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December 16, 2019
Book Review: “Psych Ward Chronicles”
Disclaimer: Author True George periodically comments on my blog and asked me to review his book Psych Ward Chronicles. It’s only about fifty pages long and I read a version in PDF format. The book was originally a series of observational notes George took during his time as an intern at a New York City […]
December 15, 2019
Movie Review: Meg (2018)
Right about when the 2018 film The Meg was being watched in theaters, I was reviewing the book it was based on. Last night, I rented the DVD of said-movie and watched it. The movie stars action actor Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor, a former rescue diver who, five years before, had encountered a Meg […]
December 7, 2019
Onna-bugeisha
Tomoe Gozen led her legion of female samurai across the wastelands south toward Edo Bay. It was there she heard of the slaughter that took place of the populations of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture by the hated American Commodore Matthew Perry. The great houses had been destroyed by so called “gunboat diplomacy.” She […]
The Warning
“You have to go back!” She was tall, with long, red hair that drapped her blue jacket clad shoulders. Her eyes were an intense green and her face was smooth and pasty, like melted wax. But what Sean saw in her hands gave him pause. “Young lady, I don’t know what…” The sixty-five year old […]
December 4, 2019
Pre-Order “Clockwork Dragons” Now!
Featuring my short story “The Mechanical Dragon.” Find it here. Available January 15, 2020.
December 1, 2019
Why Is It Hard To Make a “Superman” Movie?
Just finished reading an interesting article at Forbes called DC Films Still Doesn’t Know What To Do With Superman. Apparently, the relatively recent successes of Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and now Joker haven’t rubbed off on the Man of Steel. In fact, Dani Di Placido, who wrote the Forbes story said: But the future of Superman […]
November 30, 2019
Charlie’s Angels 2019: A Brief Commentary
First of all, I haven’t seen the 2019 version of the movie Charlie’s Angels in theaters now, so this isn’t a review. I might have seen the 2000 movie, or some part of it, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu, but I don’t have a clear memory. I definitely saw multiple episodes of […]
November 28, 2019
Happy Thanksgiving 2019
I haven’t had much to say lately. Too busy, for one thing. Had a rare day off and, as a Thanksgiving tradition, the family, including my elderly mother this year, went to the local convention center for an event called The Festival of Trees. I took the photo above as I was approaching the Grove […]
November 16, 2019
Included in “TREASURE CHEST: Selected Short Stories”
This was a nice (almost) surprise. Zombie Pirate Publishing, which has been in existence since 2017, has featured some of my stories in their anthologies, and is producing a “round up” anthology of their favorite tales in Treasure Chest: Selected Short Stories. It’s available for pre-order on Amazon now, to be downloaded to your Kindle […]
November 13, 2019
Telling Someone Else’s Story
Once again wandering around File 770’s Pixel Scroll, I came across item 5 “Writing About a Different Race.” I was ready to read and cringe, imagining how white, male authors were going to be targeted as racist, misogynistic, insensitive, and so on. Fortunately the Vulture article Who Gave You the Right to Tell That Story […]
