Action to stem violence (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I grew up in Central Missouri in the 1960s and 1970s. People drove around our town with guns mounted in the back of their pickups — mostly twenty-gauge shotguns and .22s. I had […]
Origins of a Psychedelic Novel: The Backstory on Beyond the Will of God
[Added note, 6/15/14: you can download “Beyond the Will of God” at NoiseTrade.com as a digital book for free right now…hurry because the offer will close soon…this was originally posted at the website Behind Blue Eyes, as noted at the […]
5-Star Review for Implosions of America at El Dink UK
Trying to get people to pay attention to serious fiction (what the hell else do we call it?) in this new Indie World is not easy. Finding folks who appreciate the raw and the real can feel quite futile. So […]
New Publishing Frontier Lesson #37: DIY or DIE
Oliver Sacks has a fabulous essay at the back of yesterday’s New York Times Book Review called “Reading the Fine Print.” Everyone who reads needs to check it out. Dr. Sacks, one of this world’s most important thinkers about human […]
Who Are We?
Today’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut may well rip this country apart. Gun control is another of the issues that simmered during this year’s election while both sides did their best not to lift the lid. […]
The Teachings of James Bond and Other Work Coming Out This Month
Fighting Monkey Press just posted an essay I modified for them called “9 Things I Learned from 40 Years of Following James Bond.” I posted a very long version of this piece here a month or so ago. Pavarti Tyler who […]
Reviewers and Bloggers Desperately Needed for Implosions of America
My latest collection of nine stories needs reviewers and thoughtful readers to blog about it. I can’t get the book posted to any major indie distribution site without at least five reviews. I’ve got two right now. Check them out […]
The Smell of Water: a short passage from Ex:Urbia, a work-in-progress…
All of life is composed of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon. Mostly it is water that fills living cells and acts as the medium for organization and awareness. Water, then, could be God. And carbon, the devil. Or perhaps water is […]
