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Michael Jackson and the Discovery Channel

Earlier today, a friend sent me a link to this article.   Apparently, the Discovery Network was planning a special called Michael Jackson's Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson. Just today they decided to pull it (or postpone it indefinitely), due to a lack of cooperation from the coroner's office, the outcry from the Jackson estate, and "the commencement of legal proceedings." Of course, there was protest from the fans, including a petition of over 9000 signatures opposing the airing ...

A Little Love For MJ This Christmas

Here, here, here, here, and probably anywhere else you Google for it,  MJ is wishing you, Roma, and everyone else a merry Christmas.

On an unrelated note, my favorite poem by W. H. Auden.  It may not be about the perfect peace and love we like to talk about around Christmas time, but if it's the best some of us can do, it has to be good enough.

Lay your sleeping head, my love,Human on my faithless arm;Time and fevers burn awayIndividual beauty fromThoughtful children, and the graveProves the...

BoF Novel Excerpt Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Bagmen

Charles touched up the number on his arm and slid the cap back on his Sharpie. He put the marker in his pocket and lit a cigarette. With his feet against the balcony railing, he watched two gray squirrels chase each other in the courtyard below. When an acorn fell to the ground with a slight snap, the squirrels froze and looked in the direction of the sound.

The acorn stood up and brushed itself off. It looked left and right. When it saw the squirrels, it screamed, held onto i...

BoF East Coast Release Party

Since the original release was in Oregon, I'm having an East Coast release party. It will be this  Sunday, Dec. 19, at 6:00 p.m. in the Speakeasy Room of  Flying Fish in Alexandria, VA. This is intended to coincide with happy hour so the drinks and sushi will be cheaper. There will be a reading, a signing, and probably some goofy stuff too. I will have a limited number of books available for sale, but feel free to bring books you might already have.

Or, of course, if you don't want any...

Gwar and Christmas

My publisher just released a novel by the lead singer of Gwar.  If that doesn't put you in the Christmas spirit, I don't know what will, except for maybe a video of Gwar going caroling.