Monthly Archives: October 2022

A Pachinko Through My Reading and Writing History

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Expanded from comments posted to CarolynMarieReads on  Youtube’s book tube on 25 Oct 2527 — My mother would give me a mmpb in my Easter Basket, and I believe the first one ever was Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. From … Continue reading →

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Ill-Advised Brief Statement From a Distant Corner

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Woodrow Wilson censored the media and put political enemies in jail. Despotic fascism. Ah, but he was low-key and not a blathering lunatic, so we tend to forget. Besides, the fascist right normalizes such extremism. It was 1953 when Harry … Continue reading →

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Best Southern Gothic Novel In Ages

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Gene Stewart

Darling by Mercedes M Yardley BlackSpot Books, 2022, POD trade pb 291pp, illustration motif throughout ISBN: 978-1-64548-119-5 A Review by Gene Stewart Superlative Southern Gothic, the best of its type I’ve ever read. The physical volume is beautifully published. It … Continue reading →

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