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

Review of The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Gene Stewart

The Thief By Fuminori Nakamura Soho Crime, 2012 Translated from the Japanese novel Suri, published in 2009 Winner of the Oe Prize Winner of the 2014 David L. Goodis Prize for Noir Fiction 211pp, trade paperback Finished The Thief by … Continue reading →

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Review of Above Top Secret by Timothy Good

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Above Top Secret: The Worldwide UFO Cover-Up by Timothy Good Quill/Wm. Morrow, 1988, 8th imprint 592pp, includes Appendix, Notes, Index Appendix includes facsimile documents and illustrations 2 b&w photo inserts Trade Paperback edition A Review by Gene Stewart Fat book. … Continue reading →

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Review of The Man Who Would Be Jack (the Ripper) by David Bullock

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Gene Stewart

The Man Who Would Be Jack: The Hunt for the Real Ripper by David Bullock The Robson Press, 2012 294pp, 1 illustration, 3 appendices, no index ISBN: 9781849543408 A Review by Gene Stewart In the prologue we witness an inmate … Continue reading →

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Review of The Uninvited by Nick Pope

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Gene Stewart

The Uninvited: An Exposé of the Alien Abduction Phenomenon by Nick Pope Dell pb, 1999, Appendices, Bibliography, Index A Review by Gene Stewart An oldie but a goodie. The first half of this book is as clear-headed, concise, and rational … Continue reading →

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Review of Grave’s End by Elaine Mercado

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Grave’s End, A True Ghost Story by Elaine Mercado, R.N. Introduction by Hans Holzer Llewellyn, 2001, 2nd Printing ISBN: 0 – 73870 – 003 – 7 Trade Paperback This is a well-written, rational portrait of a family dealing with the … Continue reading →

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“Show, Don’t Tell” – a RAT STEW Column

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Rat Stew A Column for The Reluctant Famulus by Gene Stewart “Show, don’t tell.” We hear this echoed in English composition classes. We hear it parroted in writing workshops. We hear it cited in reviews and quoted in interviews. We … Continue reading →

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Ideologues On Parades

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Gene Stewart

“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” / Thomas Paine /// Yet some Crazies are not so easy to spot as Teabaggers and GOP haters. They call their … Continue reading →

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The picture that got me banned from FB

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Gene Stewart

They allow images of grotesque violence. They allow hate speech, racist speech, and calls for the rape, torture, and murder of women. They allow calls for acid to be thrown in the faces of women who won’t put out. They … Continue reading →

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Entity’s Tickle as by W B Kek

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Gene Stewart

The sun has eyes. They watch us In the mirror of the moon. As starlight falls, Illumination Draws us into dark. Our lives are deaths Responsive To our terror of the cold. Those eyes of sun Upon us Trace the … Continue reading →

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Review of Top Secret/Majic by Stanton T. Friedman

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Top Secret/Majic by Stanton T. Friedman Foreward by Whitley Strieber Marlowe & Company, 1996, Trade pb ISBN: 1-56924-741-2 4pp b&w photo insert 5 appendices, bibliography, indexed 272 pages A Book Review and General Discussion by Gene Stewart Although focused on … Continue reading →

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