GODS on 2008 Stoker Award Prelim Ballot

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If you're an active member of HWA and would like a comp copy of my short fiction collection, Other Gods, drop me a note, as Dark Reg...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Dare to Hope

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I expect just about every blogger on the InterWebz is having his say about today's inauguration, so here's my little contribution to...
Sunday, January 18, 2009

Tagged! Six Random Things...

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I almost never do these random meme things, but since I was tagged by my friend Dave , who also almost never does these random meme things, ...

It's Becoming a Habit

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Finding old cars in the woods. Came upon another one while bushwhacking around Lake Townsend on the hunt for a few new caches (found five...
Wednesday, January 14, 2009

A Well-Oiled Machine

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That's the name of a geocache placed in honor of my impending one-thousandth cache find, which isn't too far down the road now. Thi...
Thursday, January 8, 2009

I Owe the Author a Drink...

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...so I had a martini. The Dark Shadows audio drama I wrote, The Path of Fate, is now officially available from Big Finish . It's the fi...
Sunday, January 4, 2009

Ack. Gack.

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To kick off 2009, I'm posting no year-out, year-in words of wisdom; no lists; no vivid and exciting adventure stories. F'ing cold bu...
Friday, January 2, 2009

Terror Alert

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This is a hoot.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Here is Wisdom.

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Found my 888th cache yesterday. Let him that hath understanding count the number, for it is the number of the wildebeest.
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Baby, You Can Drive My Car — Redux

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Got up this morning and headed to Ferrum, VA, where I went to college in the late 70s. There's a beautiful hiking trail through the moun...
Friday, December 26, 2008

The Most Wonderful

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For me, the best thing in the world is spending quality time with my family, and the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays are our traditional gat...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Kicking It Off

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Yesterday was the last full day at the office till next Monday, so as far as I'm concerned, the holidays are hereby kicked off. Christma...
Saturday, December 20, 2008

Red Skies at Morning

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The only good thing about having to get up at the ass-crack of dawn to go to work is seeing something like this when I head out the door. ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

QUANTUM OF SOLACE Soundtrack Review Posted...

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 ...on my 007 Soundtrack Revue Web site. Here: JB22Quantum
Saturday, December 13, 2008

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

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I first saw it rising above the trees at 5:35 PM from U.S. 68, right around Stokesdale, NC. Big old moon. Huge. Half of it blood red, the o...
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Out Yonder

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You never know what you're going to find when you're out on the trail geocaching. This evening, I got together with a group of about...
Thursday, December 4, 2008

"Iron Heart"...

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...is the title of my latest short tale, and it's finished. Finally. Done by deadline. Now I've got two more tales to write, with tw...
Friday, November 28, 2008

Caching Turkeys

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Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year. I've been fortunate enough to spend most of my Thanksgivings with family, and in my...
Monday, November 24, 2008

Count Gore DeVol's OTHER GODS Review

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Awright. Other Gods has scared the breakfast cereal out of another one. As you may know, Count Gore DeVol, perhaps my all-time favorite TV h...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

Joe, the Spooky Place, and Route 666

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I'm seriously bummed this weekend because my friend Joe is in the hospital. By all accounts, it's not a life-threatening thing, but ...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Such Deviltry

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After an earlier false alarm, I understand the latest issue of Cemetery Dance (#59), which contains my story, "The Gaki," is...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

QUANTUM OF SOLACE

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I went into Quantum of Solace not quite sure what to expect. I have purposefully avoided reading reviews because, particularly when it come...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

DARK SHADOWS: THE PATH OF FATE

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Dark Shadows: The Path of Fate , the audio drama I wrote for Big Finish , is now available for pre-order. The very sharp cover art is by ...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

DEAD BUT DREAMING...Again

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Back in 2002, the short-lived publisher, DarkTales, released a nice little anthology of Cthulhu Mythos tales titled Dead But Dreaming, edi...
Sunday, November 9, 2008

Cedarock

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Cedarock is a fairly extensive park south of Burlington, NC, with several miles of hiking and biking trails and about forty geocaches. Mrs D...
Thursday, November 6, 2008

Wacko

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Particularly here in North Carolina, there have been some really ugly campaigns during this past election. I've never been so glad for t...
Saturday, November 1, 2008

"Demon Jar" at Horror World

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My short tale, "Demon Jar," is the featured story at Horror World for the month of November. It's free. It's scary. It...
Friday, October 31, 2008

If Every Day Could Be Halloween....

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...I'd make it a lot like today. It's gorgeous outside. Comfortable, sunny, and loaded with fall colors. I worked only half a day — ...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

THE SOUND OF HORROR

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Back in the early 70s, I remember watching on TV a 1964 Spanish monster flick called The Sound of Horror and thinking it just might be th...

Crudbuster

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Indeed I did stay home today instead of venturing to ZombieCon. Hate to have missed it, but I think it was for the best. Took it easy during...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Walking Zombie

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I'm supposed to head over to ZombieCon in Chapel Hill in the morning, but I've been a bit under the weather this week, and I keep yo...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Book Em, Damned-Ro

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This past weekend, Mrs Death and I drove up to Waynesboro, VA, for Book Em, an event sponsored by the Waynesboro Police Department to promo...