This morning made me realize just how casually constant Reiner's work is in my life. His films stop me channel surfing, I always watch a scene. I still watch All in the Family. Everpresent. Not many artists get to that status in your life.

It is beautiful, isn't it?

Thanks, Beau! My latest short fiction collection, DARKNESS DOUBLED, includes a holiday story so it qualifies as Christmassy.

"Eaten" single-handedly put me on Santa's naughty list. Ain't you curious?

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I call this Lone Wolf Syndrome. We grew up with it in our screen heroes: Clint's characters, Mad Max, Rambo, Riggs, Conan, Han/Indy/Deckard. It's supposed to appeal to our primal guy gut but the older you get the less it appeals.

Thanks, Gabino. My latest short fiction collection, DARKNESS DOUBLED, includes a holiday story to get you in a December mood.

"Eaten" was the featured story in last December's issue of Pulphouse and also single-handedly put me on Santa's naughty list. Isn't that cool!?

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Thanks, Beau! I released two new books in 2025, BAD TUNES, a horror novella about an exiled rock star in the 90s, and DARKNESS DOUBLED, my 2nd fiction collection. Dark and nasty and just the right amount of WTF. Check em out here...

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I love the idea of a bookstore selling something you can't get anywhere else. You want a reason to go anyway, but this is a stellar reason.

Someone once pointed me to this Jerry Garcia quote, and it stuck with me: "You don't want to be the best of the best. Try to be the only one who does what you do." That someone was Gavin Newsom of all people.

Diamonds started with promise, Bond on a rampage to find Blofeld for killing Theresa. And then it kinda jokingly "kills" Blofeld within 3 minutes. And then we forget Bond was angry about anything even when we see Blofeld again.

Still love em all.