Goodreads Book Giveaway The Red Kimono by Mark Stattelman Giveaway ends September 30, 2025. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
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Goodreads Book Giveaway Pirate Tales by Mark Stattelman Giveaway ends July 14, 2025. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway
Read MoreKiss Me Again, Stranger!
I can’t say that I get Daphne du Maurier confused with Patricia Highsmith a lot, but sometimes I have to stop and think, Now, wait a minute, which one wrote “The Doll?” The two author’s styles are very similar. And the atmosphere, my god—the eeriness, …
Read MoreFor True Book Lovers . . .
I read a T shirt or bumper sticker a few months ago that read something like: It’s Not Hoarding if it’s Books. Now that’s a statement to which any true book lover can relate. Is there ever enough space? Nope, I say. Nope. Nope. And …
Read MoreSo, what scares you?
I hereby posit that there is no such thing as the perfect horror story. To my mind the absolute perfect horror story would be so utterly terrifying that the reader would drop dead upon reading the story. He or she would be literally “scared to …
Read MoreI’ve updated the title story of Rohmer’s Garden.
You’ll get the full explanation, along with the updated version of the complete story here: The reason I’m not posting the whole thing here is that the story comes in at over 5000 words, which I’m thinking might be too long for a post. My …
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