Friday, March 29, 2024

Scares That Care AuthorCon III Update

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A little update about Scares That Care presents AuthorCon III - Williamsburg  — starting two weeks from today! I'll be set up wi...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

R.I.P. James A. (Jim) Moore

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The last time I saw Jim Moore — Necon 2022 in Lowell, MA I learned yesterday that friend and fellow writer  James A. (Jim) Moore  has passed...
Monday, March 25, 2024

O Ugly Bird

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Well, here's something I don't get to do every day. A little while ago, I saw down by the creek across the road a turk...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Caching King

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Friend Scott (a.k.a. Diefenbaker ) and I met for a day of geocaching in King, NC, this morning, hunted and found a bunch of fun ones. ...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Musings in the Night

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Maybe it's just me, but after damn near 40 years on the creative end of the horror/dark fiction lit business, it feels like ...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Smith Mountain Lake Adventures

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It's been a pretty good while since I've headed out on a solo geocaching adventure, and since today's weather looked ...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Extending the Dick & Willie

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I shit you not, the Dick & Willie  has gotten longer. Yes, about two decades ago, the old Danville & Western  rail...
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Speakeasy on Starling

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Friends Bob & Yvonne accompanied Brugger and me to a unique and entertaining event last night at the Virginia Museum...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Grave Treasures!

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Grave treasures! A little interview at Cemetery Travel about "things" you might find in the land of the dead. ...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Distant Early Warning Alert:
Scares That Care Presents AuthorCon III!

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It's coming up on the horizon — Scares That Care Presents AuthorCon 3  — happening at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel William...
Monday, February 26, 2024

It's Just Overkill

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After my morning walk, I planned to spend the rest of the day writing. I ended up taking a much longer walk than usual, and when I...
Sunday, February 18, 2024

The Smith River, a Haunted Island, and the Spooky Place

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Almost every day, I walk somewhere between three and four miles around our neighborhood, which has done wonders for my physi...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Happy, Horrific Valentine’s Day and Damned Rodan’s Madre de Dios Spiked Salsa

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While St. Valentine's Day might be a real "thing" in certain religious circles, neither Ms. B. nor I see it as much more t...
Sunday, February 11, 2024

DEATHREALM: SPIRITS at Lovecraft eZine!

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Lovecraft eZine proprietor Mike Davis was kind enough to have me, authors Tony Tremblay and David Niall Wilson , and Shortwave Publ...
Thursday, February 8, 2024

Number 1 and Driving High

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What a day. What a freaking day. A mixture of the best and the worst rolled into one. It began last night when friend Scott (a.k.a. Die...
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

DEATHREALM: SPIRITS Bookbub Deal!

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From Bookbub... With terrifying tales from Bram Stoker Award–winning authors Brian Keene , Elizabeth Massie , Joe R. Lansdale , an...
Sunday, February 4, 2024

Pre-Dawn Muggle Madness and More

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Since Ms. B.'s folks have reached that age where they need a bit more help from time to time, she heads to Michigan regularly to vi...
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Hellnotes Reviews Fugue Devil: Resurgence

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Hellnotes reviewer Carson Buckingham gives Fugue Devil: Resurgence a big thumbs-up! A lovely review indeed ...
Sunday, January 28, 2024

Bad Behavior

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Why not? I'm gonna step right up and post my thoughts sparked by the latest of the endless social media explosions because, fo...
Monday, January 22, 2024

One Guess Less

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I saw in my online "memories" post that pops up daily that, on this day in 2012, I found the geocache called " The Curse...