by mike | Jan 2, 2017 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Ghosts, Historical Novels, Horror, Humor, Life, Native Americans, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
As the new—and uncertain—year of 2017 begins, I’ve had a chance to look back at what I’ve accomplished in recent years. The last seven years, to be more specific, ever since the eye-opening experience of a brush with my own mortality. After surviving quadruple bypass...
by mike | Dec 8, 2016 | Death, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
This post is about one of the most haunted places in the country. I first presented it back in 2012, courtesy of the Save Our Heritage Organisation. “There are some human beings who are dimly aware of their own deaths, yet have chosen to stay on in what used to be...
by mike | Oct 31, 2016 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
As an old(er) guy living in a 55+ community, I no longer have to hand out Halloween candy at the front door. Not that I minded doing it back in the day, except that I usually wound up eating at least half of what I (over)bought. And, as the author of four horror...
by mike | Oct 24, 2016 | Ghosts, Movies, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
A couple of items today. First, I’d like to share something with you. A while back I wrote about the eerie place called Aokigahara, Japan’s Suicide Forest, located below Mt. Fuji. At the time I fully expected that I’d hear from a gentleman named Byron Earhart. One of...
by mike | Aug 8, 2016 | Death, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Who knew? Until I saw a film titled The Forest earlier this year, I had not heard of Aokigahara. Research revealed something shocking: this vast forest, located near the base of Japan’s sacred Mt. Fuji, is a place where thousands of people have come to take their own...
by mike | Jul 14, 2016 | Books, California, Ghosts, Holocaust, Horror, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
I first presented this post in 2012. Be forewarned: the scene I chose to share is heartbreaking. Those of us who write novels have a great platform for saying pretty much anything we want. The characters we create often reflect our likes, our dislikes, our politics,...
