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AT HOME IN THE DARK—Preview #14—Richard Chizmar
It took me a while to find a usable photo of Richard Chizmar. There are plenty out there to choose from, but almost all of them show the man wearing a hat, and it's usually a baseball cap, and more often than not the bill casts a shadow that renders everything above...
AT HOME IN THE DARK—Preview #13—James Reasoner
As you may know, this new anthology owes its title to the dying words of the great O. Henry. "Turn up the lights," he said to the crowd gathered at his deathbed. "I don't want to go home in the dark." And the sole criterion for stories, aside from their excellence,...
You can probably skip this…
Are you out of your mind? Well, that's not really for me to say. Why do you ask? What kind of a header is that, telling your readers not to waste their time on your newsletter? I just thought— Or is it all some kind of devious reverse psychology? You tell 'em to skip...
AT HOME IN THE DARK—Preview #12—Jill D. Block
Jill D. Block wrote a couple of promising stories in college, then went off to law school and got sidetracked for thirty years as very successful attorney representing lenders in corporate real estate transactions, which is almost as exciting and gratifying as it...