Author Archives: Gene Stewart

About Gene Stewart

Born 7 Feb 1958 Altoona, PA, USA Married 1980 Three sons, grown Have lived in Japan, Germany, all over US Currently in Nebraska I write, paint, play guitar Read widely Wide taste in music, movies Wide range of interests Hate god yap Humanist, Rationalist, Fortean Love the eerie

From Behind as by Everett Bedford

Marla T., 30, slender, wearing a one-piece dress, her long dark hair loose, got onto the elevator in her building at the end of a long day of sorting legal briefs and doing research in the stacks for the law … Continue reading

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A Thousand Words on Ed & Sherlock

Ed Gein’s cauldron came up for auction and Zak Bagans of GHOST ADVENTURES fame, or notoriety, bought it, to be used on his new show DEADLY POSSESSIONS, about haunted objects associated with death in some way.  Each episode he displays … Continue reading

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Review of A Wilderness of Error by Errol Morris

A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald by Errol Morris Penguin, trade pb, 553pp Copiously illustrated, extensive notes, indexed $18.99, ISBN:  978-0-14-312369-9 A Review by Gene Stewart On 17 February 1970 Army Captain Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald’s wife and … Continue reading

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Review of Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield

Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield Emily Bestler Books, Atria, Simon & Schuster HC, 328pp, $26.99, ISBN:  978-1-4767-1195-9 A Review by Gene Stewart A memento mori presented as the life of William Bellman, who makes the fatal error as a … Continue reading

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Review of Helltown by Jeremy Bates

Helltown / World’s Scariest Places:  Book Three by Jeremy Bates Ghillinnein Books, 2015, 1st ISBN:  978 0997 096 067 A Review by Gene Stewart A group of kids drive to an isolated town in Ohio to investigate legends of hauntings … Continue reading

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Review of nEvermore!

nEvermore! Neo-Gothic Fiction Inspired by the Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe Tales of Murder, Mystery, & the Macabre Edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles Edge, imprint of Hades Publishing $15.95, 259pp, Bio section ISBN 978-177053085-0 A Review by Gene … Continue reading

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Review of The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

The Colorado Kid by Stephen King Hard Case Crime imprint of Dorchester Books, October 2005 Mass Market Paperback, 184pp ISBN:  0-8439-5584-8 A Review by Gene Stewart Written to help inaugurate an imprint of new pulp mysteries, The Colorado Kid is … Continue reading

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Review of BLUE VELVET

Watched BLUE VELVET again last night and it holds up well, being itself out-of-time and timeless. The whole question I was left with is: How did David Lynch get his actors to trust him that much? They sure let go, … Continue reading

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Review of Casebook On the Men In Black by Jim Keith

Casebook on the Men In Black by Jim Keith Adventures Unlimited Press, 2011 edition b&w photos, illos, $14.95 ISBN:  978-1-935487-35-7 A Review by Gene Stewart Men In Black is not just a Will Smith movie franchise.  It’s not just a … Continue reading

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A Review of The Scribe by Matthew Guinn

The Scribe Matthew Guinn Norton hc, 292pp $25.95 US ISBN:  978-0-393-23929-4 Set in 1881 Atlanta during the early days of the New South, The Scribe delves with depth and subtlety into the many cross-currents flowing at that time and eddying … Continue reading

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