by mike | Apr 3, 2017 | Books, Death, Holocaust, Life, Research, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I’ve chosen this time to re-run a post from a few years back. Why? Because it seems that EVIL is running rampant, not only around the world, but also in our own country. And if anything, it is getting worse. This morning my bride picked up the main section of our...
by mike | Jul 21, 2016 | Death, Holocaust, Life, Uncategorized |
This post from 2012, though a fictional story, is really MY story right out of my childhood in The Bronx. With the recent death of Elie Wiesel, it is even more relevant. I had forgotten about the Crazy Lady, a figure out of my past. No surprise, as it was close to six...
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,...
by mike | Nov 2, 2015 | Books, Films About Books, Holocaust, Movies, Uncategorized |
“Books are life” may well be the theme for young protagonist Liesel Meminger in the 2013 drama, The Book Thief. There is only one problem: at the start of the story, Liesel cannot read or write. The Book Thief was adapted from the novel of the same name by Australian...
by mike | Mar 30, 2015 | Death, Holocaust, Life, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
Simon Moya-Smith I have written a great deal about the abuse of this country’s indigenous People, and also about the travesty that was the Holocaust. This sobering guest article, first published on the website of the Indian Country Today Media Network, links these...
by mike | May 27, 2014 | Ghosts, Holocaust, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
A Jewish demon? Who knew! Yes, according to Jewish mythology a dybbuk is a ghostly, troubled spirit—most often the wandering soul of a deceased person—that possesses the body of a living person. (Though any living entity works, even a bug or a beagle, their host of...
