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We never get any trick-or-treaters. I can tell myself that it’s because we’re the only house on a dead-end street and surely, being off the beaten path is part of the problem. But if I’m to be completely honest, it’s because I know that little kids are afraid of our home.

Yes, we live in THAT house.

It’s the one we all dared each other to visit on Halloween. The…

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The Controversial Life of a Book: The Wilde Passions of Dorian Gray is now at Errant Ramblings: Mitzi Szereto's Weblog.

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Waking Up Dead is a paranormal mystery novel that follows the quest of a ghost to solve the crime of another murder victim.…

Up this morning in Kings River Life--a New Year's Eve mystery short story by Gail Farrelly http://kingsriverlife.com/12/29/the-times-square-terrorist-an-original-short-story/

Also up in KRL this morning--a review of Earlene Fowler's new book "The Road To Cardinal Valley", an interview with Earlene, a chance to win a copy of the book & information on her book events at both…

Drop everything (unless it's breakable) and settle back for a good cup o' creepy. Episodes 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the full-production, illustrated audio/visual readings from the supernatural/occult crime thriller, Ash: Return Of The Beast, are up and running. This modern-day serial killer chiller is set mainly in…

Ash: Return Of The Beast •••• by Gary Val Tenuta…

New issue of Kings River Life is up and it's packed!

We have a review of Kris Neri's paranormal mystery "Magical Alienation", a chance to win a copy of the book, a video interview with her from Left Coast Crime & a guest article by her on writing paranormal http://kingsriverlife.com/06/09/magical-alienation-by-kris-neri/

We also have a book review of "No Bells" by F.M. Meredith (aka…

I've certainly done my share of carping over authors' failings, both live and online. I am impatient with characters who act in ways real people never would, with plots that don't make complete sense at the end, and especially with killers who come out of nowhere in the last chapter. However, I don't pretend to be a critic. Like so many other people, I only know--and only want to talk about--what I like.

I've heard writers and readers say that critics don't matter. "I never…

I'm almost at the end of my February Blog Crawl. It's been fun but a little crazy. I'm not sure I could do this more than once a year!

The Post - Being Precise

I know that language changes over time. It has to. I know that clinging to the old ways is futile and might make me seem cantankerous or even silly. But it was my job, for three decades, to guard the language, to see that people under my care used it clearly rather than sloppily,…

People often ask authors where their ideas come from. I speak not for others, but as for me--not a clue most of the time.

THE DEAD DETECTIVE AGENCY, my January release, seems to have stemmed from a conversation I had with my son, a Merrill Lynch VP. He mentioned that he had fired one of their employees for selling away. I asked what that was, and he explained. It took root somewhere in my head, and the idea for a mystery formed.

Where the dead part came from, I could not tell…

It's time to choose the next book. My second Simon & Elizabeth (POISON, YOUR GRACE) and my paranormal, THE DEAD DETECTIVE AGENCY, are both in the editing process, so there is nothing I can do about them until I get the editors' suggestions. My newest endeavor, which I titled DEAD INSIDE, is awaiting word from an agent or two. So what do I want to do next?

The perspiration part: write the third of the historical series. I have it outlined on my handy-dandy little tape recorder, and…

Cristian Ridilla on Kindle Forum says:

“Steven,

Crossroads is an awesome book. I've really been enjoying it, but it is hard to sometimes find time…”…

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