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

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay, A Review

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Gene Stewart

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay William Morrow, 2015, 1st edition hardcover 284pp, deckled pages ISBN:  978-0-06-236323-7 A Review by Gene Stewart A layered, literary mystery/horror novel in a class by itself, likely to be an instant classic, … Continue reading →

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The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker: A Review

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Gene Stewart

The Scarlet Gospels Clive Barker St. Martin’s Press $29.99 USD / Hardcover Special Dust Jacket 362pp, ISBN:  978-1-250-05580-4 If you read this book you will go to Hell. You’ll like such a damnation. Clive Barker’s return to horror, as it’s … Continue reading →

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Past Echoes Present In Future Dreads

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Gene Stewart

We are witnessing America going fascist in appalling lurches.  Little is gradual about it although certainly the prep-work took all the decades since WW II.  Bigotry, intolerance, and militant nationalism rooted in trumped-up fear and hate usher in textbook Nazi-style … Continue reading →

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History’s Now: Remarks About The Black Dahlia’s Possible Killer

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Fauna Hodel is the daughter of Dr. George Hodel and his daughter, Tamar, who was 14 when he got her pregnant. John Huston is said to have hit that, too, among other celebrities and VIPs.  John Philips of The Mamas … Continue reading →

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Hidden Influences

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Watched on Nat Geo Ch an old but good documentary, HITLER AND THE OCCULT, largely mining Peter Levenda’s book Unholy Alliance.  It focused on a sketchy overview of the eerie, even spooky, connections to astrologers and occultists affecting Hitler and … Continue reading →

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The Beginning of The End, Black Sabbath’s Last Tour’s First Concert

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Black Sabbath, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, 20 January 2016 CE, evening No one to glance at, share with, In moments when events Signify chains of memories Shared memory means life. / W B Kek /// Writers learn to store experience, observation, … Continue reading →

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Loaded Weapons – a vignette

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Gene Stewart

“They tell me your name is Striker.  Was Hitman taken?” “My dossier should mention I don’t answer rhetorical questions.” “It says you’re insubordinate.” “Yes.  Right after unpredictable and right before dangerous.” “Any further words for me, Striker?” “Effective.” “Yes.  That’s … Continue reading →

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Enough

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Have I wasted enough of my day to pretend To rise into dressing myself, to eat, to work? Have I wasted enough of myself to allow For a respite from grieving for those gone now? Have I wasted enough of … Continue reading →

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Huxley’s Hinges: An Essay Toward A Coherent, Inclusive Reality

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Drugs let you dismiss what you experience while they affect you.  Under the influence, we say.  We blame intoxication, a poisoning.  Some drugs we call hallucinogens.  They engender false visions, we claim.  Drugs let us deny what we experience because … Continue reading →

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Aping the Worst

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Serial killers become celebrities in America and around the world, their personal things collected, their images polished, and their lives endlessly studied by wanna-bes.  This despite serial killers having reduced everything to a mindless stupidity:  Kill. They are boring imbeciles, … Continue reading →

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