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Timeline

I will be appearing at the following locations, briefly, within these windows of time. Catch me if you can!

Friday, April 27

Pittsburgh

10 am - noon Mystery Lovers Bookshop

10 am - noon Barnes & Noble

Erie

1 - 3 Barnes & Noble

Buffalo

3 - 5 Barnes & Noble

Rochester

5 - 7 Barnes & Noble at R.I.T.

Syracuse

7 - 9 Barnes & Noble

Saturday, April 28

Albany

9 - 10 Flights of Fantasy

Holyoke, MA

11 - 1 Barnes & Noble

Boston

1 - 3 Trident

1 - 3 Barbara’s Bookstore

Providence

3 - 5 Books on the Square

3 - 5 Barnes & Noble

New Haven

7 - 9 Atticus Bookstore/Cafe

Sunday, April 29

Manhattan

9 - 11 The Strand

Philadelphia

12 - 2 Barnes & Noble

Baltimore

3 - 5 Atomic Books

3 - 5 The Book Escape

D.C.

6 - 7 Politics & Prose

Richmond

7 - 9 Barnes & Noble

Monday, April 30

Wilmington

9 - 10 Pomegranate Books

Charleston

1 - 2 Barnes & Noble

Savannah

4 - 6 Barnes & Noble

Jacksonville

8 - 9 Barnes & Noble (St. Johns Town Center)

8 - 9 Barnes & Noble (San Jose Blvd.)

Tuesday, May 1

Spanish Fort

9am - 10 Barnes & Noble

New Orleans

noon - 2 Garden District Book Shop

noon - 2 Maple Street Book Shop

noon - 2 Octavia Books

Jackson

SPECIAL SIGNING, 6 p.m. Lemuria Books

Wednesday, May 2

Oxford

9 - 10 Square Books

Memphis

noon - 1 Burke’s Books

St. Louis

5 - 7 The Book House

5 - 7 Left Bank Books

5 - 7 Subterranean Books

Thursday, May 3

Indianapolis

9 - 10 Big Hat

Columbus

1 - 2 Book Loft

Mansfield

3 - 5 Main St. Books

Read This: Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins

All good things must come to an end. Finished Mockingjay last night around 2 a.m. because the last 75 pages grabbed me tight and wouldn’t let go until it had its way with me. In this third and final book of the Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss and company wage war against the Capitol, revenge for [...]

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Read This: The Shadow of Death, by Philip Ginsburg

Shadow of Death is as much about the loss of innocence of a region in America—and, America itself—as much as it is about the dogged hunt by North Country detectives for a killer of women. First published in 1993, journalist Philip Ginsburg’s book tells the true story of a wave of murders that took place [...]

The Man from Primrose Lane now available on Audible.com

One of my favorite things in life is to take a cross-country trip in a quiet car while listening to a cool and spooky audiobook. If you have a trip planned, or simply like listening to books on your way to work, you can now take along my novel, The Man from Primrose Lane. L.J. [...]

Introducing the A/V Club

I’m tinkering around with some recordings of classic horror and scifi tales, for a new section on this blog that will be called the A/V club. Here’s a preview: The Cremation of Sam McGee

Read This… Koko, by Peter Straub

Found this novel staring at me from the shelf of a used book store about a year ago. I picked it up, saw it was a first edition, and decided I had nothing to lose at the discounted price of $2.50. As I walked it to the counter, a single playing card fell out of [...]

Taiwan cover creeps me out.

Coming soon from Azoth…

Read This: Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline

I will give any book a chance if the author owns a DeLorian. And Ready Player One, by uber-geek Ernest Cline, did not disappoint. If you don’t know already, RPO is set in the not-too-distant future, where most of humanity works, plays, and shops in a virtual reality simulation known as the OASIS. Meanwhile, the [...]