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Occasionally, I need some strangeness

Stylistically speaking that is…Doing things the same way everyday is prep for a non-surgical lobotomy, so occasionally I experiment. Some readers get it. Others do not and are not shy in expressing this, which I totally get. You spent that hard-earned dollar expecting a story written in third person, past tense and you hate anyone messing with your literary equivalent of … Continue reading →

In Praise of Ray McKinnon

The first time I saw writer, director, actor Ray McKinnon was in The Stand, the 1994 television adaption of Stephen King’s novel. McKinnon played luckless Charlie Campion, the infected escapee who got the ball rolling. Even more memorable was his role as Vernon T. Waldrip, the bonafide suitor,  in the Coen Brothers O Brother Where Art Thou?  His pronunciation of […]

A Nightmare at Murder Farm: The story of one of America’s most prolific serial killers.

Originally posted on Strange Remains:
Belle Gunness and her three children. Image Credit: Wikipedia Children in La Porte, Indiana grow up listening to graphic horror stories about the gruesome murder’s committed by Belle Gunness on her farm at the end of McClung Road. The most disturbing part about these grisly stories is that the gory…

Falsely FREE

Google has recently alerted me to a couple of websites touting “Free PDF Downloads” of S.K. Epperson books, one of them listing a publisher (of medical books) that I have had absolutely no dealings with, past or present.  I currently offer only one free book and that is GreenLake.  Please be careful clicking on the websites that […]

Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear? is not the droid you’re looking for…

Way back when, I posted a tale on this website about a group of people with a shared ‘vision’ of a long ago murder in their neighborhood.  The title of the post was Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear? and some have come away thinking this was the title of the story posted. I see searches on […]

The Public Domain Review (new favorite website)

The Public Domain Review has an eclectic mix available for hours of perusal.  You’ll be fascinated by the scope of material included.  As an example there is a collection of Portraits of Patients from Surrey County Asylum.  Some of these portraits will reach right through the screen to you… And of course there is a generous […]

When Graphic Fiction Happens to Good People

A small percentage of the people (roughly 4%) who downloaded Green Lake  have reacted with extreme bitterness to some of the content, specifically the depiction of the child killer.  Crimes against children are horrible to think about, let alone write, and while most of us turn away in fear and disgust at reports of child […]

The internet mystery that has the world baffled

The internet mystery that has the world baffled. Or could just be some deviant personality having a laugh at everyone else’s expense.Filed under: Suspense Tagged: Codebreakers, puzzles, unsolved mysteries

Betsy Klausmeyer’s Cellar Pt II

  The cries of injustice have been heard.  Those who complained about the non ending of Betsy Klausmeyer’s Cellar: A Story About a Bad Place  can stop bellyaching. Betsy Klausmeyer’s Cellar Part II: An Acre of Dark  will be available this week. And no complaints about what happens.  I mean it.  I know where all […]

Creativity

While it’s tiring, and foolish, to attempt examination of the indefinable, my recipe seems to be losing my mind at least once a month and howling at the universe, either in bitterness at its injustices or in awe at the beauty found in the tiniest moments (or baby animal photos on Tumblr. )  When I […]