Tag Archives: an incident on ishtar

Rushdie, Van Gogh, Romania, China

Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked and stabbed this month while speaking at the Chautauqua Institute in New York. He is a personal hero of mine. A writer of vivid power and perception, a man of astounding courage, and a true … Continue reading

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The Song of Lost Voices in FSF

“The desert was singing louder than usual as Jack Santos shuffled into the kitchen tent for a much-needed coffee.” That’s the opening line for my novelette “The Song of Lost Voices”, which happens to be the headlining tale in The … Continue reading

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Social Life, Shadow Walks, and Cyrus

Now that my family, friends, social circle, and much of Connecticut have been fully vaccinated, the month of May has served as a cautious restart to having a social life. A Mother’s Day brunch, a group sushi night at a … Continue reading

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A Quiet Place of Terror and a City in the Sky

I saw A Quiet Place and found it to be one of the most intense films I’ve seen since 28 Weeks Later. Smart, tightly constructed and truly scary, with an admirable devotion to show-don’t-tell storytelling and a thoroughly unique nature … Continue reading

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