Dec 25, 2017 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes
A little holiday humor for you, for everyone who likes books, whether or not you celebrate Christmas. “I am the Ghost of Christmas Future Imperfect Conditional,” said the Spirit. “I bring news of what would have been going to happen, if you were not...
Dec 19, 2017 | Past Notes
by Nicholas Hallum In 1938, the British Crown anticipated war with the emerging fascist leader Adolf Hitler. The British Secret Service was desperate for code-breakers, and for a method to encode messages to Allied agents on the ground, deep in the heart of the...
Dec 18, 2017 | Current Ned Note, On Writing, Past Notes
I’m reviewing some of my favorite wintertide comfort books for the holidays…. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper was one of my childhood pleasures in reading fantasy. It was dark, horrific, enthralling and otherworldly. Also, very English, which is what Christmas time...
Dec 14, 2017 | Horror, Past Notes
A Story by Nicholas Hallum OPERATION SLEIGH RIDE National Security Administration [NSA] EYES ONLY – CLASSIFICATION LEVEL 10 DO NOT READ THIS FILE IN THE CLEAR CLASSIFIED RECORD 12.20.00 13:14 HOURS The Christmas tree was up. Every year, we hand cut a Noble Fir in the...
Dec 12, 2017 | Past Notes, Poetry
Mercy by Rudy Francisco She asks me to kill the spider. Instead I get the most peaceful weapons I can find. I take a cup & a napkin I catch the spider put it outside and allow it to walk away. If i am ever caught in the wrong place at the wrong time just being...
Dec 11, 2017 | Current Ned Note, News and Media, On Books, On Writing, Past Notes
Reviewer Jeb Harrison published a great introduction to my novel SINFUL FOLK in the Huffington Post Book section! Tales of Hard Winters Long Ago The writer Richard Adams, in Watership Down, said that “Many human beings say that they enjoy the winter, but what...
