Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

As I went up the steps into the University Bookstore in Bellevue, Washington, on a recent Saturday a man in front of me said, “No books lef...

Lt. General Harold (Hal) Moore passed away recently. He was the author of We Were Soldiers Once—and Young . Back when he was a lieutenant c...

Bruce Campbell’s If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor is a surprisingly detailed account of all aspects of his life that re...

I really liked John Hurt. He was so convincing as Winston Smith getting tortured inside the Ministry of Love in 1984 , I was always surpris...

In late August, I sent my vampire parody to a major agent I had pitched to at a writers conference. That was the Pacific Northwest Writers ...

Kat Falcone is only twenty-nine but looks nineteen thanks to her flawless genes, and she is suddenly promoted to captain of a heavy cruiser...

The Barnes & Noble at the Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, WA, where I spent many an hour, closed on December 31. What hit me w...

If you read my previous post , you’ll know that a little girl was talking to the Alexa feature of Amazon’s Echo Dot, and the next thing you...

A six-year-old girl in Texas was delighted when the family received an Echo Dot for a holiday gift. It features Alexa, the digital assistan...