Author: Jonathan Kieran
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Crocodile Tales and Hometown Memories
St. Augustine, Florida—“America’s Oldest City”—is my hometown. I haven’t lived there in a coon’s age, being (by now) a dyed-in-the-wool Californian of some sophistication and pedigree 🙄, but the charms and whimsical attractions of the Ancient City remain vivid. One…
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Speak No Evil? Not For Me
This newish Blumhouse horror effort looked interesting at first glance and it features James McAvoy in a psychotic villain’s role. That was a big plus: McAvoy is a marvel. But I avoided this flick like the plague after seeing the…
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AI Monkeyshines: Read it and Weep, Writers of Quality
We already realized it but it still makes you heave. —————[ A new novel by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major international release in March 2025 so brace yourselves and think of England. This stuff is built for speed. Stay…
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Revel in This Glorious Sharky Photography
It is some of the best I have seen recently. Poor elephant seal. He probably died of old age and Mr. Shark was tending to the funerary rites. ———————— [ A new novel by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major…
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Graywolf and Loft Can Still Cut the Mustard
Hooray for two of the most battle-hardened indie presses to emerge in the previous century. They keep churning along. Publishers Weekly has the story. ————— [ A new novel by Jonathan Kieran is slated for major international release in March…
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Wolves of the Sea Take Tender Prey!
Shamu and Blackfish, my ass! WHULL. Remember growing up with all those heart-tugging movies about lonely orcas trapped in the clutches of nefarious sea parks, forced to perform acrobatic tricks and basically tap dance for giddy fat folks in the…
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More Spectacular News for Barnes & Noble
On the verge of bankruptcy only a few years ago, the brick-and-mortar chain’s turnaround remains a signature success across the US business landscape. Sixty stores are slated to open within the coming year and sixty more the year after that.…
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Writers, Get a Load of THIS
And it is a load. At some point, it will be necessary to differentiate the beauty from the bilge—forget the adage about the eye of the beholder. Traditional publishing has needed a shake-up for a long time, indeed, but this…
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Isn’t This How the Exorcist Movie Started?
Secret doorway discovered beneath the earth at an ancient archaeological site. Remnants of a deity boasting a big pointy wiener. Secrets unleashed into the world. Anyhow, a new temple structure has apparently been discovered at the site of Athribis, in…
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Just Deal With It, Boys
YOU are safe in the boat, floating in their territory and probably pissing overboard, too! Don’t even think about culling. Humans already cause enough ruin to oceanic environments. #TeamShark ———————— [ A new novel by Jonathan Kieran is slated for…
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