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Truly Wordless Comic Panels

(TOMORROW! May 10, 12–3, Branford Book Festival, 960 Main St., Branford CT, right in front of Quinnipiac Medical! If it rains I’ll be elsewhere, but still nearby, so ask around!)

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Carzon / Torreiro!

I’ll be here, too!

A garland of quotations CXIX

(Upcoming appearances: May 10, 12–3, Branford Book Festival, Main St., Branford CT | June 1, 12–5, Skullastic Book Fair, American Legion Post 16, Shelton CT | July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Hagaman Library, East Haven CT)

Have I sunk so low as to enable tips?

Man envies the tree, the butterfly envies man.
•Dumas, The Wolf-Leader (1857).

Everybody who’s anybody longs to be a tree—
or ride one, hair blown to froth.
•Rita Dove, “Horse and Tree” (1989).

I could be content that we might procreate like trees,...

Blvd. of Blood

(Upcoming appearances: May 10, 12–3, Branford Book Festival, Main St., Branford CT | June 1, 12–5, Skullastic Book Fair, American Legion Post 16, Shelton CT | July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Hagaman Library, East Haven CT)

This is a serialized “thriller” novel. Continued from here. Table of contents for ease of navigation here.

(The story so far: Zero hour is fast approaching, and tomorrow night (some sources say) the trap will spring. Colin Lang has taken the week off from work for last-minute prep...

Truly Wordless Comic Panels

(Upcoming appearances: May 10, 12–3, Branford Book Festival, Main St., Branford CT | June 1, 12–5, Skullastic Book Fair, American Legion Post 16, Shelton CT | July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Hagaman Library, East Haven CT)

MY BOOKS! (not amaz0n)

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Rude/Shanower!

A garland of quotations CXVIII

(Upcoming appearances: May 3, 12–3, Branford Book Festival, Main St., Branford CT | June 1, 12–5, Skullastic Book Fair, American Legion Post 16, Shelton CT | July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Hagaman Library, East Haven CT. The Aldhelm quote below is a riddle, and the answer is Creation.)

Books for fun!

And for each man there awaits discovery a particular image capable of annihilating the entire Universe.
•Aragon, Paris Peasant (1926).

Let the world’s sharpness like a clasping knife
Shut in upon itself a...

Blvd. of Blood

(Upcoming appearances: May 10, 12–3, Branford Book Festival, Main St., Branford CT | June 1, 12–5, Skullastic Book Fair, American Legion Post 16, Shelton CT | July 15, 6–7:30, author talk, Hagaman Library, East Haven CT)

This is a serialized “thriller” novel. Continued from here. Table of contents for ease of navigation here.

(The story so far: Colin Lang has asked is boss Mr. Arnoux for time off ostensibly so he can minister to his ailing mother at Sunset Grove but actually so he can perpetrate s...

Truly Wordless Comic Panels

(Come see me TOMORROW! That’s April 26, 12–3, Breakwater Books, Guilford CT! Free sketches!)

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Art Peddy!

A garland of quotations CXVII

(Upcoming appearances: April 26, 12–3, Breakwater Books, Guilford CT | June 1, 12–5, Skullastic Book Fair @ American Legion Post 16, Shelton CT | July 15, 6–7:30, Hagaman Library, East Haven CT)

Psst! Try one of my books

or that BuyMeACoffee thing

I am a frind to all onnest men
•Timothy Dexter, A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (1802).

Let’s kiss.
•Nikita Krushchev to Richard Nixon (1959).

I was utterly flabbergasted at seeing the [Russian] Secretary go up and kiss the Consul three times on both cheeks and...

Blvd. of Blood

(Upcoming appearances: April 26, 12–3, Breakwater Books, Guilford CT | June 1, 12–5, Skullastic Book Fair @ American Legion Post 16, Shelton CT | July 15, 6–7:30, Hagaman Library, East Haven CT)

This is a serialized “thriller” novel. Continued from here. Table of contents for ease of navigation here.

(Colin Lang has asked for time off ostensibly so he can minister to his ailing mother at Sunset Grove but actually so he can perpetrate some horrible crime that is the whole reason for this book on Ap...

A Political Story

I’ve never lived in a swing state, so my politics have always seemed of slight consequence. I could back a third-party candidate with a clean conscience. I voted in presidential elections, but mostly so I could make fun of people who didn’t vote. I was a jerk, but I played it fair; I had to vote to remain a jerk.

Back in 2016, somewhat early in 2016, when word on the street was that the political race would come down to Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton, I made a vow, and I made it openly and publicly...