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April 12, 2021
The “Marching Morons,” Part Two…
First they ignored masks, social distancing, and washing hands…young (i.e. idiots less than forty) doing just what the virus wanted people to do. It was all about hedonism and freedom; “we deserve to have fun!” Completely irresponsible behavior! Now they refuse to be vaccinated. As we approach a situation where vaccine supplies are more than enough to vaccinate anyone over sixteen, i.e,. we can achieve herd immunity in a safe way, too many in this age group now express their freedom by refusing ...
April 9, 2021
Preview of A. B. Carolan’s Origins…
[Note from Steve: A.B. tells me this is only the first book in a trilogy. I sure hope there’s more! It’s part of the “ABC Sci-Fi Mystery” series, of course but is also a thriller. The mystery resides in Kayla’s origins, but thrills abound. I hope you enjoy this preview. The book will be published only as an ebook and will be available only on Smashwords and its affiliated retailers (iBooks, B&N, Kobo, etc.) and library and lending services (Overdrive, Scribd, Gardners, etc.), not Amazon. Coming ...
April 7, 2021
Quatermain memories…
I have written about “cancel culture” earlier in this blog. So far no one has gone after Allan Quatermain, thank God. I suppose those folks who practice cancel culture will eventually get around to Allan, given that they go after Washington, Jefferson, and other Founding Fathers for being slave owners, for example.
H. Rider Haggard’s Quatermain novels are the precursors of thrillers, especially of the Indian Jones-like variety—you can bet Steven Spielberg read them! (Or saw the movies based on t...
April 6, 2021
Reviews not on Amazon…
While I thank all readers who have posted a review of one of my books, many do not appear on Amazon. Amazon is not the be-all and end-all of the book world, even the self-published or ebook world. They want to be the center of the book universe, of course, but it does not distribute either ebooks or print books to anyone else—Smashwords and Draft2Digital are ebook aggregators who distribute to many other online retailers (iBooks, B&N, Kobo, etc.) and ebook lenders (Scribd, Overdrive, Gardners, e...
April 5, 2021
Looking for the gotchas…
Cecilia Vega of ABC News asked President Biden in his first press conference, “Do you find this acceptable?” in reference to the miserable conditions of unaccompanied children at the southern border. (Sorry, Joe, this is a crisis!) Another reporter—maybe from Bloomberg?—asks id the president will draw a red line in reference to Afghanistan troop withdrawal. Many of them ask why the president hasn’t done this or that (hmm, seems to me he’s done a lot in sixty-plus days, but I guess the reporters ...
April 2, 2021
“Friday Fiction” Series: Mrs. Blake, Chapter Five…
Mrs. Blake
Copyright 2021, Steven M. Moore
Chapter Five
Blake told Sally to drive on to his flat and he’d be there as soon as he could. He had to charge Houghton and gather all the paperwork together for the Crown. Clarke had a previous commitment. Besides, it was more his task than hers.
He was tired by the time he walked in through his flat’s front door. He stopped in his tracks upon seeing Sally sitting on the sofa with his mum.
“What are you doing here, Mother?”
“A quick visit. Leo wanted to...
April 1, 2021
A dream of a lifetime…
…is about to be realized! Readers, celebrate with me! I’ve been selected by NASA to go to ISS and test the effects of space travel on older men. They called me this morning. I celebrated at breakfast with a wee bit of Jameson in my coffee. Maybe more tonight! (Jameson, that is.)
March 31, 2021
Scandal sells…
From the Fifty Shades books to the NY Times and Wall Street Journal’s reporting about Gov. Cuomo, we have ample evidence for this truism. Scandal is the opium of the masses today, not religion. Better said, scandal as reported in the media has become the new religion for most people, and they can’t seem to get enough of it. Where there’s a demand, there’s a supplier, and publishers, writers, and media outlets have jumped on the bandwagon and are shoveling the SOS out by the truckful.
We can’t re...
March 29, 2021
Hypocrisy or expediency?
If you’re a conservative evangelical or Catholic who voted for Trump in 2016, have you atoned for the sins you committed in setting the US back during the mad and divisive four years of his presidency? If not, you should!
I don’t know what to call those sins. At the very least, they were hypocrisy. At the worst, they were Machiavellian, evil, and political expediency. In any case, people like them made a Faustian deal with the Devil incarnate Trump to further their own agendas.
You may call Mich...
March 26, 2021
“Friday Fiction” Series: Mrs. Blake, Chapter Four…
Mrs. Blake
Copyright 2021, Steven M. Moore
Chapter Four
The tall man sitting across from Clarke’s DCI turned and smiled at her.
“He’s Agent Bishop,” said Clarke’s boss, looking about as happy as Clarke.
The tall man nodded but extended no hand to shake.
“I smell a government rat,” Clarke said. “I’m the SIO for a murder investigation. I don’t have time to waste on agents of any type—literary, arts, insurance, whatever—they’re all pariahs.”
“Um, Mr. Bishop is requesting that we release Mr. Chernof...
