Sunday, January 31, 2016

Haw, Haw, the Laughing Dead

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Jesus Rob Mercy, it's been way too long since I went out on a lengthy, invigor...
Saturday, January 23, 2016

The Doodie Gloves

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Another random tale from days of yore.... I was in third grade, at Druid Hills Elementary — I'm reckoning fall of 1967. One of my y...
Friday, January 22, 2016

When It Rains...

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Any idea what you're looking at in the photo? No? It's a handy-dandy little improvised space heater, the idea of which I got from ...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

Wind, Wine, Bones, and Snow

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Hey, those two are drinking wine again! That's what you just said, isn't it? Well, we did, for a bit. Ms. B. and I spent a coup...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Blue Devil Beauty

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What a nice package to receive from Crossroad Press — my contributor copies of the new paperback edition of Blue Devil Island. As expec...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Going Back to My... Roots

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Actually, the blog title is the name — more or less — of a fun little geocache ( GC695ET ) I found this afternoon in Eden, NC. Quite en...
Saturday, January 2, 2016

Ringing It In

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The last few months of 2015 weren't bad , necessarily. I got to experience many good things — even wonderful things — over the holida...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Put a Little Fear in Your New Year

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JUST FOR NEW YEAR'S... STARTING TODAY and running for the next six days, you can pick up my novella, The Gods of Moab , for your Ki...
Saturday, December 26, 2015

That Which Doesn’t Kill You...

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...makes you invincible! I tell you, it's the best burger I have ever suffered through: the Welsh Dragon Burger at The Celtic Fringe ...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

Christmas Eve, Muggy Eve

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Just a quick entry here for future personal recollections. It's bloody ugly out there — too warm, too muggy, too damned wet. At least ...
Monday, December 21, 2015

"The Crimson Wood"

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My story, "The Crimson Wood" — based on H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds — has been accepted for Scott David Aniolowski...
Monday, December 14, 2015

NOW! Blue Devil Island in Paperback

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NOW IN PAPERBACK! It's here —  Blue Devil Island , in paperback from Crossroad Press. It's the perfect Christmas gift for friends ...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

The Notebook(s)

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From the mid 1970s through the late 1980s — even into the 90s — I managed, documented, and illustrated my life via a succession of spiral ...
Friday, December 4, 2015

Musical Horrors at Eclection

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Beware! On Thursday, December 10, noise-making, guitar-playing, ruckus-raising horror writer is scheduled to do the open-mic thingy at Ec...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Give the Gift of Horror This Christmas

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That's not actually Sauron you're looking at there. It's a mean, mean  Christmas ornament, as illustrated by artist Zach McCai...
Monday, November 30, 2015

Miller Masterworks

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Seriously, check out that stuff up there. Somewhere back in Deathrealm 's ten-year run, artist M. Wayne Miller came to my attention. W...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Black Friday Trout Slayer

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For me, Black Friday is the day to stay the hell away from any population center, particularly anything resembling a shopping area, and...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Fat Thursday

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Nice Thanksgiving Day. Ms. B. and I had procured most all the food for the feast and hit the road bright and early for Martinsville so ...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

Why I Don't Drink White Wine

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If you've ever read an entry in this blog or followed me on Facebook, you're surely aware I have some affinity for wine. Red wine,...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

My Bloody Youth

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A totally random tale for you. And it's gross, so be warned. One day in fifth grade — sometime in 1970, I expect — at Druid Hills Sc...
Sunday, November 8, 2015

GeoWoodstack III

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Noisy Rodan GeoWoodstack: the very name is sufficient to instill mind-numbing hor...
Monday, November 2, 2015

Stonewalling for Halloween

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Halloween weekend could hardly have been more perfect for Kimberly and me, as we returned to one of our favorite haunts in the world — ...