The Halloween Project 2018 Story 3: Brick and Water
Places are haunted. Buildings and structures, forts and castles are especially haunted. We make them haunted. We live inside their...
The Halloween Project 2018 Story 2: Fire In The Hole
The second story for Halloween season 2018. A cautionary tale, not a horror story. Children ought to be as young as they are for as long...
The Halloween Project 2018 Story 1: Listening/Seeing
The first story to open the month of October on our countdown to Halloween. A celebration of our interconnected, digital, Wi-Fi,...
The Halloween Project: Second Ceremony 2018
The Halloween Project Second Ceremony 2018 Last year I embarked on a challenging, dark Halloween activity. Fifteen original horror...
Review: The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson
This is the first book I have ever read by Denis Johnson, but it will not be the last. Sadly, Johnson died of liver cancer in the spring...
Review: "Jesus’ Son: Stories" by Denis Johnson
In this series of inter-related, brutal and occasionally shocking short stories the main character is both evil and sympathetic. Or...
Review: “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders
One of the most engaging and exciting novels I have read in recent years, this story centers on the supposedly true reports that Abraham...
Review: "The Name of the World" by Denis Johnson
Note: This is the second book in my personal colloquium regarding Denis Johnson. Johnson delivers in ways that are very difficult to...
Review: "Nevertheless" A Memoir," by Alec Baldwin
Baldwin's interesting, suggestive and attractive voice makes this book a good listen (perhaps more appealing than on the printed page). ...
Review: "Promise Me, Dad" by Joe Biden
Let's not talk about the man, let's try and focus on the book. "Promise Me Dad" is a straightforward, uncomplicated, simple sentence...