Its been a while since I filled this out, so I thought I might give it another go. 1. If you could build a new house anywhere, where would it be? Probably some place like Richmond — close enough to… Read More ›
New York City
The Chemist’s War
It was Christmas Eve 1926, the streets aglitter with snow and lights, when the man afraid of Santa Claus stumbled into the emergency room at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital. He was flushed, gasping with fear: Santa Claus, he kept… Read More ›
5 Totally Random Sites
Every month I will pick 5 totally random words, put them all together, google them, and post the results. I am doing this for no sane reason – I just thought it might be fun. This month’s words are: representation… Read More ›
Joe Queenan in ‘Balsamic Dreams’
“Rejecting the verdict of society at large – let’s face it, everybody else hates them – the 75 million Americans born between 1944 and 1960 persist in the delusion that they are really smart, really good, really cool people…” … Read More ›
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Pfeffer
Opening Sentence:At the moment when life as he knew it changed for ever, Alex Morales was behind the counter at Joey’s Pizza, slicing a spinach pesto pie into eight roughly equal pieces. Synopsis:A tsunami taller than a scyscraper Downtown New… Read More ›
Life as We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer
Opening Sentence:Lisa is pregnant. Synopsis:No Shops. No TV. No Electricity. No Daylight. No idea if your family is alive or dead… Could you survive? An asteroid will hit the moon at 9.30 this evening. The astronomers say there’s nothing to… Read More ›
Plague: A Story of Science, Rivalry, and the Scourge That Won’t Go Away by Edward Marriott
Synopsis:Plague. The very word carries an unholy resonance. No other disease can claim its apocalyptic power: it can lie dormant for centuries, only to resurface with nation-killing force. Here, with the high drama of an adventure tale, Edward Marriott unravels… Read More ›
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 