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Charismatic
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…
The Human Condition
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.
Everyday Horror
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…
The Curse
“Of all the curses from the fall, the most insidious and pervasive is that of love,” he said. © Copyright 2015 by Kevin Fraleigh.
What’s Important To A Writer
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…
Finally! Any Tomorrow Complete
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…
Murder In A Dark Place
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….
Writing Holiday, Sort Of
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…
A Concept And A Cover
Seldom is the concept for a story accompanied by a concept for a cover. Let me know what you think… With luck the full story will be finished sometime this summer. The Tangled Man Damien Cole is an ex-cop turned private investigator. He is a traditionalist―honest, but pragmatic. He owns…
Write Your Destiny And Your Fate!
Destiny― the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future. Fate― the outcome of a particular situation for someone or something, seen as beyond their control. In the Any Tomorrow trilogy, destiny and fate are referenced many times and, in fact, destiny is a…