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When I Was 16 in 1974...
...I was working weekends and summers at the Fina Station on the corner of Main and Oak Streets in Ada, Oklahoma. I was getting paid the...
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Mel
Dec 14, 20192 min read
THE RARE COIN SCORE by Richard Stark
I love the old Gold Medal covers I grew up looking at as a kid, so I’m featuring the one above instead of going with an image of the new...
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Dec 12, 20195 min read
So What Does It Take For Someone To Buy A Book?
That's a question every writer, agent, and publisher wants to know. Those professionals have oftentimes spent a ton of money trying to...
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Dec 12, 20192 min read
COLD STORAGE by David Koepp
There’s a lot of buzz behind Cold Storage. The author worked on several movie scripts, including Jurassic Park and Spider-Man, both films...
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Dec 12, 20192 min read
KILLING QUARRY by Max Allan Collins
Quarry’s back! And this time HE’S the target. And boy, his face is red! He just wants to make sure that remains a figure of speech. For...
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Jan 6, 20194 min read
HOW I CAME TO WRITE THE CAPTAIN NGOLA STORIES
I was a young man when Ace Books reprinted the Conan the Barbarian books in the late 1960s and 1970s, and for a period thereafter. Ace...
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Jan 5, 20191 min read
Captain Ngola!
I've written a couple novella about Captain Ngola, a black sea captain who was once a slave in the Caribbean but took command of his own...
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Dec 27, 20181 min read
HARDMAN: THE GOLDEN GIRL AND ALL
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2641271773?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
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Dec 27, 20181 min read
HARDMAN: THE CHARLESTON KNIFE IS BACK IN TOWN
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2641225748?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
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Dec 23, 20181 min read
THE ARTIFACT HUNTERS: RACE OF THIEVES
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2635917615?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
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Dec 23, 20181 min read
FIVE KINGDOMS: SKY RAIDERS
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18049017-sky-raiders?from_search=true
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Dec 23, 20181 min read
HARDMAN: ATLANTA DEATHWATCH
Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2635440885 For fun, I wanted to add the original cover, which I think is really campy.
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Sep 1, 201810 min read
The Morbche Abyss: Chapter 1
Chapter 1 The woman’s expensive attire and pale, buttery skin marked her as wabipu, an outsider, and Peyton Kalagho figured she’d never...
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Jun 14, 20181 min read
Plastic Man #1
Loved this first issue! Gail Simone is at the top of her game in this one, and Adriana Melo's art is fantastic!
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May 9, 20181 min read
Breaking In
I've been seeing commercials for this one all over the place. I know it will probably be predictable, but I like the idea of a mom taking...
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May 9, 20181 min read
Avengers: Infinity War
I had an absolute blast with this one--despite the cliffhanger ending. The various missions for the teams played well and kept up a...
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Feb 21, 20181 min read
The Brave and the Bold #1
I enjoyed this one. Slow start, but interesting. Review on Amazon.
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Feb 4, 20181 min read
Amazon $.99 Special!
An honorably retired warrior, Jordi Serrano had no more reason and no one left to fight … until he hears about the atrocities of China’s...
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Jan 21, 20181 min read
Gotham by Gaslight
Really looking forward to this one! Gotham City, at the turn of the century, is experiencing a golden era of discovery and industry as...
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