Category: literature

  • Launching Fiddling with Death

    The 3rd Thriller in the Josh Kavanagh Series Fiddling With Death’s official book launch started February 10 and ended the 17th, with the earliest reviews any of my books have had. Usually, it takes a month or more after a book launch for the first review to appear. This time, the first four came out […]

  • #1: A Josh Kavanagh Thriller Short Story

    SECOND SHOT The Patriot Oath’s Chapter 3 from Rachel’s POVThis is a Reader Magnet  Suki entered the dining room, looking excited for the first time since the assault. “He’s here!” she said, her voice animated. The chatter around the table stopped. Rachel thought, Who got her excited like that? The only empty chairs at the […]

  • The irony of digital devices eating our brains

    To entertain us 24/7, and allegedly make our lives easier and happier, we are only making our species dumber, disturbed, and irrationally more dangerous. With the arrival of AI, I think our biological brains are going to shrink a lot more until all that’s left is our reptilian brain where fight or flight resides. The […]

  • Josh Kavanagh Thriller Series launched with Never for Glory

    He’d give his life for his country. But this time, it’s personal. Josh Kavanagh burns for vengeance. Parachuting with no backup into a lawless area of southern Venezuela, the Special Ops legend is intent on hunting down the rogue agent who put his wife in a coma. But as soon as he gets feet on […]

  • Boredom

    People who are often bored are at a greater risk of developing anxiety, depression, and drug or alcohol addiction.

  • I am a very boring guy

    Lloyd Lofthouse is a very boring guy because he doesn’t pay to do things most people think are fun.

  • When the Muse Strikes and A-Cappella Hijacked the Next Novel

    I turned 21 in Vietnam where I’d hold a grenade with the pin pulled to make sure if I fell asleep while on watch, the blast would wake the others.

  • The Complexity of Belief vs the Reality of Racism – a review of “Go Set A Watchman”

    When the sequel of “To Kill A Mockingbird” came out, the first thing I read was one or more of the politically correct mobs lashing out when they condemned the book because of an early scene in the novel that depicts Atticus Finch as a racist.