by mike | Feb 5, 2018 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Western Movies |
I checked out the 2015 western/horror flick, Bone Tomahawk, for two reasons. First, I like those genres, and second, the film stars Kurt Russell, one of my favorites. I had not even heard of it until recently, and it is not hard to understand why. The film had a...
by mike | Jan 22, 2018 | Movies, Myths & Legends, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
The excellent, Emmy Award-winning 2003 film, Dreamkeeper, began life as a two-part Hallmark mini-series, which accounts for its three-hour length. But the time flies as you watch this spellbinding tale about a Lakota storyteller and his quest to see the oral tradition...
by mike | Dec 28, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Life, Movies, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
I wonder if these awesome spirits were around when I was a kid in The Bronx. This post first ran in 2014. I grew up in The Bronx, New York City’s northernmost borough, before leaving it for good in 1967 after graduating college. For the first fourteen years I lived in...
by mike | Oct 23, 2017 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
With Halloween nearly upon us, I’d like to share a creepy scene from The Burning Ground, one of my four horror novels. This is the final scene in chapter one, which takes place in 1849. (The balance of the story is contemporary.) The setup: gold has been discovered in...
by mike | Sep 25, 2017 | Ghosts, Life, Museums, Native Americans, Travel, Uncategorized |
The Animas River, part of the Colorado River System, begins high in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado and winds all the way down to its confluence with the San Juan River in New Mexico. On our recent trip to the Four Corners region, Jacqueline and I seldom lost sight...
by mike | Sep 21, 2017 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Research, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Many writers find it a challenge to come up with names for their characters. This post first ran in 2013. “Hey Mike, where do you come up with those weird character names and place names in your fantasy and sci-fi novels?” Yeah, I used to get that question, or...
