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A TRACE OF MEMORY by Keith Laumer
I grew up on science fiction. When I discovered Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton in the library at Seminole, Oklahoma, I'd already had...
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Dec 18, 20227 min
RECKLESS by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
I grew up on science fiction. Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton were my jam. That was back when I was a kid, and a library card was the...
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Mel
Nov 29, 20222 min
Word of the Year for 2022?
Given the current state of the world and all the misinformation that's out there, I can't say I'm surprised! However, let's take a look...
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Mel
Nov 27, 20223 min
GLASS ONION review
I liked Rian Johnson’s Knives Out movie a lot. Among the year’s movies, it was a palate cleanser. On the surface, Knives Out is a murder...
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Mel
Nov 27, 20223 min
JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNEW BERNIE...
Lawrence Block has long been one of my favorite writers. I loved reading his monthly column in Writer’s Digest. Those pieces kept me...
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Mel
Nov 26, 20222 min
JUNKYARD JOE!
Geoff Johns doesn’t just bring a character or a story to life in the pages he writes. He brings a world to a reader’s fingertips. And...
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Mel
Nov 27, 20212 min
Chasing Killers!
For Thanksgiving this year, my wife wanted to do something different. She picked up an UNSOLVED CASE FILES: COLD CASE MYSTERY MURDER...
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Mel
Jun 5, 20213 min
A Small Town Trapped in Time!
When I was a kid, I fell in love with The Twilight Zone. Those thirty-minute episodes promised a road trip into twisted might-have-beens...
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Mel
Apr 29, 20211 min
New stories!
Here are some tales of adventure. Out now, a Pecos Bill novella in Pulp Mythology 2! Pecos Bill and the Sea Hag of the Gulf of Mexico. I...
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Mel
Feb 21, 20211 min
Had me going.
I have to admit, this one had me going for a bit--but it looked SO familiar. For good reason. Catfished! :(
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Mel
Jan 23, 20212 min
CW'S NEW BATWOMAN
I have to admit, I was sad to see Ruby Rose go. Mostly because I thought her departure signaled the end of the BATWOMAN series just as it...
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Mel
Jan 22, 20217 min
TEACHING IN THE PANDEMIC CLASSROOM
Yes, the pandemic has greatly affected my teaching. I get to know my students in and out of the classroom. Professional Writing requires...
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Mel
Jan 6, 20213 min
Lois Lane, Reporter
I remember reading Lois Lane comics when I was a kid. They weren't my favorites, but I would read them because Superman was in there, and...
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Mel
Jan 6, 20211 min
Splatter Westerns???
Yep, pardner, you read that right. Splatter Westerns. I'd noticed some of them ever' now and again, but I hadn't dove into them. There's...
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Jan 5, 20211 min
PAPERBACK WARRIOR Podcast
This is a shoutout to Paperback Warrior! Some of the hardest working guys in men's action adventure. Eric and Tom, our hosts, have...
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Mel
Jan 5, 20212 min
BONE CANYON by Lee Goldberg
This is the second book in Lee Goldberg's Eve Ronin series. I really enjoyed the first one. Eve is an immensely likeable hero. Some...
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Mel
Jan 4, 20212 min
Watching THE WATCH
Okay, so I watched these weird commercials over the last couple weeks. The thing that most caught my attention was the smoky cloud dragon...
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Mel
Jan 4, 20212 min
Wow! I'm definitely gonna have to do better!
It's been over a year since I last posted, and that's inexcusable. My biggest excuse, even though it's not allowed, is that I've been...
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Mel
Dec 18, 20192 min
LOST HILLS by Lee Goldberg
I've been reading Lee Goldberg for years, but I've never seen him write anything like Lost Hills, the first book of a new police series....
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Dec 16, 20198 min
Bass Reeves Versus the Dinosaur Bone!
No, don't start imagining the famous Indian Territories marshal roping a T-Rex (although that would be awesome!). I'm going to give you a...
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