Monthly Archives: July 2014

Crash At Corona by Don Berliner & Stanton T. Friedman, A Review

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Crash at Corona The U.S. Military Retrieval and Cover-Up of a UFO The Definitive Study of the Roswell Incident by Don Berliner and Stanton T. Friedman Paraview Special Editions, 2004 Originally published by Marlowe & Co. in 1992, updated in … Continue reading →

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Heart Eater: How I Got Here

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Gene Stewart

I’m a successful writer. It’s the publishers failing me. That sounds like an ironic joke but consider: I’ve been a writer for 48 years, submitting (at first sporadically, I admit), for 40 years, and publishing for 24 years. My first … Continue reading →

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Boiling the Censorship Frog

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Gene Stewart

First they come for your “porn”. To protect the children, don’tcha know? Then they come for your erotica. Slippery slope when wet, right? Then they come for your horror. All those unhealthy images. Next they come for your young adult … Continue reading →

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Writerly Whining

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Gene Stewart

I’ve just finished fixing galleys of an anthology story made juvenile and riddled with errors by the editors, who evidently don’t know to from too from two, among other horrors such as inserted exclamation marks, italicized words that are also … Continue reading →

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A Blurt About TV Writing

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Remember when the Fonz jumped the shark?  That phrase has come to mean when a series, out of ideas, goes too far into the ridiculous, going against established character and general series logic, solely for something to to so the … Continue reading →

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Climate Change Tarantella: A Plea for Culture Change

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Gene Stewart

If you inform yourself of climate changes, you clearly see the pattern compressing and worsening. Yes, it’s always changed, but never this steeply this fast, and never with such consequences. It is not inevitable to collapse a stable system. That’s … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 7, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Black Dahlia & White Rose by Joyce Carol Oates Ecco/Harper-Collins hardcover, 1st edition 274pp ISBN: 978-0-06-219569-2 A Review by Gene Stewart Although arguably there is but a hint of werewolf in only one of these eleven dark, gleaming tales, readers … Continue reading →

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Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King, A Review

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King Scribner’s 2014 Hardcover 1st edition 437pp ISBN: 978-1-4767-5445-1 A Review by Gene Stewart He mentions James M. Cain on the dedication page but this streamlined killer thriller has other echoes, more contemporary ones. Lean prose, … Continue reading →

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