Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Wolf Hill: An essay from long ago.

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  I periodically repost some of my favorite essays. Here's one, set in autumn, my favorite season. I wrote this in October 1997, on a br...
Monday, July 5, 2021

Selections from Book Number 20, to be published soon

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At 5:45 p.m. on Monday, July 5, I finished my latest book, what will be my 20th in print when it is published in a few months. A thorough ed...
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Friday, December 11, 2020

My Dad and Airplanes

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  Author's Note: I wrote this eight years ago, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of my father's death. Like his memory, it ha...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

John Lennon joins Jack Nicholson in a fictionalized appearance in Blue Hill! Read this excerpt.

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   Along with several fictional characters, starting with the narrator, "Blue Hill" features some real-life people -- Jack Nichols...
Friday, October 16, 2020

Updated on Nov. 14, 2020: Reviews for Blue Hill keep coming in and they are raves!

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The reviews for my latest book, "Blue Hill," a novel that is a profound departure from my other (mostly horror, mystery and sci-fi...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

On a return to a hometown, a reunion with a first love

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  On the run from the law and deep into his journey into the past, Mark Gray, the protagonist of "Blue Hill," returns to his home ...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

Fenway Park on August 18, 1967: Tony Conigliaro struck by pitch.

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Mark Gray, the protagonist of "Blue Hill," is a young Red Sox fan when slugger Tony Conigliaro is beaned by a pitch during the Sox...