This wonderful little piece that shares my feelings on this creature, comes from my good friend and very talented author Aurora Jean Alexander. I highly recommend checking out her site for more shorts and poems, you’ll be glad you did.
Originally from Levittown NY, I currently reside somewhere along the coast in California with my wife/co-author Helen.
A lot of my creativity was born from my lifelong love of science fiction and horror. As a child I grew up on the original Dark Shadows, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Doctor Who (which I still follow) and Anime.
A few of my favorite authors are HP Lovecraft, Jane Austen, Robert Asprin, Jodi Lynn Nye, Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe, and so many more.
However, I do not spend all our time sitting behind a desk writing. I like to get out and try new things. We also like to explore new places, sometimes with family or friends. I've gotten plenty of ideas thanks to these adventures. I like to draw from personal experience because I feel it lends a bit of authenticity to a story and its characters. Which is probably why Helen and I still love to attend conventions which involve sci-fi, fantasy, anime, comics, you name it. Yes, we are Geeks and proud of it.
The GIF above was basically me last night as we welcomed in the new year. I gave 2026 a warning that we would not tolerate any of the shenanigans we’ve experienced in 2025 and to behave itself and straighten up right off the bat. I guess we’ll all have to wait and see if it…
(this is my trying to be brave face) To continue with what I was saying in my last post, this whole experience has been quite an eye-opening journey. For instance, trying to almost constantly adjust to dealing with my current circumstances while doing what was once ordinary tasks for me. Now as I said in…
Go GOOGLE yourself! And I mean it folks. Now I’m not trying to be rude or obnoxious folks. I’m actually being quite serious about this. Sometimes putting your name in Google and checking out what pops up can be a real eye-opener. The other day when I was sitting in the library with my wife…
After reading Miss Du Maurier’s classic “Rebecca” I set out to find more of her works, in particular I wanted to read some of her short works. In “The Doll: THe Lost Short Stories” I found a treasure of tales which left me both fascinated and a bit disconcerted. One might easily wonder at how…
What a tense time. Will it sell? Will people review it? I know the book is good, but making a splash when there are so many forms of entertainment out there isn’t easy. This is the part where the audience keeps the writer in suspense. But don’t worry, I’m good at waiting: in fact, I’ll…
The third installment of my Para-Earth Series, “The Vampyre Blogs – Coming Home” will be released on October 28th! That’s right folks, Halloween will start a couple of days early, so get ready to grab your copy of the next installment of the Para-Earth Series. The book will be available in Trade Paperback, Kindle, Nook,…
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Thank you so much for the re-blog, Allan. It is very much appreciated!
You deserved it. This a really good piece.