by mike | Aug 12, 2024 | Death, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
Gaiola Island sits off the coast of Naples, Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, part of a volcanic archipelago. It is actually two rocky islets, connected by a stone bridge. Once occupied, it now sits abandoned as a result of its checkered history of drownings, murders,...
by mike | Jun 3, 2024 | Disasters, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
The Zebrina was a schooner-rigged, three-masted sailing barge of 189 tons, built in 1873 in Whitstable, England. The owners’ original goal was for the ship to serve as a trading vessel along the Rio de la Plata in South America, which it did for the first seven years....
by mike | Jan 1, 2024 | Books, California, Horror, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
First of all, Happy New Year! For my first post of 2024, I hearken back to my first of four horror novels. Originally titled The Well and published by Bantam Books, the book is now called The Modoc Well and is part of my own imprint, Atoris Press. In addition to being...
by mike | Oct 9, 2023 | Aging, Movies, Myths & Legends, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Steven Spielberg’s 1977 science fiction classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, is definitely in my Top 5 favorite movies. It led me on a decades-long pilgrimage to the Devils Tower in Wyoming, which culminated with me reaching the magical place in 2017. It is an...
by mike | Oct 2, 2023 | Disasters, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
If you’ve watched the 1977 Steven Spielberg classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (who hasn’t?), you might recall the opening sequence. Researchers are summoned to the Sonoran Desert in Mexico, where a group of old planes—Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers, to...
by mike | Aug 14, 2023 | Death, Disasters, Mysteries, Myths & Legends, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
The Dutch vessel was called the SS Ourang Medan, which translated from Malay to “Man of Medan,” the latter being a Sumatran island. So much has been written and discussed about the unimaginable incident that brought this ship’s name into the public spectrum. But what...
