Saturday, October 20, 2012

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Life on Mars? Scientists hope to find it by decoding Martian DNA: If he can build a machine to find it, the next steps would be to decode its DNA, beam it back to Earth, put those genetic instructions into a cell and then boot up a Martian life form in a biosecure lab.

Haven't We All Worn Someone Else's Pants on Occasion?

CCSO ARRESTS MAN AFTER FINDING OXYCODONE IN HIS PANTS POCKET; MAN SAYS, “OH, WAIT, THESE AREN’T MY PANTS!”

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Song of the Day

Michigan J. Frog - Hello my baby (Audio synchronized). - YouTube:

Seven Psychopaths

Okay, here's the part you won't believe: Going to this movie was Judy's idea.  I don't think she knew what she was in for.  What it is, is a movie about a guy who's writing a movie.  Some of the scenes in the movie we're watching are scenes from his movie.  Some are scenes from his life.  Sometimes the two seem to overlap a bit. 

Oh, and it's also about a pair of dognappers, a gangster who really loves his little doggie, a psychopath who shows up in answer to a "psychopath wanted" ad, a serial killer called The Jack of Diamonds, and a few other things I'm probably forgetting.  You can see the cast list on the poster to the left.  That might sell you right there. 

Let me add that the movie is very funny, incredibly violent, and even more meta than I've made it sound.  I think I can safely guarantee that it's not like anything else you're going to find in your local cineplex this month.  Or ever.  Check it out.

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“Anniversary, my dear Watson…anniversary.”

“Anniversary, my dear Watson…anniversary.”

Or Maybe Not

34 Facts About Scary Movies That Will Blow Your Mind

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O. F. Snelling, 007 James Bond: A Report, Signet, 1965

Bigfoot Update

Man 'attacked by Bigfoot in wilderness' while hunting for proof of creature's existence

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Do You Know Your State Rock ?

Do You Know Your State Rock ?

The 50 Greatest Female Sex Symbols in Film History | Nerve.com

The 50 Greatest Female Sex Symbols in Film History

I Miss the Old Days

A sad ending for the children's bedtime story: Declining attention spans mean they could become a thing of the past

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Angela Buchanan: Posing As Gynecologist, She Tricks Woman Into Months of Sex and a Civil Union

The 10 Most Twisted Couples in Literature

The 10 Most Twisted Couples in Literature

29 Amazing Punk Flyers From The 80s

29 Amazing Punk Flyers From The 80s

Things to do in Denver when you're dead

Andy Garcia Things to do in Denver when you are dead - YouTube:

Friday, October 19, 2012

Mike Hammer Update

Warner Bros Resurrects Mickey Spillane's Tough Guy Mike Hammer In Feature Deal

Roland Dirge's Lenore -- Swirlies

Lenore is, well, I guess you'd call her a zombie.  She's a little undead girl with several odd companions, and she goes around wreaking havoc without really intending to.  For example, you'd never want to invite her to your birfday party, not after reading the first adventure in this book, because hardly anyone who was alive when it started is that way when it ends.  Lenore has fun, but the live kids don't. 

I wasn't aware of Lenore until I received this new book for review, but it turns out that she has quite a following on YouTube, so you can click here for an example of Lenore in animated form.  That will give you a good idea of the quirky art and stories you'll encounter in the book. You'll also meet her vampire companion, Ragamuffin, who's not like any other vampire you've seen, I'm pretty sure.

Quirky?  Yes.  Macabre?  Yes.  Totally weird?  Absolutely.  I had a great time with Swirlies.  

Mother of Mercy, Could This Be the End of Big Tex?

State Fair of Texas icon Big Tex goes up in flames 

Song of the Day

C.W. McCall *Crispy Critters* - YouTube:

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Brockton, MA - The Enterprise: A man reportedly angry about how much it cost to fill up his Ford Mustang raced from the Hess station on Main Street in Brockton, spun his car in circles and collided with a minivan at about 9:45 a.m. Friday.

Oklahoma Trumps Houston & Dallas

12-Year-Old Girl Shoots Intruder During Home Invasion

A Review of Interest (to Me, Anyway)

Western Fiction Review: Dead Man's Revenge

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Slater Martin, R. I. P.

NYTimes.com: Slater Martin, the Hall of Fame guard whose playmaking and defensive brilliance helped take the Minneapolis Lakers to four N.B.A. championship in the league’s first decade, died Thursday in Houston. He was 86.

A Lot of James Bond Book Covers

James Bond Book Covers 

Wanna Buy a Spitfire?

Fox News: Burma has signed a deal with a British aviation enthusiast to allow the excavation of a World War II treasure: dozens of Spitfire fighter planes buried by the British almost 70 years ago. 

 Aviation enthusiast David J. Cundall discovered the locations of the aircraft after years of searching. The planes are believed to be in good condition, since they were reportedly packed in crates and hidden by British forces to keep them out of the hands of invading Japanese.

Author James Patterson's 10 favorite detectives

Author James Patterson's 10 favorite detectives

Hat tip to John Weaver.

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For Bond Lovers Only, Dell, 1965

Bela Lugosi: Age 18

Bela Lugosi: Age 18 

15 Postcards from Famous Authors

15 Postcards from Famous Authors

You Can Help

Fill The Shelves: $5,000 of books headed to kids so far! And new libraries with empty shelves...

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

The 6 Most Hilariously Insane Overreactions of All Time

Flavorwire’s 50 Essential Horror Films, Part 3

Flavorwire’s 50 Essential Horror Films, Part 3

11 Legendary Monsters of Africa

11 Legendary Monsters of Africa 

Interview With A Man Who Saw Lincoln Shot

Interview With A Man Who Saw Lincoln Shot: Samuel J. Seymour, the last surviving attendant at Ford's Theater the night of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, shares his story on “I've Got a Secret” back in 1956.

Forgotten Books: Frontier Lawyer -- Lawrence L. Blaine

Who the heck is Lawrence L. Blaine?  I can't provide a definitive answer.  One site I looked at credits the book to Robert Silverberg.  Another says it's a collaboration between Silverberg and Eleazar Lipsky.  I tend to believe the latter, since Lipsky was an assistant D.A. in New York and also legal counsel  to the MWA for many years.  Lipsky was a well-known writer in his own right, having had Hollywood success with Kiss of Death (based on his 100-page manuscript) and The People Against O'Hara (based on his novel).  He wrote a number of others, too.

So why this collaboration with Silverberg (if that's what it was)?  And why did it get published in paperback with a generic cover that has nothing to do with the contents?  Good questions, I think, but I have no answers for them.

It's a very entertaining book.  It's a western, a mystery, and a courtroom drama all in one.  A woman is murdered, and, as the cover tells you, "the son of the territory's richest and most powerful man" is accused.  Jake Kilgore, assisted by     Clem Erskine, a young man who's newly arrived in town to serve as Kilgore's clerk is hired.  All the evidence points to the guilt of Kilgore's client, but Kilgore, a man with a big ego, is sure he can avoid a conviction.   There's a lot more going on than Kilgore knows about, however: old secrets, a family that shows there's no fun in dysfunction, powerful forces that align to get a conviction.  And someone's leaking information to the sheriff, each piece of it more damaging than the one before.

My guess would be that the book was intended as the first in a series.  If that's true, however, the series was not to be.  This standalone is worth looking for if you're interested in a western that's a good bit different from most you're likely to find.

Speed 2

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

And Keep Off His Lawn!

World's oldest new dad is 96 

The Rap Sheet: Handing Out Dagger and Thriller Awards

The Dagger and Thriller Awards

Interview and Book Giveaway Contest

Interview with Ellen Mansoor Collier: Cozy Mystery Book Reviews

The Cornell Hurd Band

Cornell Hurd and Allen Crider

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Houston trumps Dallas.

Houston - News: Houston police are looking for the man who made a determined effort to home-invade a northside house this month, only to flee when the 13-year-old-girl inside tried to stab him with a butcher knife.

Sheriff Rhodes Update

The next Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel, Compound Murder, will be out in August of 2013.  I've just been offered a contract for two more novels, which would see the sheriff into 2015.   At my age it's a little scary to look that far ahead, I'm glad he keeps getting reelected.

However, he's not welcome in the Texas Prison System.  Books are often given to prisoners, but the books are always checked first to see if they're appropriate.  I learned today that Of All Sad Words is unacceptable.  Those of you who have read it (all of you, I'm sure) will recall that one of the plot elements is bootleg whiskey, and there's a description of a still.  Since the book gives a little information about the making of illegal alcohol, it's been deemed inappropriate for the prisoners to read.  I can understand why, and I'm glad to learn that they'd never be able to figure out on their own how to make anything with alcohol in it.

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest

The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly, Vol. 1The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly,Vol. 1: Gerald So: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Editor Gerald So collects the first year of fifty-two poems originally published on The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly website (2011-12). Featuring Nyla Alisia, R.A. Allen, Margaret Anderson, Michael A. Arnzen, Randall Avilez, Jack Bates, Alec Cizak, Robert Cooperman, Ray Daniel, Michael Chacko Daniels, Cassandra de Alba, C.J. Edwards, John M. Floyd, Kent Gowran, Bruce Harris, Clarinda Harriss, Chad Haskins, Kathleen Hellen, Kyle Hemmings, Paul Hostovsky, Peter Ivey, Dorothy James, Tonia Kalouria, Susan Kelley, Ian Khadan, Rauan Klassnik, Lola Koundakjian, Dennis Mahagin, Catfish McDaris, Trevor Nelson, Brett Peruzzi, Thomas Pluck, David S. Pointer, Kimberly Poitevin, William Dylan Powell, Charles Rammelkamp, Keith Rawson, Stephen D. Rogers, Nancy Scott, Jackie Sheeler, Hal Sirowitz, Duane Spurlock, Jay Stringer, and Ray Succre.

Song of the Day

Fanny Mae-Buster Brown-original song-1959 - YouTube:

Oops

Woman Accidentally Poisons Family With Mushrooms Picked From Backyard 

Here's the Plot for Your Next Cold Case Novel

“Gum Chewing Survey” Nabs Murder Suspect 36 Years Later

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War Paperbacks from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s

War Paperbacks from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s

Why I Write: Joan Didion on Ego, Grammar, and the Impetus to Create

Why I Write: Joan Didion on Ego, Grammar, and the Impetus to Create

What We Need Is a National Holiday

Alligator Farm hosting 'Reptile Awareness Weekend'

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Elmer Kelton, LLano River, Ballantine, 1966

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Dallas father's pride after daughter, 21, shoots dead intruder

Though why she shot him after he was dead remains a puzzle.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Eddie Yost, R. I. P.

NYTimes.com: Eddie Yost, a durable and reliable third baseman for three American League teams whose penchant for garnering bases on balls earned him the nickname the Walking Man, died on Tuesday in Weston, Mass. He was 86.

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Elvis Presley: America’s Secret Weapon in the Cold War

Elvis Presley: America’s Secret Weapon in the Cold War

Or Maybe Not

50 Prison Slang Words To Make You Sound Like a Tough Guy

Uh-Oh

Ernest Is Making A Comeback 

Will the Persecution Never End?

19 Things That Prove The '00s Are Over

10 Creatures in Scandinavian Folklore

10 Creatures in Scandinavian Folklore

Sylvia Kristel, R. I. P.

Fox News: Actress Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch star of the hit 1970s erotic movie "Emmanuelle," has died of cancer at age 60. Her agent, Features Creative Management, said in a statement Thursday that Kristel died in her sleep Wednesday night. Kristel, a model who turned to acting in the 1970s, had been fighting cancer for several years.

Action! 20 Best Movies About Movies

Action! 20 Best Movies About Movies 

I Miss the Old Days

A Turn of the Page for Newsweek: After 80 years in print, the newsmagazine adopts an all-digital format.

Speed

Speed (1994) Theatrical Trailer - YouTube:

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Texas man buys 1948 Lincoln Continental coupe once owned by Yankee legend Babe Ruth

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

TNT Orders Six Episodes of Frank Darabont’s New Period Crime Drama

TNT Orders Six Episodes of Frank Darabont’s New Period Crime Drama

Here's the Plot for Your Next Smuggling Caper Novel

Florida man arrested for smuggling dinosaur bones from Mongolia 

Joe Lansdale Interview

Interview: Joe Lansdale, author of Edge Of Dark Water | My Bookish Ways

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One Dead Dean - A Carl Burns Mystery (The Carl Burns Mysteries)One Dead Dean - A Carl Burns Mystery (The Carl Burns Mysteries): Bill Crider: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Hartley Gorman College, in Pecan City, Texas, is hardly a bastion of serious scholarship. The little Baptist school is more interested in shielding its students from the evil influence of The World, The Flesh, and The Devil than in turning out future Nobelists. But its staff, by and large, is worthy of a more demanding institution; they are victims of a glutted market in Ph.D.s and they do the best they can. So it is they who are most upset at Dean Elmore's "secret plan" to award credit hours for "undirected study" by "independent scholars"—in plain words, to turn the school into a diploma mill. 

Which may be why Dean Elmore, shortly after unveiling his plan, is found bludgeoned to death at his desk. It is certainly why, at his funeral, there is not a wet eye in the house.

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Alanis Morissette Music Leads to Domestic Abuse Case in Florida

“The American Regional Mystery” (by Marvin Lachman)

“The American Regional Mystery” (by Marvin Lachman)

Song of the Day

Convoy by C.W. McCall - YouTube:

Anybody Can Make a Mistake

Blind stroke victim Colin Farmer shot in the back with 50,000-volt taser by police who mistook his white stick for a SAMURAI sword |

Uh-Oh

Lisa Marie Presley duets with dad Elvis in new video 

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I Found a Penny the Other Day

Amazing Unseen Rolling Stones Photos Found in a Flea Market

10 reasons we still love J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'

10 reasons we still love J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'

Link via SF Signal.

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Edson T. Hamill, The Sadist, Leisure Books, 1975

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Mom Goes Undercover to Take Down Choir Teacher / Would-Be Facebook Child Predator 

6 TV Networks That Aren't What They Started Out to Be

6 TV Networks That Aren't What They Started Out to Be 

Top 10 Odd Things That People Managed To Steal

Top 10 Odd Things That People Managed To Steal

Gotta Have It

CrocoGator Pen

40 Black & White Photos That Cannot Be Explained

40 Black & White Photos That Cannot Be Explained

Bizarre? What's Bizarre about a Simple Request that Anybody Might Make?

'Can I bring my baby alligator?' Most bizarre requests made by hotel guests

The Surprising Last Words of 11 Entertainers

The Surprising Last Words of 11 Entertainers

Gator Update (Burglary Edition)

2 naked men, alligator key players in bizarre burglary

Heat

HEAT - Trailer - (1995) - HQ - YouTube:

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The 2012 Man Booker Prize Recipient is Hilary Mantel

The 2012 Man Booker Prize Recipient is Hilary Mantel

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Restaurant owner shoots at customer over bill

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Tennessee dad allegedly stabs son TWICE over who gets last beer 

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Naked caveman terrorizing hikers in Texas, locals say

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Forged Book Signatures in the UK?

Forged Book Signatures in the UK? 

I Learned this from Mighty Mouse 60 Years Ago

Scientists: Mice Can ‘Sing’ In Tune With One Another 

It Figures

BBC News - Creativity 'closely entwined with mental illness': Creativity is often part of a mental illness, with writers particularly susceptible, according to a study of more than a million people.

Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan -- Robin Maxwell

Robin Maxwell is known for her historical novels that have sold zillions of copies. This time she's tried something a little different: the story of Jane as told by Jane herself.  It's not quite the same story that Burroughs told, and some fans might object to certain changes that Maxwell has made.  But here's the deal.  There's a frame story that has Burroughs meeting Jane, with her relating the story to him.  So the story that Burroughs told is his version.  This is the "true" version because it's Jane herself talking.  If she's a reliable narrator, that is.

After the frame story there's a lot of setup, as we learn about Jane.  She has an American father who teaches at Cambridge.  Which is good because he's able to pull a lot of strings and get Jane into the medical program.  No women are allowed, technically, and Jane won't be allowed to graduate even if she completes her studies.

Before she gets very far, the attractive Ral Conrath shows up with an offer Jane and her father can't refuse.  He'll be their guide in Africa as they search for the "missing link."  

Things pick up a lot when they arrive in Africa.  There's action and adventure aplenty, and while I won't tell you any more about the plot, I'll say that it does involve some traditional Burroughs tropes.  

While the book was written with the full consent, cooperation, and approval of the Burroughs estate and heirs, I don't know how true fans will react.  I read the Tarzan novels long ago and haven't tried them again.  I loved them at the time, but I'm not a scholar or obsessive fan.  I saw many movies with Johnny Weismuller, Gordon Scott, Lex Barker, and Jock Mahoney.  But that's as far as it goes. 

That being said, I enjoyed the book.  It's well written and clever and entertaining.  There's plenty of room for a sequel, as you can imagine.  I suppose of Maxwell wants to, she can retell all the tales from this new perspective.  Check it out.

Cartoon of the Day

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Song of the Day

Ricky Nelson- Poor Little Fool - YouTube:

Bigfoot Update

Mail Online: A U.S. venture plans to use a remote-controlled 'stealth' airship to hunt for signs of Bigfoot in the mountains of California.

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Johnny Depp Update

Johnny Depp starting publishing imprint, releasing Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie books

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Robert Silverberg on Libraries

Read it here:  Reflections

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Will Henry (Henry Wilson Allen), Custer's Last Stand, Tempo Books, 1968

Harper Lee's Letter to Oprah

Letters of Note: Some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal

10 Landmark Moments in Animation History

10 Landmark Moments in Animation History 

So Shouldn't You Be Dead by Now?

Every hour of TV shortens your life by 22 minutes 

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Unidentified Male Stabbed To Death In Texans-Packers Argument Between Neighbors

4 WTF Stories from the Legend of King Arthur

4 WTF Stories from the Legend of King Arthur

AbeBooks: Akashic Noir series

Brooklyn Noir from Akashic BooksAbeBooks: Akashic Noir series: There's been a murder at a Mumbai spice market, the corpse's fingers sunset-stained with turmeric and saffron. A grisly discovery on a Copenhagen beach sends Danish police scurrying for answers. 

A woman with eyes like warnings and a terrible secret walks into a Pittsburgh P.I.'s office and won't be denied... If you love the grit, grime and sultry sweat of a good piece of noir fiction, the Akashic Noir series is for you. Akashic Books is an independent publisher based in Brooklyn, and begun by musician Johnny Temple, the former bassist for long-running post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys. Temple founded Akashic Books in 1996, with the goal of publishing shining writing stars who might otherwise go overlooked, particularly in the arenas of urban literary fiction and political non-fiction.

Overlooked Movies: The Long Kiss Goodnight

Okay, you guys know me.  I'm the one who likes Cutthroat Island.  So naturally I love this one, too.  Could it be that I'm a Geena Davis fan?  Yes.  Yes, it could.

The plot is one of my favorites from the Gold Medal days: the amnesia plot.  Davis plays Samantha Caine, your average everyday suburban housewife who has no idea who she really is.  She's hired a private-eye (Samuel L. Jackson) to find the answer, but before he uncovers anything, she has an auto accident and her memory starts to return.  She has some skills that the average everyday suburban housewife doesn't have.  That's because she's really a former CIA assassin.  

Jackson finds some clues, more of Davis' memory returns, and people are trying to kill her.  The movie really races along.  Will the baddies kill Davis and Jackson?  Will Davis ever return to her suburban homelife?  Hey, you can't expect me to tell you, but I'll bet you already know.  Getting there is all the fun, however, and it's plenty of fun for me.  Explosions, car crashes, you name it.  The critics didn't like it, as I recall, which is yet another reason I'm not a movie critic.  I think it's great.

Long Kiss Goodnight

Long Kiss Goodnight Trailer - YouTube:

Monday, October 15, 2012

Uh-Oh

Prince, Lady Gaga Writing Songs For Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby'

First It Was the Hot Sauce Tantrum . . . .

NYPD: Teen Attacks Another Teen With Homemade Jalapeno Pepper Spray 

Castles in Space - Michael Dirda

The American Scholar: Castles in Space - Michael Dirda: The other day, while roaming through the book-sale room at a local library, I spotted eight or nine issues of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. All of them were from the early 1960s, with the muted, matte covers of that era, most of them with illustrations by the late Ed Emsh (whose wife, Carol Emshwiller, is one of the greatest living writers of fantasy and sf). Each digest originally cost 40 cents, but now—50 years later—they were only a quarter apiece, and I bought them all.

Read the rest (especially the final paragraph) at the link.
Hat tip to Todd Mason.

One-Man Crime Wave in Alvin, Texas

Robert Claude Powell: A Man, A Barstool, and a Plan Gone Awry

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Welcome to Sierra Blanca, Texas -– The Black Hole of Tour Bus Drug Busts 

Song of the Day

Solomon Burke ~ Cry To Me - YouTube:

Ten Great British Songs Performed By Muppets

Ten Great British Songs Performed By Muppets

Hat tip to Toby O'Brien.

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The Affair of the Wooden Boy (A Mina and James Stark Investigation)The Affair of the Wooden Boy (A Mina and James Stark Investigation): Ian Doyle: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: In Drummond, James Stark and his pretty wife Mina run a discreet inquiry agency and are used to laying their lives on the line to see that justice and the truth prevail. The city is rife with dark creatures, great monsters and men who are beasts, and fantastical foes live in the shadows, waiting for victims. 

When a puppet knocks on their door in the dead of night claiming to be a real boy who has had his body stolen through black arts, James takes up his pistol and sets out to balance the scales. Mina accompanies her husband as they investigate the dangerous affair of the wooden boy.

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Awesome Photos of Writers Hanging Out Together

Awesome Photos of Writers Hanging Out Together

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Ernest Tidyman, Shaft's Carnival of Killers, Bantam, 1974

Currently Free on Smashwords

Smashwords — Collision — A book by Alison Nussbaum: Short story by bank robber turned writer, Al Nussbaum which originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. This is the first in a series of previously published and unpublished manuscripts planned for release.

When the classroom rang with poetry

When the classroom rang with poetry

The 9 Stages of Halloween Appreciation Throughout Life

The 9 Stages of Halloween Appreciation Throughout Life

Twitter fiction

Twitter fiction: 21 authors try their hand at 140-character novels

Crazy Mexican B-Horror Movie Postcards

Crazy Mexican B-Horror Movie Postcards

Or Maybe You Did

11 Book Sequels You Probably Didn’t Know Existed 

Yet Another List I'm Not On

11 of the Richest People in History

The Rock

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Houston Chronicle: A North Texas woman has been charged with retaliation for allegedly posting an undercover police officer's photo on Facebook and identifying him by his job.

Song of the Day

Alison Krauss-Gillian Welch - I'll Fly Away - YouTube:

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Joyce Christmas: R.I.P.

Mystery Fanfare: Joyce Christmas: R.I.P.

Criminal Genius of the Day

Was this a good idea? 

Call for book donations, New York Public Library, c.1918

Call for book donations, New York Public Library, c.1918

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Alex Hawk (Elmer Kelton), Shotgun Settlement, Paperback Library, 1969

Tarzan: King of the Bookshelves on AbeBooks

Tarzan: King of the Bookshelves on AbeBooks: Tarzan remains one of the most recognizable characters in storytelling – a genuine cultural icon. He has appeared in books and comics, and his adventures have been broadcast on radio, television and cinema (80 plus movies). Edgar Rice Burroughs’ creation first appeared in an issue of the pulp publication All-Story Magazine in October 1912 and a book version followed two years later.

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Craft brewers try new tactic in pitch to change state alcohol... | www.statesman.com: For a few dollars, customers can buy an empty pint glass at East Austin’s Hops & Grain brewery, but the year-old business cannot legally sell any of the beer it makes to fill the glass. So, the company gives away its product for free.

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

North Lake College students panic at sound of gunfire | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth: What Culton didn't know was that the gunfire was all part of a planned drill.

10 Legendary Monsters of Australia and Antarctica

10 Legendary Monsters of Australia and Antarctica 

63 Vintage Ads For Alt-Rock Classics

63 Vintage Ads For Alt-Rock Classics

Here's the Plot for Your Next Big Caper Novel

New $100 bills stolen en route to Fed facility 

Or Maybe You Did

Weird Facts That You Didn't Know About E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

Hanging Up

Hanging Up - Movie Trailer - YouTube: