Last month I attended the last 20 Book to 50K conference to be held in Las Vegas. Having attended the previous year, I knew more-or-less what to expect: a four-day…
Are you...well, like me? Someone who not only has loved Halloween from a young age, but ghosts, spirits, and gothic fiction? Then you know that there's only one monster I…
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Do you feel like you're being watched? If you live in California within range of the Santa Lucia mountains, you may have caught the eye of the Dark Watchers. Also…
Here's one you've never heard: What do you call a food court that charges $20 for a sandwich? I'll give you one guess. Okay, now that that's out of the…
Y'all know I'm obsessed with Las Vegas. In a good way. But that doesn't mean I don't occasionally long for my Midwest roots. The trees. The 100+ days of rain…
If you find yourself traveling in the Northwoods on your way to Lake Superior, you might consider stopping off for a pack of cigarettes before you get there. You'll need…
Do you get the sense that something big is coming? A battle or a confrontation? Do you have that strange feeling of being watched? If so, you may want to…
There are two kinds of casinos. The first is the one everyone pictures when they think of Vegas: big and bright, with slot machines, table games, an attached hotel, a…