To all who entered the Goodreads Giveaways for And You Shall Not Live, and Rohmer’s Garden—Thank You! I truly do appreciate it. And to those who won, I wish you happy reading. I hope you enjoy the stories. The two books are completely different, of …
Read MoreRevisiting Stephen King! My thoughts on the new television show Ghosts. And my own personal encounter with the spirit world.
I have to admit, I love this time of year. It’s not so much just Halloween, as I’m up for a good ghost story any day of the year. I can as easily get lost in a scary book in the middle of summer also. …
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Goodreads Giveaways. One contest has ended, but two more are still ongoing! First let me say Thank You to all who entered the contest for a copy of Pirate Tales. I sincerely appreciate it! And to those who won—Happy reading! I hope you enjoy the …
Read More“This Writing Thing . . . It’s just a hobby, right? I mean, isn’t it?”
The question stunned me. I was caught completely off guard and didn’t know how to respond. This was about a year or two ago. I was on the phone with a friend of mine. This was someone I had known for almost forty years. There …
Read MoreAhoy Maties! In Honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day (19 September), I’m running a Goodreads Giveaway for my book of Pirate Tales!
Goodreads Book Giveaway Pirate Tales by Mark Stattelman Giveaway ends October 19, 2021. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway For those of you not familiar with this parodic day of celebration on September 19, look no further than Wikipedia to satisfy your curiosity: …
Read MoreCall it a “Strange Brew.” Sometimes stories can become a goofy mix of fact and fiction.
First of all, let me apologize for not posting much lately. I have several posts written and ready to go, usually, but then decide I need to go over the content before actually putting the post up, and then I sleep on it and ambivalence …
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