by mike | Sep 18, 2023 | Books, Films About Books, Horror Movies, Life, Movies, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
The Babadook is a 2014 Australian horror film that is considered a classic of its genre. It tells the story of Amelia, a grieving young widow, and seven-year-old Sam, her out-of-control son. Somehow the film’s “monster,” inexplicably, has become what many call a...
by mike | Jul 31, 2023 | Books, Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
Magic is a key component in just about every sword & sorcery novel, be it benevolent or for the darkest of evil. In one of my early stories, The Sword of Tyron (original title: Berbora), magic is used to transcend time itself. I’ll show you one of those scenes—but...
by mike | Jul 10, 2023 | Books, California, Death, Ghosts, Horror, Romance, Uncategorized |
Indeed, I strongly believe that statement. Think about it: what would Tarzan’s life be like without the challenges of the beautiful but deadly jungle? Or the scientists and staff in John Carpenter’s The Thing without the starkness of Antarctica’s ice and snow? Or...
by mike | Jun 26, 2023 | Aging, Books, California, Humor, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
My four-book comedy/science fiction series, which began with Bicycling Through Space and Time, depicts the mostly outrageous adventures of mountain bike rider Jack Miller along the cosmic tunnel called the Ultimate Bike Path. But “outrageous” occasionally turns to...
by mike | Mar 6, 2023 | Aging, Baseball, Books, California, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
Well, I sure hope so, because I’m turning 77 today. Holy crap, how in the name of Zeus’s butthole did that happen! Wasn’t I just roller-skating along the mean streets and back alleys of the Bronx neighborhood where I grew up? Didn’t I just graduate from college and...
by mike | Feb 27, 2023 | Books, Mysteries, Mystery Novels, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
Bestselling American author Elizabeth George published her first Inspector Lynley mystery, A Great Deliverance, in 1988 to much acclaim. To date the series is still going strong both here and in the United Kingdom, with over twenty titles in print. And in 2001 the...
