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FIVE STAR NON-FICTION: RABID by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy

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As a tailgater of genetic and epigentic advances in medicine, I was fascinated by this somewhat anecdotal and jumpy narrative… Read more FIVE STAR NON-FICTION: RABID by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy

FIVE STAR DIALOGUE AND MOOD PIECE: ‘THE CHILD THIEF’ BY J. B. ROCKWELL

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This stunning short fantasy is published in an anthology titled in LITTLE GIRL LOST, Mannison Press, 2019. It is a… Read more FIVE STAR DIALOGUE AND MOOD PIECE: ‘THE CHILD THIEF’ BY J. B. ROCKWELL

FIVE STAR: REVIEW OF SALMAN RUSHDIE’S QUICHOTTE.

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A mesmerizing single-sitting read if you’re up for it. QUICHOTTE is yet another sample of Rushdie’s prose-magic–or “metaphoric roguery”–a serpentine… Read more FIVE STAR: REVIEW OF SALMAN RUSHDIE’S QUICHOTTE.

FIVE STAR: A STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF THE SCI-FI SHORT STORY “STORY OF YOUR LIFE.”

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TED CHIANG’s amazing imagination together with his knowledge of math, science, mechanics, and linguistics has gifted us with a volume… Read more FIVE STAR: A STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF THE SCI-FI SHORT STORY “STORY OF YOUR LIFE.”

Putting on the Wellies: Home Research

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Classic: Roget’s Thesaurus. Online: powerthesaurus.org Dictionaries: The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), especially useful for establishing historical word use Webster’s Encyclopedic… Read more Putting on the Wellies: Home Research

FIVE STAR Novels of Missing Persons

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Jonathan Letham: THE FERAL DETECTIVE. A gripping journey, in the company of Phoebe and the feral Detective Charles Heist, into… Read more FIVE STAR Novels of Missing Persons

FIVE STAR INDIE BOOKS

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Elliott Downing: The Keys of the Kingdom. Self-Published. A compelling short fiction dealing with the public exploitation of private grief… Read more FIVE STAR INDIE BOOKS

FIVE STAR: STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF LOU BERNEY’S NOVEMBER ROAD *****

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GENRE: Thriller; 1960s-era picaresque novel. THEME: At one level, Karma; at a deeper level, Free Will as a realization that… Read more FIVE STAR: STRUCTURAL REVIEW OF LOU BERNEY’S NOVEMBER ROAD *****

Putting on the Wellies 8: Conferencing for Crime

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From Crime Bake 2018 (Woburn, MA): November 2018 Two incredibly useful lectures this weekend: Geoff Symon (geoffsymon.com) lecture on representing… Read more Putting on the Wellies 8: Conferencing for Crime

Putting on the Wellies 7: Twitter

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I didn’t know how and I’m still feeling my way in my rubber boots, but the Twitter writing community has… Read more Putting on the Wellies 7: Twitter

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