The majority of my supernatural suspense novel, The Poe Consequence, takes place in modern day Los Angeles, and prominently features two fictional Latino gangs – The Alvarado Street Diablos and The North Rampart Lobos. For over 30 years while working Read More …
According to the editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, the ‘imaginative impulse’ of Gothic novels was ‘drawn from medieval buildings and ruins,’ and ‘commonly used such settings as castles or monasteries equipped with subterranean passages, dark battlements, hidden panels, and trapdoors.’ The Read More …
I’ve been asked a number of times how I came up with the idea of utilizing some of Edgar Allan Poe’s darker tales, most notably ‘The Tell-Tale Heart,’ as the catalyst for revenge in my novel, The Poe Consequence. It Read More …
For Beatles fans everywhere, there is no need to ask if they’re familiar with the Paul McCartney composition, ‘Hello Goodbye.’ Of their vast repertoire of well known songs, this one, at least commercially, is one of their most popular. What Read More …
Today, March 15, 2020, it seems that most of the world is on lockdown due to the Corona virus. In this time of international fear, sickness, and, tragically, death, it may seem crazy to put any kind of positive spin Read More …