Pandora’s Children Books 1 and 2, In The Chair and Too Young To Die, respectively, are both available now through Amazon and Barnes and Nobles. Book 1: “The Devil’s Toothache” and “Dentures” Book 2: “Higher”, “A Little Snack”, and the Novella “Roadside Memorial” As always, free previews of all 5 stories, as well as several free short stories (all under 4,000 words) are available at Feedbooks, and Smashwords for your enjoyment. Technorati Tags: Books, Horror, Short [...]

Finding a good horror novel is as difficult as finding a good horror movie; most of what is out there is simply crap. What do we have when it comes to the horror genre? Steven King and his son Joe Hill, Peter Straub and Dean Koontz. Anne Rice is gone, having found Jesus (though it is said she recently lost him, and will possibly exhume Lestat from his literary grave). And Clive Barker hasn’t published [...]

I am a Jeopardy junkie.  I tape it every night, and my wife and I will watch the episodes in spurts.  If you watch Jeopardy, you know that after the first commercial brake, halfway through the first round, Alex interviews the contestants.  I always wondered what story I would tell.  And this is what I settled on.  Is it great?  No.  But it doesn;t have to great, because everything is relative, and relatively speaking, most of [...]

Of course, on the surface, Spongebob appears to be a cartoon designed for the 6-12 year old crowd.  The colors, the funny aquatic creatures, the underwater squirrel, the quirky music.  But anyone who has watched SB knows that, in general, this cartoon is more appropriate for the under 5 crowd, who are too young to understand the crude humor, and the high school and college crowd, who have created many a drinking game around Spongebob.  [...]

WARNING: Spoilers below.  Sorry, can’t be helped.  But while I will ruin some of the surprises, I will not reveal the ultimate ending.  Star Wars: Legacy of the Force is a nine part series set several years after the last major trilogy, New Jedi Order.  It is written by three authors, each penning three of the novels.  The authors include, in no particular order, Aaron Allston, Karen Traviss and Troy Denning.  Denning is the most [...]

Ahh, Daschunds, the lovable, goofy, just plain bizarre-looking wiener dog. My wife and I adopted a wiener-pup over five years ago. We were told he was a tweenie, not quite a mini, up to 7 pounds, but not a massive standard dog, either. But the breeder was wrong. Our dog Friday is a beast. To read the whole post and see some adorable pictures of Friday through th years, click over to the Lighter Side. [...]

Someone recently asked me if you could tell if someone had a crystal meth habit by looking at their teeth.  And the answer is a resounding: Hell yeah!  Just like you can tell if someone is bulimia (pitting of the enamel on the back of the teeth).  Or if they smoke (thick generalized stain).  The teeth offer a lot of clues to a person’s habits.  Below is a classic example of Meth Mouth.  This is [...]