Excerpt from Lord Byron’s “Apostrophe to the Ocean,” 1818

Poster for “The Last of Us” Season 2, 2025

HBO.

“For the soul is dead that slumbers …”

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “A Psalm of Life”



Photo of Longfellow on the Isle of Wight, England, taken in 1868 by Julia Margaret Cameron.

Throwback Thursday: this intro for the 1984 TV premiere of “Alien” (1979)

Here’s another little goody related to ABC’s 1984 broadcast of “Alien” (1979) — the intro to it on “The ABC Sunday Night Movie,” complete with a content warning.

I am linking here, by the way, to the totally cool people at the Retro Channel on Youtube.



So I passed a couple of nice milestones yesterday.

I’ve now been published throughout 60 periodicals in 11 countries and five continents.  It’s a good feeling.  🙂

[Update — I edited the headline to correctly read “passed a couple of nice milestones” instead of “hitting” them.  Because that’s an entirely different metaphor.]



Cover to “Gotham Central” #20, Michael Lark, Stefano Gaudiano & Lee Loughridge, 2004

DC Comics.

The Ultramarine Literary Review publishes my horror story, “The Devil and Amanda Ogilvie.”

I am thrilled to see the Ultramarine Literary Review in Chile publish my supernatural horror tale, “The Devil and Amanda Ogilvie.”  The story depicts a fateful meeting between a troubled New York City publishing heiress and The Devil himself. 

You can find it right here.

I am grateful to Editor-in-Chief Catalina Bonati for working with me to significantly improve the draft of the story that I originally submitted.  And of course I am honored to see my writing showcased in this outstanding South American literary magazine.



Cover to “Amazing Stories,” A. Sigmond, February 1933

Teck Publishing.

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