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 Genius Plays a Vintage Gibson

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Gene Stewart
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So …

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Gene Stewart

How many more days?

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Unnamed Successor

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Gene Stewart

Two men met at a café off tourist paths. One wore Brooks Brothers, the other, Armani. Both had silvery grey hair, Armani’s sparser. Both wore fashionably-negligible glasses.  They sat at a round table in a corner, each with a back … Continue reading →

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We Won’t

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Gene Stewart

Micro tremors people don’t notice are blamed by skeptics for ghost sightings. Disorients them, it’s claimed. Sure, a dizzy or blurred instant from a tremor might boggle someone, but can an unnoticed shiver of the earth prompt hallucinations?  Skeptics also … Continue reading →

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How Long? (Ben Franklin Wants to Know)

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Gene Stewart

In 1955, ten years before her mysterious death, celebrity journalist Dorothy Kilgallen — now there’s an Irish drinking name, even though she was American and sober — heard a story while on vacation in Britain from a high-ranking military officer … Continue reading →

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Pulping Racism

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Gene Stewart

Racism has a pulpy core, softened by rot. The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer is a romp but oh the racism and oh the overwrought emotion, yikes. Yellow Peril stuff, saving ‘the White Race’ therefrom, and crammed with racial … Continue reading →

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Poof! Gone

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Gene Stewart

Planes have flown into clouds and vanished. No wreckage fell or was found. There are quite a few incidents of this type. Many are witnessed by large numbers of people. Being inexplicable, such events fade in memory and mention. The … Continue reading →

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A Swirl of Sparks

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Gene Stewart

Sparks swirled like snow, or was it snow swirling like sparks, in a gust of history. Insufficient to light the darkness, the swarm faded, leaving a faint dazzle in the eye.  Regalia paraded unseen, trumpets silent, a stealth war killing … Continue reading →

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It Isn’t Obligated to Make Sense

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Gene Stewart

As I read the excellent ninth Missing 411 book, Canada, I’m considering as always the impossibility — so far — of offering a convincing solution to the core mysteries of these cases. It struck me, as a writer, to think … Continue reading →

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Trust, But Verify … Remember That Tall Order?

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Gene Stewart

A presumed competence, a projected avoidance of flights of fancy, and a strict adherence to observed fact attaches to both active and ex military and police witnesses, buttressing their credibility. Their testimony often flops debates and influences conclusions. Yet, they’re … Continue reading →

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