by mike | Aug 13, 2018 | Books, Historical Novels, Museums, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
Also called the Great Dinosaur Rush, the Bone Wars comprises an interesting chapter in American history. The phrase refers to a period of fiercely competitive fossil hunting that took place during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Although many others got...
by mike | Aug 9, 2018 | Books, Guest Posts, Historical Novels, Publishing, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
There is a disturbing true story behind the events depicted in The Hammer of Witches, a historical novel by Basque scholar and good friend, Begoña Echeverria, one of my long-time writers. After a brief synopsis, I’ll have Begoña tell that story. (This post first ran...
by mike | Aug 6, 2018 | Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Just how scary is the 2018 thriller, A Quiet Place? Okay, perhaps you’ve seen a Cox commercial where a woman is watching Stranger Things and sitting on the edge of her couch looking seriously freaked out. That’s about what this jaded horror aficionado looked like all...
by mike | Aug 2, 2018 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
No in-between: you either love this movie, or you despise it. This post first ran in 2014. A while back I wondered why my favorite Godzilla flick—the 1998 version starring Matthew Broderick—never spawned a sequel. And for that matter, why did I even consider it a...
by mike | Jul 30, 2018 | Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Movie Lines, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Ah, scary flicks…no surprise that I love the genre. (What does that say about me?) Here are a few lines from some of my favorites. “They’re coming to get you, Barbara…there’s one of them now!” Smart-ass (and soon to be dead) Johnny to his sister in George Romero’s...
by mike | Jul 26, 2018 | Books, Bookstores, Horror, Humor, Psychological Thrillers, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
We horror writers face a different sort of horror on the book-signing circuit. This post first ran in 2014. That line, and Stephen King’s Misery—which I wrote about last week—are apparently inseparable. In the hope of finding some more material I entered “writers’...
