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The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins Riverhead Books/Penguin, 2015 323pp, hardcover A Review by Gene Stewart A lonely woman on her daily train commute notices a pile of clothing beside the track. She is Rachel, doing her best … Continue reading
Posted in Sample Reviews
Tagged Girl On Train, Hawkins, mystery, novel
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The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro, A Review
The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012 355pp, trade paperback notes & discussion questions A Review by Gene Stewart First, this novel is a fascinating tour through Boston’s art world, high and low. Mostly … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Boston, Degas, Forgery, Gallery, Gardner Museum, Shapiro, theft
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Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz, A Review
Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz Harper, 2014, 1st edition, hardcover 285pp, deckled edges, special end papers, cut-out dust jacket, illustrated cover A Review by Gene Stewart If you’re familiar with the Alex Rider YA series, the BBC-TV series Midsomer Murders, or … Continue reading
What Editors Do, A Rebuttal
It strikes me that editors asking for changes is simply another way of stripping our voices from the work. Whatcha think? Yes, a good editor can focus a work but I don’t see that happening more than once in every … Continue reading
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Tagged editing, editors, poet, poetry, precision, responsibility, voice, Writing
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A Survey of Forteana & Weirdness
This is for sheer fun. Have at it. In 1939, in London, ex Nazi officer Hermann Rauschning published Hitler Speaks, ostensibly a transcript of conversations he’d had with Adolf Hitler. In them, Hitler reveals he was what we’d now call … Continue reading
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Tagged base, Cramer, Hindu, Lanka, Mohenjo Daro, space soldier, Sumerian, Swann, UFO
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A True Crime Evening
Night predation Flickers on TV, British tea Pleasantly bitter On the tongue. Cool air stirs Patient curtains. Distant sounds echo. Dogs bark, engines rev, Car doors slam, Words clump for me, Attempts to catch time. Moments, impressions, Sensations, thoughts, Experiences … Continue reading
Posted in Gene's Art, Poetry
Tagged dark, moments, night, poem, predation, show, true crime, words
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Finding Your Own Voice In Writing
Developing writers with ambition all want to find their own voices, craft their own styles, and become known as the only source for their particular writing. Then they grow up and discover that editors hate that and want mostly pastiche … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical Writing, Sample Essays
Tagged Doyle, editors, Lovecraft, pandering, plot points, voice, Writing
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Art & Artist Considered As a Venn Diagram
About the Woody Allen and Jerry Seinfeld and even Bill Cosby thing: I’m all for keeping considerations of the art apart from the artist, but when it’s as blatant as MANHATTAN makes it, you’ve got to deal with it. When … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Bill Cosby, H. P. Lovecraft, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Lolita, MANHATTAN, Robert E. Howard, stalking, Vladimir Nabokov, Woody Allen
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The Madness of Empty Spaces by David E. Cowen, a review
The Madness of Empty Spaces: The Dark Poetry of David E. Cowen Weasel Press, 2014, 61p Introduction by Danel Olson ISBN: 978-069-233-2962 A Review by Gene Stewart A poetry collection featuring cover art, front and back, by the poet, published … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, poetry, review, Stoker Award
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To Call the Dark
“To Call the Dark” Dust between its teeth; Dessicated unbrushed food Or simply years of absence Ignored by apathy? Condemned house Taken apart, torn down; Floorboards revealed Confusion, surprise, shock. Details delivered disgust: Crushed cranium, Shattered teeth, Fractured eye sockets. … Continue reading
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Tagged existentialism, poem, To Call the Dark, W B Kek
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