Thursday, April 30, 2009

Walpurgis-Cache!

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In certain shadowy corners of the world, the night of April 30 is known as Walpurgisnacht —the Witches' Sabbath. Whoa, scary, right? Wel...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Cleanup

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For an old fart, I burned a lot of energy over the past couple of days. Yesterday, got off work early, came to Martinsville, and planted fiv...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Family History

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My mom and my wife both get excited about genealogy, but the bug has never bitten me. Not much, anyway. Still, now and again, it's inter...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

I've Got Blisters on Me Fingers!

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Long ago and far away, I used to play me git-fiddle religiously—much to the chagrin of anyone within earshot. The past few days, I've fe...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

04-11-01: My Dear Dad

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Eight years ago tonight, my dad passed away. Over many years, complications from diabetes gradually debilitated him, until finally his body ...
Monday, April 6, 2009

New Interview at The Occult Detective

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Author Bob Freeman was kind enough to interview me for his Occult Detective blog. Check it out here: Author Spotlight: Stephen Mark Rainey ...
Thursday, April 2, 2009

It's Where?

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Another fun trek into the bowels of the earth to hunt up a new geocache. Above, it was pouring rain, but down below, it was just kind of wet...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

The Spooky Trail!

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Actually, it's not terribly spooky, at least in daylight, but it sure does have some atmosphere. The new Fieldale Smith River Trail, jus...
Monday, March 23, 2009

R.I.P. Luther 1992–2009

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My brother Phred's goodest ol' friend, Luther, passed on today. He was a sweet, sweet dog—pretty much a real nephew to me. Luther ...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

Randleman Outing

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Mrs Death accompanied me on a nice evening trip to Randleman, a little town just down the road a piece, to hunt for a passel of caches. We f...
Friday, March 20, 2009

I Didn't Fall in Today

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I really like the Greensboro watershed trails; there's many miles of them around the various lakes to the north of town. They make for f...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

That Water Sure Is Wet

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Went out to Northeast Park for a few caches after work, only to find that, for a couple of them, you had to go across the river. After all t...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Horror at Midnight

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When I was a kid in Martinsville, VA, the Rives Theater was my home away from home. It's where I first saw a huge number of the horror a...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

NORTHERN HAUNTS and StellarCon

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Recieved my contributor copy of Shroud Publications' Northern Haunts antho today; it features my tale "Black Tom," which is ...
Sunday, March 8, 2009

First Big Trail Hike of the Season

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And lordy, I'm a little sore. Gorgeous, gorgeous day for hiking. Almost 80 degrees, but a constant cool, comfortable breeze. Undertook...
Thursday, March 5, 2009

Planet Earth

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Finally had a chance to get out and find a cache. Snagged #1,100 tonight—a neat one called "Planet Earth" in downtown Greensboro. ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Whirlwind

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Consistent with the ongoing spirit of busybodyness, this week has been a whirlwind of activity, some fun, mostly not, precluding much bloggi...
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.