Monthly Archives: September 2022

Harsh Words From A Buried Box

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Some snarls, growls, and facts to be faced without fear. It’s not that you write, it’s that you publish that matters.  In the digital age this leads to a torrent of amateur work that floods the market, gluts the browsers, … Continue reading →

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Electronic Voice Phenomena & Me

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Gene Stewart

In 1976 I was in Gelnhausen, Germany listening to AFRTS radio as I was writing one afternoon about local and regional alchemists, having visited a few of their haunts. On came an interesting segment about EVPs, a topic I’d not … Continue reading →

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Decoding “Classic” TV

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Gene Stewart

A percipient commentary by John Oliver regarding Dick Wolf’s Law and Order empire revealed how propagandistic and unrealistic it is. Diane Neal, who played an assistant district attorney on the show, chimed in to concur a few days later. It’s neither … Continue reading →

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Be Amazed

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Remakes are easier to get funded because they have a proven record. That has traditionally been what has driven Hollywood to keep producing retreads. Same story, new cast. What’s been happening lately differs because X-gen and later directors who grew … Continue reading →

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Why I’m So Old

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Years ago, having published short fiction for more than a decade, in scads of magazines (remember them?) and anthologies, I’d begun writing novellas and novels.  Some of my novellas began appearing, notably in the War World Series of military sf … Continue reading →

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