Ross E. Lockhart's Blog, page 30

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Sat, 19:52 : "Four emotions cause something go viral: Anger, Fear, Excitement, & Laughter." --Jeff Burk Sun, 00:09 : Not only does Amazon have Chick Bassist back in stock, but if you order today, you could be reading it on my birthday! http://t.co/y24jy2xC Sun, 04:20 : RT @BrianKeene: And here's me and winner @lauraleebahr with her award. http://t.co/D86GAz7g

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Fri, 18:00 : RT @iffer23: Just when you think you've seen it all, there's a girl sitting Starbucks plucking her eyebrows. Fri, 20:54 : A full house at @BrianKeene's Author Persona BizarroCon workshop. http://t.co/kdmLuZAr Sat, 04:03 : Die You Doughnut Bastards Red Ale. Maple sweet and downright wonderful. Got to love Bizarro beer! http://t.co/GvLB1L9D Sat, 04:03 : Mellick!!! http://t.co/IavCDzC5 Sat, 04:04 : Kirsten, Cameron, and Bull Run Temperance Bourbon. http://t.co/8t4hrzjY Sat, 04:11 : A #FearTheWeird sticker on a mysterious Mason jar. http://t.co/HN3gACJk Sat, 04:22 : Unicorn Battle Stout. Peppery lip and throat burning goodness w/ a more delicate than expected mouthfeel. #BizarroBeer http://t.co/TmtZlnhg Sat, 07:07 : Y'know, if anybody'd suggested I'd get to see John Skipp covering the Cure at BizarroCon, I'd have said they were nuts. http://t.co/Zby6gqX4

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Thu, 14:51 : Awaken to a colossal view of Darwin's pink fingers combing through a mountain's forest hair. And rocks. Lots of rocks. http://t.co/cc5r2hLX Thu, 15:13 : Speed past dingy patches of snow & gnarled, gray-bearded pines, some fallen, some cut. Phone poles strike angled poses. http://t.co/jKhzTgie Thu, 16:31 : Hello and goodbye, Klamath Falls. That's quite a mist you're wearing. http://t.co/wPxXvvP0 Thu, 16:35 : Backyards in the morning light: Rusted swingsets, dented trailers, trampolines, a "Don't Tread on Me" flag, and... wait, are those graves? Thu, 17:24 : A cold & fearsome star hangs overhead, burning occasionally through mist, illuminating, but never warming earth below. http://t.co/Xis0AiAV Thu, 18:03 : A random discovery on opening the table in my berth, a page torn from Robert Dugoni's The Jury Master. "Serious piece." http://t.co/qRQ2Cmaq Thu, 20:22 : Green trees like fuses, stretching toward the sky. Snow paints the soil in abstract patterns. Parallel tracks. @Amtrak http://t.co/whv97PTa Thu, 20:25 : Red pen poised, a needle to pierce the eye of infinity, I dig into my BizarroCon Choreography of Violence homework. http://t.co/cbkqxH5Z Thu, 21:42 : Seen along the tracks: A mountain of shipping pallets, a smashed computer monitor circa, grinning woman in a wheelchair, waving as we pass. Thu, 21:47 : Also seen: Grazing sheep, a steer in a paddock, a welder in a hardhat, a hundred junked cars, religious billboards. http://t.co/f48IwkSO Thu, 22:24 : Also seen: A little black-&-white cat stalking prey beneath a NO HUNTING sign. And Salem. Twenty minutes to Portland. http://t.co/DbHX6wVk Thu, 22:50 : I've reached the end of the Oregon Trail. Without dying of dysentery. http://t.co/WKnCyvA4 Thu, 22:53 : RT @stevefinbow: @mjohnharrison Empty Space in my top ten for 2012 over at Beat the Dust http://t.co/YNaT57Kx cheers Thu, 22:54 : RT @ShockRoomHorror: A Pretty Mouth by Molly Tanzer http://t.co/U79lT5pv Thu, 22:54 : RT @ShockRoomHorror: The Croning by Laird Barron http://t.co/XDXEgJxy Thu, 23:00 : CHICK BASSIST is back in stock at Amazon. Order today & it will be packed and shipped by an actual Amazon. Great Hera! http://t.co/y24jy2xC Thu, 23:09 : Hello Portland! http://t.co/hsO3BiAk Thu, 23:50 : Ouga Chaka ouga... http://t.co/SVlPsX6k Fri, 00:33 : Wanna pick up a damn good horror novel and wish @WGreatshell Happy Birthday in the process? TERMINAL ISLAND: http://t.co/cq2GkuYz Fri, 00:39 : Celebrating my arrival at BizarroCon with a Thundercone Fresh Hop Ale. Smooth, malty, sweet, and oh-so-fresh. http://t.co/5JP1rUi1 Fri, 00:44 : Grabbing a bite and a pint with @ReverendElvis at the Power Station Pub. http://t.co/GcBKvaYq Fri, 04:31 : Once again, CHICK BASSIST has sold out at Amazon! More copies will be hitting Big A soon, so keep those orders coming! http://t.co/y24jy2xC

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Thu, 05:19 : Killing time in the Emeryville Amtrak station, en route to Bizarro Con. Fifty-five minutes until my train departs. Entertain me, Internets. Thu, 05:38 : RT @JRMurdock: @lossrockhart read the first story by @neilhimself. Great start to an anthology! Can't wait to dive into the next story. Thu, 06:07 : Futzing with my phone, trying to figure out if my train's on time. A pack of Jugaloos indicates that it's running late. http://t.co/XeScuLKv Thu, 06:49 : For future reference: Sleeper car attendant's name is Zachary. Thu, 06:59 : Passing through the ghostly Bart yard. http://t.co/RWAm2uAz Thu, 07:15 : Pass by an oddly lit tree, suburbs, Xmas lights already on display, and a refinery: smoking, alien, and luminescent. http://t.co/249zroib Thu, 07:24 : Pass clanging signals, a copse of trees, a graffitied cat on a fence, thirteen feet high, then roll into--and nearly past--Martinez. Thu, 07:28 : Walkie-talkies mutter past my berth. Conductors? Authorities? The car attendant offers a passenger champagne. It is, apparently, unchilled. Thu, 07:34 : No way to get a picture, but a sign near the Martinez station reads "Loco spot." Someone around here has a crazy dog? (I miss my crazy dog.) Thu, 07:50 : Stars through my window, Orion overhead, reflected double in passing water. Mournful train whistle, rumbling wheels, sing me to sleep. Thu, 08:33 : Damn, Sacramento. How come you gotta be so bright? http://t.co/tfSgxFLD

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Tue, 20:00 : RT @MightyGeek: How about we go REALLY hardcore? If you don't bite the heads off live chickens for other people's amusement, then you ar ... Tue, 21:36 : Bookgasm reviews THE BOOK OF CTHULHU II. Spoiler Alert: They loved it! http://t.co/u9bqUIVq Wed, 02:58 : What is it I want in a horror novel? Enough weirdness & tension to make the hair on my neck stand up. Like this: http://t.co/cq2GkuYz

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Tue, 03:39 : RT @RealCliveBarker: Fantasy is a way to introduce ourselves to our own dream lives.

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Sun, 20:14 : Holy crap! The toilet's glowing! http://t.co/G0vxAukZ Mon, 06:39 : finished Satanic Summer by Andersen Prunty & found it perverse, priapic, and profoundly disturbing. http://t.co/aWGZ7NDp #Kindle

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Sat, 22:31 : Saying goodbye to Peanut (Elinor's cousin) today. Perhaps the sweetest dog you could ever have met. Sun, 02:18 : RT @iffer23: Tell @ScienceChannel to unlock EXCLUSIVE #Firefly clips! info here >> http://t.co/lT210eD2 #FireflyNov11 Sun, 04:34 : RT @timx13: If songs had a king, that king would be War Pigs. Sun, 05:07 : Mad Meg: Pours golden orange w/insane head. Funky, spicy, yeasty peppered nose. Cloves piercing lemon peels on palate. http://t.co/DqsAIRH8

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Fri, 15:34 : You Can't Stop Rock & Roll... http://t.co/LUdlpcDN Fri, 21:09 : I am rather hoping that #EnjoyBy 12.21.12 from @stonebrewingco makes it to #NorCal, specifically #Petaluma, soon! Fri, 22:27 : Should you feel so inclined, you can now "like" CHICK BASSIST. Feeling a stronger emotion? You can also review it. http://t.co/LVft6Lys Sat, 04:19 : RT @CaleCrout: Alcohol... because no great story starts with salad.

You Can't Stop Rock & Roll...

Chick Bassist will be back in stock at Amazon.com on November 12!

Let's celebrate with a little bit of Rock & Roll...



"Rock has always been the devil's music . . . I believe rock and roll is dangerous . . . I feel we're only heralding something even darker than ourselves." --David Bowie, Rolling Stone

"Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards." --Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones

"All's fair in rock and roll." --Erin Locke, Punk Rawk



Chick Bassist welcomes you into punk rock hell, the friendless disillusionment of waking up in a shitty motel room in California with half a joint and an empty six-pack, radio blaring Lou Reed, concrete ocean on all sides and a blazing inferno within.



“Chick Bassist is like the very best rock—gritty, haunting, gorgeous and unforgettable. Also, it's best read aloud, at top volume.” —Spike Marlowe, author of Placenta of Love

“Chick Bassist has a rhythm as primordial as the backbeat/heartbeat-backbone of Rock and Roll, and characters as raw as shredding power chords. Ross E. Lockhart has written a great rock novel!” —Alan M. Clark, author of A Parliament of Crows

“Chick Bassist is utterly savage. Lockhart's style waxes poetic as a modern Beat giving us a glimpse into Rock & Roll Hell.” —Laird Barron, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of Occultation and The Croning