You know, sometimes I get a little nostalgic for the days with only three or four channels on TV.  There wasn’t any recording or streaming.  If you didn’t like what was offered, the TV went off.  But what did that leave you with?  Reading, board games, or your imagination.  No,…

Back in 2011 when I first published Any Tomorrow I was concerned that the publishing environment wasn’t right for a dystopian epic, even if in the end, there was a glimmer of hope for mankind.  For many of us, hope was in the air and there seemed at least the…

Back in the days before the internet, when there were only three channels on TV (four if you got PBS), information was derived primarily from books. They were made of paper, could be heavy, and were often awkward and inconvenient to carry. Despite this, a physical, printed book carried a…

So, if you’ve found you’re way here, and if you followed my old blog on WordPress (anytomorrow.wordpress.com), you’ll notice that I’m not there anymore.  My site is now being hosted by Bluehost and I now control my own website.  What does that mean for the blog?  Not so much that…

I had an interesting experience the other evening.  A cousin of mine, very much into genealogy, stopped by to visit my mother and talk to her about our family history.  Neither of us had been back to our old home town in more than forty years. My cousin talked at…

A few weeks ago. Tom: “I bought your novel. That Gustav Linder character looks really interesting.” Yesterday. Me: “So, Tom, did you finish reading my novel?” Tom: “No, I don’t really like science fiction.” Oh, well, a sale is a sale.  If you like science fiction, read Any Tomorrow Complete….

Everything you read will inform your writing style, but it will not determine your writing style.  Your writing style is one thing over which you have complete control. © Copyright 2017 by Kevin Fraleigh.

One of my favorite quotes about writing is from that poet/songwriter/singer, Tom T. Hall in his classic ‘She Gave Her Heart To Jethro‘: A man’s not writing if he can’t relate, All the things that he sees in his life The sentiment is simple and direct, but it encompasses the essence…

My first series, compiled in a single e-volume, Any Tomorrow Complete, is selling again!  That makes me feel good.  It might not make me a millionaire (and from what I’ve seen of millionaires I’m not sure I’d even want to go there), but I’m stoked that a few valiant souls…

Some physicists who subscribe to the idea of a multiverse, suggest that there may have also been multiple big bangs.  Mightn’t it be possible that from these multiple existences and geneses a certain amount of crossover might have occurred?  This crossover might go a long way towards answering the myriad…

Question for today:  What happened before the Big Bang?  Everything must have come from something.  Even God came from something.  What do you think? © Copyright 2017 by Kevin Fraleigh.

No matter how infamous or famous, rich or poor, good or bad, the world moves on. © Copyright 2017 by Kevin Fraleigh.

“The priests would have you believe have you believe that life is linear, with no deviations or side trips.  Just birth to death to after-life, that’s it, with an eternity of waiting for whatever comes next.  Personally I don’t think it’s that simple.  I think it’s more like a stone…

Editor’s note: The election ran “smoothly”, but there’s still time… A big win, a big win it was, Monumental, all would agree, A new start for America, A new start for the land of the free. The country waited and wondered, If all the promises made would be kept, In…

Okay, so what’s the best way for a writer to pass the time when he’s recovering from a second heart surgery, research of course!  And watching the X-Files on Netflix. My current line of inquiry has to deal with the relationship between Theosophists and Nazi Occultism.  The stuff I’ve found–both…

So I had surgery a few days ago and my wife heard me in the kitchen. “What are you doing?” she asked. “I was walking to get some exercise and noticed the paper towel holder was empty,” I said, “so I was replacing them.” “You’re not supposed to be doing…

“I’m not a writer,” he said, “not a real one.  If I were a real writer I could pour whiskey in one end and shit novels out the other.”  From the diary of Ray Travis. © Copyright 2016 by Kevin Fraleigh.

“In retrospect,” he said, “I think that Mr. Black Widow got the better part of the deal.” © Copyright 2016 by Kevin Fraleigh.

He was born. He accomplished nothing of significance. He died. If I have learned nothing else, it is that Thoreau was right. © Copyright 2016 by Kevin Fraleigh.

(refrain) I believe in Jesus, He led me to you, But your body’s unfaithful And your heart is untrue. I believe in Jesus, He showed me the light How I work every day And you’re gone every night. I believe in Jesus, I don’t mean to complain, But how can…

First verse: I believe in Jesus He led me to you, But your body is unfaithful, And your heart is untrue. Second verse: I need to start bringing my digital voice recorder in the shower with me. Stand by for updates. Ideas?  Opinions?  Feedback? © Copyright 2016 by Kevin Fraleigh.

I wrote this for my wife, Malette, on our thirty-seventh wedding anniversary yesterday. A lasting relationship, as imperfect as it may be, transcends mere love, to form a bond that is stronger, and is linked inevitably to our mutual destiny. © Copyright 2016 by Kevin Fraleigh.

I thought about cutting my hair and beard, but that would be unfair to all the fans I don’t have yet. Addendum: As a gift to my wife upon her return from a trip in April to see the grandkids, I did shave off my beard. The wonderful thing about…

Although Eleanor and Robert had pledged their love and set a date to be married, her mother still prayed fervently to God that a good man would come along to marry her.   Unlike her mother,  Eleanor realized that there were no good men or bad men, just complex men.  And…

It is a cold and wet Sunday, here in Central Florida. It’s a good day to stay inside, have a cup of tea, and read a book I haven’t written yet. © Copyright 2016 by Kevin Fraleigh.

It was one of those Saturdays—you know the kind. You don’t wake up quite on time and from that point on everything is sort of disjointed and out of phase. And that’s how it was that she talked me into driving all the way to Kissimmee to attend this healing…

There was a black speck in the sky, and the sun grew bright, like God had come to Earth. Too late they realized that it wasn’t the sun after all. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

Don’t kiss me in the moonlight, I know where your lips have been. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

Other animals spend their lives living, whereas humans spend their lives creating elaborate rituals in the hope of avoiding death. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

Never discount your dreams. They are the portal to a dimension only available to you for the briefest of moments. Fall into them. Surrender to them. Let them take you to the places within the hidden you, then liberate them from their dark confines to share with the world. This…

My greatest fear is that after I am gone, after I have become soulless ash, someone will discover my stories and say, “He had such great potential.  It’s such a shame that he never—“ © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

Horror isn’t always about monsters or a psychopath with a chainsaw. Horror is the simple things. Like walking across a parking lot and realizing that the car whipping into the parking spot you’re standing in isn’t going to stop. And you can plainly see the driver’s face, a woman in…

“Of all the curses from the fall, the most insidious and pervasive is that of love,” he said. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

After the writing is complete. After the editing is finished. After the years of struggling to bring the story together. After a lifetime compelled. What is most important to a writer, Even more than money, Is to be acknowledged. To not be ignored. To not be lost to the world…

I have a little notebook, Where I keep all my dreams, But in my little notebook, Nothing is quite the way it seems. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

Most everyone has remembers the old Taoist paradox about Chang Tsu who dreamt he was a butterfly, but when he awoke he couldn’t remember whether he was Chang Tsu who dreamt he was a butterfly or a butterfly who dreamt he was Chuang Tsu. Interesting, but now turn it on…

Fellow writers – Have you any plans for transmedia storytelling? That’s sort of the seamless integration of multiple types of media –think graphics, music, animation– with the written word to provide the reader with an immersive story experience.  In fact, M.I.T. –yes, that M.I.T.– has a free class on it….

The reason I believe in extraterrestrial life (in some form) is that I find it too depressing to think that out of all the trillions of planets in all the universes that are, we were the best that God could do. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.

God is physics or physics is god, which one is it? The purpose of God is to create everything. The purpose of physics is to explain how everything was created. When God created everything he established immutable laws to govern nature. The purpose of physics is to not only codify…

I’ve been considering this move since the Any Tomorrow Trilogy was first published.  For those of you who have been reading this blog for a while, you may remember that the decision about how to best publish my 300K-plus word novel caused quite a dilemma for me.  One book or…

Here’s something I hope you’ll like and will comment on, an excerpt from a novel I’m working on called The Last Pope of Antioch. Be sure to let me know what you think of it.  Thanks! Part One: The Red Convertible 1 The red convertible flew down the dusty, empty…

If you haven’t done so already, why not  zip over to wattpad.com and enjoy some great sci-fi and horror?  I’ve published four of my short stories on the site and can’t wait to hear what you think of them.  Jump to the stories here. © Copyright 2014 by Kevin Fraleigh.

In my files somewhere I have the beginnings of a story about a man trapped in a dead-end job doing meaningless work who sees the walls of his office melt, revealing another world beyond. I wasn’t terribly satisfied with what I developed because it seemed to be turning into another…

I’ve been looking for a new outlet for my longer, full length stories so I thought I’d give wattpad.com a try. If you haven’t been there, wattpad bills itself as a world of unlimited stories. For the reader, wattpad is a place to discover new authors and read some really…

I ran across an article on-line yesterday about a man in Davie, Florida, near Miami, who was pulled through a wood chipper. Not one of the small ones, mind you, but the big industrial kind the professional tree trimmers use. Although it was just one man and local incident, the…

There’s a book on my Amazon wish list that I can’t wait to read. It’s A Serial Killer in Nazi Berlin: The Chilling True Story of the S-Bahn Murderer by Scott Andrew Selby. It’s not fiction and it’s not horror, but it inspires a thought that is appropriate to both….

Okay, so here’s the scenario: You’ve had enough. You’re motivated to action. The country is falling apart. The people are ready for a change, but no one is strong enough to lead the revolt. So you have an idea, just as clear as glass. What the revolution needs is a leader. But…

So you say you’ve never done it, right? You spend hours with your crew, just hanging out. Maybe you’ve gone a few places and you’re half-wasted. And there’s only one thing that can make it right – Cheetos. And not the new less salt, eco-friendly, heart healthy crunchy ones, the…

I thought of this the other day and can’t seem to get it out of my head. Imagine writing a scene where a character intends to commit suicide. He is emotionally at the end of his rope. He sees no other way out. So he makes his way to a…

This will be quick.  I have approximately 39 hours to convert two steno pads of notes into my novel, B-24. I already have 25 typed pages―single-spaced, no brakes. So, I figure that between what I have already, plus my notes and some elaboration, I should finish with a respectable page…