Category Archives: Survivor

Tickling the ivories

My latest Storytellers Unplugged post went up this morning. It’s called Maybe I Could’ve Been a Rock Star, like this guy over here ⇒. One of my latest “claims to fame”—one of my tweets was quoted in a Guardian article about … Continue reading

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57 Channels

I had an idea for a new project a couple of days ago. I emailed my agent to see if he thinks its viable. Until I hear back from him, I’m putting together a proposal, on spec, I guess. I … Continue reading

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Gonna buy five copies

Twenty-four years ago this week, I arrived in Texas with my parents in a Ford Aerostar van containing everything I wanted to bring with me from Canada. I started work for a company then called MSC and I’m still working … Continue reading

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Chilling tales

I got a rejection e-mail last night. They still sting a little, and I felt good about this particular submission. Then a few minutes later I received the contract and proofs for my story “Road Rage,” which will appear in … Continue reading

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A bunch of psychopaths helping each other out

The promised chill in the air arrived yesterday afternoon. It made it up to the mid-sixties this afternoon, but it’s back down to the forties tonight. The Houston Chronicle has a sidebar title that says, “Just seems wrong: It’s warmer … Continue reading

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Rainy days and hackers

I finished revising my latest short story and turned it in to the prospective market. I have a book review to finish and another short story to contemplate. Then it’s on to the novel. We had some rain on Saturday. … Continue reading

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Once upon a time

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, there was an anthology called The Appalachian Undead that contained my story “Sitting Up With the Dead.” For a variety of reasons, that book was forced out of print by the … Continue reading

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The tube

Just because it’s spring doesn’t mean winter is over yet. Today the temperature has dropped over 25° from what it was this morning as a cold front sweeps through. We might also get ½” of rain or more in the … Continue reading

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In a couple of years it will be 3.1415

Happy Pi(e) day. Two years from now we’ll get 3/14/15 @ 9:26:53. I used to have the number memorized to about 15 places after the decimal point, but I’ve since allocated those memory cells to something else. Or to nothing … Continue reading

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The place where every fugitive wants to go

I posted my review of NOS4A2 by Joe Hill yesterday. I finished the book a couple of months ago but held off releasing my review until it was closer to publication day. Just one more review to polish off and … Continue reading

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