STEAL this BLOG by Steve Steinbock A few weeks back, JLW queried me as to the total number of Dortmunder short stories by Donald E. Westlake. I don’t know if I ever responded (sorry, Jim) but I don’t know the answer. The question, however, compelled me to pull Get Real off the shelf and read […]

MAGIC POTIONS by Deborah Elliott-Upton For me, getting motivated to do anything when the temperatures soar into the triple digits is difficult. Sometimes even putting on a swimsuit or raising a cold drink to the lips is an effort. I know that I’m in big trouble when I don’t even want to read a short […]

THE READINESS IS ALL by Rob Lopresti Photo by Rob Lopresti Thursday night I was watching a concert, having a wonderful time, when I was blindsided by an idea for a story. Normally the first thing I do at a time like that is pull out my notebook and write it down so I won’t […]

Here, as requested, is the second of the two Apocryphal stories featuring Daniel the Prophet, Private Investigator. In this exciting episode, Daniel solves a locked room mystery. And then gets locked up himself, but things work out all right in the end. As before, I’ve used the King James translation and lightly edited strictly for […]

AN UNEXPECTED HISTORY by James Lincoln Warren I do not believe that any person’s worth is determined by his ancestry. History is full of examples of wise and compassionate potentates whose issue were among the vilest of tyrants, as well as of highly meritorious men and women who were the children of utter blackguards. As […]

A FARRAGO FOURTH (or FIFTH) by Leigh Lundin Some days articles are hard to write. The ideas float by, but latching onto one occasionally proves difficult. Hey, I’m ADD– it says so above. Surfin’ Safari The new Safari browser interface looks cool. I had written my own personal portal home page loaded with links I […]

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You […]