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About Me

I'm the publisher and co- author of Cosmic Suicide: the Tragedy and Transcendence of Heaven's Gate and Three Myths of Gods, Devils, and Beasts . Presently, however, I'm more interested in bookbinding and reading than writing or publishing.
Though I can be reclusive to a fault, I love my friends in Dallas and elsewhere.
Top 8: Prince fams!
Durian uber alles! Ia Ia!!!

My Interests

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Mr. MN: PRN.

My Blog

Ray Bradbury’s words, not mine, though I share his sentiment

Last summer, Ray Bradbury made an appearance at Acres of Books in Long Beach, CA. Our nation's greatest octagenarian said: "Bookstores should be the center of our lives. There's no bookstore in Venice...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:09:00 GMT

Havent written haikus since high school, but here goes...

Perhaps it's an odd sentiment this spring, but what you see is what you get: Nervous birds in flight, Horseshoe crab leaf-husks scuttle; Autumn's flown and gone. DEFINITION: Haiku -- an unrhymed ...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:12:00 GMT

Entering Hades book review (true crime)

John Leake's Entering Hades is a great true crime book. First of all, it gets directly to the point. A dead body is discovered on page one! (Don't worry, there will be no more spoilers below. Instead,...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:08:00 GMT

John Shirley gave me insomnia

John Shirley is a great writer. At the moment, he's got me so scared I can't sleep. I challenge the bravest of souls not to shiver & shudder when reading Cellars, In Darkness Waiting, or Wetbones....
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:40:00 GMT

book review of Bloch's The Opener of the Way

The Opener of the Way Greatness? Write this way... A review by Forrest Jackson(originally written for The Arkham Archives) More than fifty years have passed since the publication of the first Robert ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:07:00 GMT