Kasey Lansdale

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Crazy Greta: David Hardy: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: As the Netherlands descends into the chaos of religious and political civil war, Crazy Greta runs her tavern, keeping order among the drinkers with her skillet. But when the Dead rise from their graves to slaughter the living, Greta faces a far greater challenge. Crazy Greta’s journeys take her across a land torn by war between life and death, through Hell itself, and even to the besieged gates of Heaven. Greta must confront Death, Satan, God, and her own madness before she can return home.

Song of the Day

Wasted on the Way - Crosby, Stills and Nash - Lyrics - YouTube:

The 10 Most Absurdly Expensive Products on Amazon.com

The 10 Most Absurdly Expensive Products on Amazon.com

Today's Vintage Ad

The Ten Best Movie Trilogies Of All Time

The Ten Best Movie Trilogies Of All Time

Happy Birthday to the Blog

This little blog is ten years old today. I'm not sure how old that is in human years. I hope to keep it going for a while longer, though now and then I think I ought to get a life.

PaperBack

Silent Movie, Ballantine, 1976

Yet Another List I'm Not On

The 20 Most Influential Americans of All Time

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Forbes: America's Coolest Cities

10 of the Most Beloved Dogs in Literature

10 of the Most Beloved Dogs in Literature

Rare Book School

Rare Book School at the University of Virginia - NYTimes.com: For five weeks each summer Rare Book School brings some 300 librarians, conservators, scholars, dealers, collectors and random book-mad civilians together for weeklong intensive courses in an atmosphere that combines the intensity of the seminar room, the nerdiness of a “Star Trek” convention and the camaraderie of a summer camp where people come back year after year.

I Suspect Many of You Have Read Most of These

11 Thrilling Books For People Who Don’t Read Thrillers

Black Belt Jones

Black Belt Jones (1974) - Theatrical Trailer - Blaxploitation Movie Trailers - YouTube:

Red Sox mascot ‘Wally’ stolen in audacious mid-afternoon heist | The Raw Story

Red Sox mascot ‘Wally’ stolen in audacious mid-afternoon heist 


Hat tip to Toby O'Brien.

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Omega Blue: Mel Odom: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Set in the future a step past tomorrow, in a United States that's bleak and hard and crime runs rampant in the streets, there's only on team to call on. Omega Blue, the FBI's premiere hardcases take down crime too big or too dangerous for the average law enforcement agencies.


Tracking down a group of organ jackals dealing in the Red Market (organ harvesting), Slade Wilson goes head-to-head with an Asian gang sporting exo-skeletons and fighting to keep a secret agenda hidden from prying eyes. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, driven to succeed, Wilson and his team of specialists keep the pedal to the metal as they race toward doomsday.

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A Peck of Pickled Warlocks (A Tongue-Tied Witch Novel): Livia J. Washburn: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: She has been lied to her whole life. Her father is trapped in a hostile world, and it's her fault. Her former lover is a warlock who can't be trusted. Her only hope to put things right is a thousand-year-old talisman that once belonged to a handsome warrior who was also the most powerful warlock in all the land . . .


Aren McAllister, the Tongue-Tied Witch, is back in A PECK OF PICKLED WARLOCKS. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed WITCH GOT YOUR TONGUE, Aren searches for a way to rescue her father from the other-worldly realm of the witches' council. From the sandy beaches of the Gulf Coast to the bright lights of Las Vegas to the dangerous depths of an abandoned silver mine, Aren's quest is filled with adventure, romance, and humor. This is an all-new, fast-moving, 61,000 word novel sure to please fans of urban fantasy.

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Fort Worth Nights: A Collection of Cody PI Stories: James Reasoner: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: FORT WORTH NIGHTS reprints all the short fiction featuring Cody, the private eye protagonist of New York Times best-selling author James Reasoner's first novel, the cult classic TEXAS WIND. Available for the first time in one place are the acclaimed stories "Dead in Friday", "The Elephant's Graveyard", "The Spanish Blade", "The Safest Place in the World", and "In the Blood". Plus, FORT WORTH NIGHTS marks the first publication anywhere of the first new Cody story in nearly 25 years, a 10,000 word novelette entitled "Assisted Dying". Over 50,000 words in collection.

Song of the Day

The Human League - Don't You Want Me - YouTube: