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(Upcoming appearances: July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT) | July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

SO MANY BOOKS! busy busy busy

Poor infant, to be born into such a world as this.
•Churchill, at his grandson’s christening, 12/1/1940.

Was it wrong just to be born,
O Lord?

Have mercy on me for being born
once before.
I give you my word,
lord of the meeting rivers,
never to be born again.
•Basavanna, vacana 21 (C 12).

Even in childhood, sorrow slept w...

Blvd. of Blood

(Upcoming appearances: July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT) | July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

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(The story so far: Colin Lang and his rifle have arrived at Bernie' Feldstein’s house. All they have to do is wait out the night, and the next day the killing begins.)

I write, for a living, books

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A garland of quotations CXXV

(Upcoming appearances: July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT) | July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

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I play’d with this Lover as an Angler does with a Trout: I found I had him fast on the Hook.
•Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders (1722).

Once I loved a man, he believed in nothing…
He came on a cold day with empty eyes,
he left on a heavy day with lost memories on his brow.
If my child does not love, it is his…
•Edith S...

Blvd. of Blood

(Upcoming appearances: July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT) | July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

Continued from here. Table of contents for ease of navigation here.

(The story so far: Officer Oberman has been investigating a deadly event on April 10, which appears to be a dud. But that night Colin Lang has come to Bernie Feldstein’s house (under cover of darkness and the codename Theodore Anderson). Only Colin’s girlfriend, Carol Wernic...

Truly Wordless Comic Panels

(Upcoming appearances: July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT | July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

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A garland of quotations CXXIV

(Upcoming appearances: July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT | July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

MY BOOKS! (not amaz0n)

“And there’s no place so dull that it doesn’t have a little excitement once in a while.”
Bang! bang! bang! sounded several sharp explosions of firearms out in the street.
•H. Irving Hancock, Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point, or Standing Firm for Flag and Honor (1911).

—What a large volume of adventures may be grasp...

Blvd. of Blood

(Upcoming appearances: July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT) | July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

Continued from here. Table of contents for ease of navigation here.

(The story so far: It’s April 10: showtime. Colin Lang leave has arrived at Bernie Feldstein’s house.)

I write, for a living, books

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Bernie opened the door to a horrible surprise. A misshapen, puffy faced man with He-Man’s haircut and the mustache of a TV villain stood there ...

Truly Wordless Comic Panels

(Upcoming appearances: July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Old Stone Church, 251 Main St., East Haven CT) | July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

I write, for a living, books

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(Upcoming appearances: July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Hagaman Library, East Haven CT) | July 19, 10–3, Book Walk, Main St., Old Wethersfield CT)

MY BOOKS! (not amaz0n)

Who doth ambition shun
And loves to live i’ th’ sun,
Seeking the food he eats,
And pleased with what he gets,
Come hither, come hither, come hither.
•Shakespeare, As You Like It (1599?).

I know that I like fishes, ferns, and snakes,—
Maybe because I liked them when the world
Was young and you and I were salamanders.
•Edwin Arlington Robinson,...