BAR MITZVAH BLISS by Steven Steinbock I’m writing this a whole week early, having just finished writing my April 16 column, since this column gets posted on the day before my son Sam’s Bar Mitzvah. He’ll do great. He is a man of many words. A chip off the old block. Back Formations Two weeks […]

AMERICAN IDOLS by Deborah Elliott-Upton Contest Judges James Baldwin, Jane Austen, and William Shakespeare Currently one of the highest rankings on television’s Nielsen charts is American Idol – and remember, they’re doing that twice a week, season after season, with no sign of let-up. News of those voted off by American viewers are as eagerly […]

Due to some technical problems, which I won’t go into here, next week’s Tune It Or Die! was published last night instead of the correct one, albeit with the illustration for today’s column. I forthwith present the correct column, which, as the Gentle Reader may appreciate, is the more appropriate one given today’s anniversary event. […]

He-e-ere’s Eddy! With some notes from moi. —JLW THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO by Edgar Allan Poe The thousand injuries of Fortunato1 I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance […]

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD PROCESSOR1 by James Lincoln Warren A carpenter is only as good as his tools. The first time I ever got to play with a consumer-oriented computer was in 1985, when I was at the U.S Navy’s Department Head School in Newport, RI. One of my colleagues, Dave Rodgers, had […]

VAMPIRES DON’T SUCK by Leigh Lundin Last week, I wrote about Terrie Moran‘s top flight banshee mystery, ‘The Awakening’ in the MWA anthology, Crimes by Moonlight. The sounds you hear are Irish fairies singing its praises, especially since Women of Mystery are giving copies of the anthology for free! With a slight detour for a […]

GETTING CAUGHT by John M. Floyd Living as I do in the hinterlands, it’s always fun when a nationally known writer comes to our area for a signing. That was the case a couple weeks ago: bestselling author Harlan Coben visited Lemuria Bookstore in Jackson. I was of course in attendance, to buy his latest […]