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SHELF LIFE: Meet Me In Monterey

This year’s Left Coast Crime convention is in lovely Monterey and starts next Thursday. I’m looking forward to it as it’s a time to see friends and have fun. If you’re attending, this is where you’ll find me:   Friday 2:45 – […]

HUMP DAY: The Big Five

A little while ago, CrimeSpree Magazineasked what five books, movies or songs changed my life.  Well, here they are: THE DAY OF TRIFFIDS(1962) turned me into a horror movie fan at the tender age of 6 years old. I hid behind my […]

HUMP DAY: Picking Sides

  I’m in my sixteenth year of living in the US—which is a third of my life.  That’s a scary thought.  Naturally, that length of time in any place is going to have an effect on a person, especially when it comes […]