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Flight or Fright was born in a diner across the road from Bangor International Airport thirteen months ago, almost to the day. By the end of 2017, we had a mostly complete manuscript, although there were still some pending revisions … Continue reading →

Only six more days to go until Flight or Fright is officially published, although Cemetery Dance has been sending out copies to advanced purchasers for a while now. I took a box to Killer Con in Austin last weekend and … Continue reading →

That’s what we used to call them, back in the day when they were on tape. Massive folders stuffed full of cassettes. You could listen to them on your Sony Walkman, but you had to flip the tape every 30 … Continue reading →

ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) has been one of my bucket list groups for decades. Never thought I’d ever get the chance to see them in concert, but they announced a tour last fall with a stop in Houston. I bought … Continue reading →

We’ve watched a number of movies that we enjoyed recently. The most recent was Tully, starring Charlize Theron as a mother struggling with a newborn and a son who is probably somewhere on the spectrum, although he isn’t officially diagnosed, … Continue reading →

I remember a time when you set your VCR / DVR and it did exactly what you told it to do, and nothing else. If a show was delayed starting because of an overlong basketball game, you missed part of … Continue reading →

I learned late last week that Flight or Fright is already going into a second printing with Cemetery Dance, and publication is still six weeks away. So that’s pretty cool. In other publishing news, Simon & Schuster audio is going … Continue reading →

Publishers Weekly, the highly respected trade magazine, released their advanced review of Flight or Fright this week. I’m very happy with what they had to say. In part, “This entertaining anthology of horror, mystery, and literary tales about aircraft (most … Continue reading →

I feel bad for the people who spent a lot of time planning, organizing and arranging events for Independence Day yesterday. In the greater Houston area, most of these things were canceled on account of the torrential rain we received, … Continue reading →

Today is my granddaughter’s second birthday. Well, it’s actually July 3, but where she lives it’s already July 3. It’s all rather confusing. Time zones. What’s the point of them? At the end of the afterword of Flight or Fright, … Continue reading →