Tag Archives: The Night Strangers

Why trolls see the glass as half-full

Posted on January 8, 2012 by

Last month, after an intense study of 200 young adults roughly 18 and 19 years old, researchers learned the following: Put a pretty girl in front of a guy for three minutes and he becomes a bonobo monkey. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, You really are a cat toy

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

At some point this week, perhaps even today, I will stand a live fir tree in the bay window in my living room, my small way of buying my family’s six cats’ affection for another year. Trust me, there is … Continue reading →

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Feed a Cold, Starve a Pfever

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Okay, ice skating fans and men of a certain age who had serious boyhood crushes on Peggy Fleming: How many of you immediately envision rivers of snot whenever you recall Fleming on ice? Answer: Zero. Actually, that’s not correct. Someone … Continue reading →

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This Friday, Veterans Deserve a Salute

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

Among the papers my brother and I brought back from Florida after our father died this summer was his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army. The papers show that he enlisted in the Army when he was 17, weeks after … Continue reading →

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Goodreads 2011 Choice Awards and The Night Strangers

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

So, THIS was a pleasant surprise: THE NIGHT STRANGERS is a finalist in the Horror Category of Goodreads 2011 Choice Awards. I must confess, I did not see that coming And what thrilled me the most was this: The process. … Continue reading →

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Night of the living deadhead

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

Halloween is fast approaching, a holiday that is all about good taste, decorum, and style. And nothing says elegance more than a $35 “slutty nurse” costume from Spencer Gifts. Actually, that’s not true. There are plenty of “do-it-yourself” ways to … Continue reading →

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Resurrecting My Childhood Ghosts

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

It’s a paperback that cost 45 cents when it was brand new. It’s a little more squat and wide than a traditional mass market edition, and has a red moon and a black bird on the cover. I wrote my … Continue reading →

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So grateful to occupy Vermont

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

Earlier this month I was at the single digit A gates at Washington’s Dulles Airport late on a Saturday afternoon. There are few airport concourses in this country more reminiscent of the American embassy in Saigon in 1975 – as … Continue reading →

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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

I’ve now had my first fire in the woodstove, which means the Lincoln Volunteer Fire Company is on high alert. Okay, that’s an exaggeration. They’re only on medium alert — sort of like the old Homeland Security color-coded warning system, which … Continue reading →

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“It will invade your world.”

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

That headline is a line from Nanore Barsoumian’s review of “The Night Strangers.” I love it. But there have been other terrific lines so far, too.  To wit, this one from Justin Cronin in his review: “To put the matter … Continue reading →

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