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All I Want for Christmas Is... Reader Reviews!

Hey, readers! I know that Amazon can be a bit weird about leaving reviews if you didn't buy the books on Amazon (ie, bought them at a con or directly online), so here are the links to leave reviews on either Goodreads or StoryGraph. 

And once again, I thank you for your honest reviews. 

Show Me a Hero

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208714410-show-me-a-hero

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/00979f0a-1ca2-4d16-a2c2-bb8111f9ba4b

A Crowd in Babylon

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208912563-a-crowd-in-babylon-and-other-dark-tales

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4154e3c6-6ec2-4247-bbd1-5a2fa096fef1

When We Had No Flag

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229012706-when-we-had-no-flag

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2036e912-17ae-4abb-b60c-b274c1b22c93

Sin and Error Pining

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37653895-sin-and-error-pining

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c39724f2-b7a6-4e3d-a41b-3a42b52bedae

Warts and All

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219488375-warts-and-all

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6588cf30-bfcd-4721-b694-dc863fe0abb2

The Corpse Delivers the Eulogy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208457858-the-corpse-delivers-the-eulogy-and-other-works

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fbcd9461-89d9-4064-8073-64a524c5195d

Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229011184-bad-girls-good-guys-and-two-fisted-action

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/46da2240-503f-4f3b-bf24-aff028b3a5ba

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTION PRESENTS THE PERSONA – VOL. 3 SILVER SKIN

Novelty king, Michael Mansford, aka the Persona, takes a business trip to Brazil with his fiancé, Stacey Standish. However, on their way, a strange phenomenon occurs over the rain forest, which pulls their plane into a mysterious realm, which is occupied by hostile, flesh-feasting natives and a silver-skinned alien who intends to redesign the landscape to his liking.  

With his mystical powers limited, Mansford must find the means to thwart the alien fiend before a rescue team arrives and is captured by it. Will Mansford and his bold companions succeed in time, or will Earth morph into something that no human can survive? 

Once again writer Michael Housel pits his master of occult powers against the forces of alien evil obsessed with the destruction of our world. This third adventure is illustrated by artist Aiden Belcher with a cover by Michael Youngblood.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTION – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

Available now from Amazon in paperback and soon on Kindle.

Holiday-Themed Writing Prompts

 If you find yourself needing a little push or a little help getting started, try some of these prompts for Season-Themed tales:

https://minds-in-bloom.com/20-christmas-writing-prompts/

http://www.build-creative-writing-ideas.com/christmas-writing-prompts.html

Movie Reviews for Writers: The Norliss Tapes

I can't believe I only recently discovered this flick. 

Considering just how big a Kolchak the Night Stalker fan I am, you'd think I would have seen it way earlier. 

Oh well. 

Coming into this movie, all I knew was that it was very similar to both the Kolchak movies and the series, and that it was produced by the same guy (Dan Curtis, also of Dark Shadows fame).

David Norliss is a writer working on a book debunking supernatural events. It's a book he pitched to his publisher. It's a book he has been paid a large advance for. Only, after almost a year, not a word is written.

Sanford: Hello, David. Been a while. How's the book coming?

Norliss: Sanford, I've gotta talk to you.

Sanford: I know, you're gonna tell me it's only half-written, and we're gonna have to delay our-

Norliss: Half-written, hell. I don't have a word on paper.

Sanford: It's been almost a year.

Norliss: I know how long it's been, Sanford. But I, uh... I can't write it. I'm afraid to write it. You're not making sense.

Sanford: We gave you a sizeable advance to write a book debunking the supernatural, which was your idea not ours. And now you tell me, a year later, you haven't even started it.

Now, before you chalk David's problem up to what is typically called Writer's Block, it's not that. It's much deeper. He's not distracted. He's not "blocked." He's terrified. 

A free gift to you! "The Little Match Girl" read by me!

  

Folks, this is my favorite seasonal tale, and I'm happy to share it with you here. 

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