Friday, November 27, 2020

Happy Fogsgiving

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I think it’s safe to say I have never seen — or at least driven in — fog as thick as what’s out there tonight. I damn near got lost in ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Borderlands 7 Is in the House

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It is no exaggeration to say that placing a tale in Borderlands has been one of my longest-held aspirations as a writer. And this tu...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Divine Llama or Bust

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Sometimes, you get et by the tree For geocaching numbers, yesterd...
Sunday, November 15, 2020

Monster Stars, KVegas, and Korner’s Folly

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The Socially Distant No-Dead-Weight Irregulars — Ms. Fishdownthestair (a.k.a. Natalie ), Sir Diefenbaker (a.k.a. Scott ), and...
Sunday, November 8, 2020

Old Places, Old Friends

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“It’s in the trees! It’s coming!” Good friends and geocaching partn...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Coming in 2021: Tales From Arkham Sanitarium

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Coming from Dark Regions Press in 2021 : Tales From Arkham Sanitarium , edited by Brian M. Sammons . This one features my stor...
Sunday, November 1, 2020

Halloween Horrors

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Why, yes, the Halloween season is my favorite time of year. And also, yes, 2020 is surely the most fucked-up year of my 61-plus-year ex...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

Death’s Doorstep — Powerful and Poignant

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  Contemplating mortality is as natural as breathing, I suppose, since we were all blessed with the knowledge that, one day, each of us...
Monday, October 26, 2020

The Spooky Place, Part II

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Halloween 1974: young Mark gets to help design the Martinsville Jaycees’ haunted castle at  The Spooky Place  and thus has the most exhilar...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

The Spooky Place, Part I

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Because I am reasonably old, I have quite a few Halloweens under my belt (although I am not that  overweight), and a long list of favor...

Consolation Prize

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Since Ms. B. and I missed out on our traditional Mabry Mill breakfast yesterday (“ Another Parkway Pilgrimage ”), I made myself a bun...
Saturday, October 24, 2020

Another Parkway Pilgrimage

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For Brugger and me, the pandemic impacted but did not snuff our regular autumn  Blue Ridge Parkway   pilgrimage. We did miss it last ...