by mike | Jun 13, 2024 | Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
A bit of “retro” that I hope will never make a comeback. This post first ran in 2021, with the pandemic at its height. Year Two (for crying out loud!) of the freaking coronavirus pandemic. Sure, it seems to be trending in the right direction, and many more people have...
by mike | Jun 10, 2024 | Books, Death, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
In advance of the release of Perils of the Bike Path (the fifth opus in my comedy/sci-fi series), I’m presenting an occasional scene from one of the earlier books. This one comes from the third book, The 22nd Gear. My cosmic bike rider, Jack Miller, has bicycled into...
by mike | May 5, 2024 | Aging, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
Jacqueline was my world, my everything. The bravest person I’d ever known, she battled and beat the demon cancer many times during our 3+ decades together. Two of those times she was “toe-tagged”—advised to get her affairs in order. Neither came to pass. But last...
by mike | Apr 11, 2024 | Aging, Books, Death, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
This was an emotional chapter to write, but most cathartic. I first presented this post in 2020. When I wrote the first Jack Miller book, Bicycling Through Space and Time, in the ’90s, it didn’t take me long to learn that his many crazy comedy/satire adventures needed...
by mike | Apr 4, 2024 | California, Death, Humor, Life, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Another look back at a rather horrific event in the history of our planet. This post first ran in 2020. Day 21,453 (give or take) of the coronavirus pandemic: barely a few weeks ago I mentioned to Jacqueline that the Covid-19 death count stood at 997 here in San Diego...
by mike | Feb 15, 2024 | Death, Horror, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
This story is enough to spoil anyone’s appetite. I first presented this post in2020. When Wes Craven, the late film director, needed source material for his 1977 horror classic, The Hills Have Eyes, he turned to a story that combined truth and possibly fiction. An...
