Dark, soulful tales that haunt long after the last page.
Greg Lamberson just let me know that Fear Zone’s review of Little Graveyard on the Prairie went live. Reviewer Norman L. Rubenstein offers a very detailed review that doesn’t give away the twist of the story. Here’s a little snippet of the review to get you going: … the novella is compelling and wonderfully written,…
Greg Lamberson just let me know that Fear Zone’s review of Little Graveyard on the Prairie went live. Reviewer Norman L. Rubenstein offers a very detailed review that doesn’t give away the twist of the story. Here’s a little snippet of the review to get you going: … the novella is compelling and wonderfully written,…
I don’t usually do this type of thing, but I’m so pissed off at this Cottman Transmission shop at 8817 S. Western in Oklahoma City that I’m going to publicly call them out. I’ve already notified the corporate office that I would be telling everyone I could to avoid the company altogether. This past summer…
I love those AP kids! We read the last 3/4 of Oedipus Rex today in both my AP Literature and Composition classes. Fifth period (last one of the day) is mostly show choir girls. Most of them had a part to read, even if it was taking turns reading the chorus lines. A couple of them…
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks at school. The new block started, so I got my AP classes. I was nervous about that. Could I teach advanced placement kids? The answer is yes. These kids are fantastic. Not only are they well behaved, but we can have actual conversations and they really want to learn.…
I want to thank all the authors (and publishers) who have sent signed books (and related items) to me for the raffle the high school book club I sponsor will be having as a fundraiser. No, the raffle hasn’t happened yet. We had to get school board approval, which was really just a formality, but…
My youngest sister called me the other day. She was furious. She wanted to know how textbooks are chosen. Why? Because her 14-year-old daughter had been required to read a story where "one man cut up another man and put the body parts under his floor boards!" Yes, she was referring to Edgar Allan Poe’s "The…
The Book Smugglers posted a new review of Graveside Tales’ anthology The Beast Within. They review each story individually, which is pretty nice. Here’s a snippet of what they said about my own “Okie Werewolf Seeks Love”: This is a fun, very short story, drawing more on laughs and a damn good mocking characterization of…
The Book Smugglers posted a new review of Graveside Tales’ anthology The Beast Within. They review each story individually, which is pretty nice. Here’s a snippet of what they said about my own "Okie Werewolf Seeks Love": This is a fun, very short story, drawing more on laughs and a damn good mocking characterization of…