I expected the Chinese government to show their true colors and do anything in their power to cheat and make themselves seem grander and greater than they are in the games.  I expected them to cheat.  Nothing against the Chinese people - I believe one day they will find a way to fight free of the oppression.  Maybe rock and…

So, this lady, Sherry Jones, wrote a “racy historical novel” about the prophet Mohamed’s wife Aisha.  In this novel she had the AUDACITY to include a fictionalized version of the consummation of their marriage that an American academic, Denise Spellberg, of the University of Texas in Auburn found offensive.   According to Ms. Spellberg, you just can’t DO this:

“”I don’t have…

Just a quick note to go back over what’s been here at Macabre Ink recently…one big post with linkage and wonders…just for those who missed all the fun. I’ll break it into short lists for simplicity.

www.storytellersunplugged.com has a brand new look. We are still making additions and tweaks, but my buddy and co-admin Joseph Nassise has it well in hand, and…

On this day in 1937, Amelia Erhardt was officially pronounced missing.

On this day in 1947, an unidentified flying object crashed in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico.

Are there grays among us, or — is Amelia back?  If so, where did she, go, and by the way, did she Elvis?  The Weekly World News could have made magic out of this,…

Yesterday was not a good day.  In fact, I believe factors were in play all weekend leading up to it…but if you want more details you’ll have to visit STORYTELLERS UNPLUGGED where today (Being the first of July) is my day to post.  The column is on why, when you have one of THOSE days, you should take notes.

Trish has some…

A 44 year old woman named Edna Fiedler was found guilty (confessed actually) to taking bogus Nigerian checks from an overseas contact and running one of those stupid scams where people are told they are helping someone overseas, and getting them to cash large checks, then return a portion to the sender.  I’m amazed they finally got someone and put…

Let’s get this out of the way first. I have gotten it into my head — again — as has happened

one or two times in the past, that I should learn to draw - and maybe to paint. I’ve done these things in the past with very mixed results. I actually had some illustrations published long, long ago,

but I never…

I had an interview, book review, and more planned here today, but the expected launch of Simon Wood (Writing as Simon Jans)’s novella SCRUBS was delayed a week…instead, I’m going to point you to the most recent two essays over at Storytellers Unplugged.  You can see the header links on the RSS feed to your right.

This month, Thomas Sullivan writes…

In reading the oddball news this morning - something I take great pleasure in - I was forced to ask myself just what century we live in.  Over in Italy, a man dead now forty years, was exhumed.  The man was a Catholic Monk - a mystic -  who is thought to have experienced The Stigmata, among other pretty amazing…

Okay, this will likely be the least coherent post in some time. I’ve been feverish all day, fighting off the tail end of some sort of flu…went to bed about 1:30 PM and tried to sleep it off. At about 4:00 PM I got up. I sat down. My son took the dog out for me. I heard him calling…