Stories that Follow You Home
Hang around book-nerds types long enough and you’ll hear them mention the word “subversive.” Subversive themes, subversive protagonists, subversive…well, you get the picture. Now, before you decide all English professors and book-club members need to be on some government watch list, what they’re talking about are the aspects of a story that make you rethink your assumptions. Part of this rethinking is...
Detective Fiction’s First Odd Couple There are all kinds of mystery stories, filled with all different types of detectives, but if you’re going back to the roots of the mystery series types, the Granddaddies of them have got to be Holmes and Watson. They’re the original Adama-&-Eve, Mutt-&-Jeff, Odd Couple detective team and the template they set up is fierce. An Early portrait of the Dynamic Duo Thank you, W...
So, I’ve been thinking…. (Yes, I have! If you wonder where I’ve been for weeks and weeks, I’ve been lost in the woods thinking. And, despite the heat of the oncoming summer, I believe I’ve come up with a thought.) Of all the fictional genres out there, one of the most-popular (if not the most) is the mystery novel. I’m not sure what it says about humanity, but almost half of us who r...
I love rivers. With all respect to ponds, pools, lakes, and oceans, I love being by a river the most. Landlocked on two sides, it’s still a continuum of water that chuckles as it moves and brings down the heat in summer. My rivers are peaceful most of the time but the last thing they are is boring, not only because they hold so much life but they seem to be living creatures themselves. I guess I see life as ...
This day should be remembered each and every year. For the birth of an author, many of us still hold dear. Though he’s no longer with us, his books hold renown When it comes to kid’s lit, Old Doc Seuss holds the crown But I must add, in a tone of defeat He’s the most famous author I didn’t quite meet When I was small, Dr. Seuss was the Man and I read each of his stories, like a number 1 fan Like the Sneeches, my ...
