That’s how I’ve been describing the four kittens that arrived via stork last night to the MamaCat that inhabits the parking lot behind my building.  Either that, or “TINYCATS!,” with all the exuberance of age six.

It’s been brought to my attention that I am gaining a reputation as Crazy Cat Man, but I don’t care.

Pictured below are MamaCat and three of my new friends.  The fourth is actually a little black cat (who presumably takes after his father).  I actually only discovered him about an hour ago, because he … hides in the shadows like the tiniest little ninja that ever was.

If I ever succeed in photographing the finger-length assassin, I will post it.

My buddy Russell Morgan had this to say on Facebook this morning:

“I decided to give mangoes a second chance. While these did taste better than the last one I had, it still tasted a bit like soap to me. Still not a major fan.”

I read “MAGPIES” and was wierded out.  I thought that maybe somewhere Heckle was mourning Jeckle.

Gonna call it “The Dorks of Perception.”

What a terrific review by Michael Patrick Hicks for J.S. Collyer’s “Zero!”  (And this gentleman should not be confused with my old sportswriter pal, Mike Hicks.)

“Zero” will be released by Dagda Publishing on August 16th.

REVIEW: Zero.

I had the wonderful opportunity to be interviewed by Laura Enright, a talented and successful indie author in the Chicago area, whose first vampire novel, “To Touch the Sun,” is garnering rave reviews after its recent release by Dagda Publishing.

Laura invited me over at her blog to chat about my own horror novel, “The Dogs Don’t Bark In Brooklyn Any More.”  Her questions were great fun, and she even ran a picture of Elijah Wood in “Sin City” (2005), so that people finally might understand what I mean when I say Wood would do well playing my character, Francis Lestrade, in a film version of the novel.  (Eventual movie adaptations are a fond dream of many a first-time novelist.)

The interview can be found at her blog, “Literally Laura,” right here:

http://lauraenright.blogspot.com/2014/07/an-interview-with-erik-robert-nolan.html

Thanks, Laura!

From the University of Mary Washington website:

[“I can’t wait to get back to see all the things that have happened since I was there and to take time to walk through the amphitheater,” said Alice Jepson. “When President Hurley told us that students still love the amphitheater, we decided our money would be well invested in helping to restore this area of campus that holds so many special memories for alumni and students alike.”]

Jepsons Give $1 Million to Restore UMW Amphitheater

Because, all things being equal, the nerdiest explanation is usually the best.

“Staffhounds had never had the best of reputations.

Stout and muscular. Shark-mouthed and chainlinked.
A panting vortex in a tea-mug, pulling
buzz-cut and behooded blokes – slurring out
with lager lungs and fag-ash wit.”

— from Philippe Blenkiron’s “The Pustoy”