The Morphing, Man-Munching Mudmobile of Mile 81
By GW on 09/04/2011
A couple days ago, I bought the latest novella release by Stephen King. Titled Mile 81, it’s an ebook-only release. I downloaded it to my Kindle app for Android. Reminiscent of King’s Christine and From a From a Buick 8, this story contains some vivid, creepy imagery and features a car. I read it in [...]
Posted in Books, cars, Product Reviews Tagged car, cheap, ebook, gross, horror, kindle, Mile 81, muddy, novella, scary, Stephen King, stories Leave a Comment
Lot of King, Koontz, Straub, Grisham & more books for sale
By GW on 09/30/2010
We’ve did a nice round of de-cluttering in our house and ended up with many boxes of books. I have this box of assorted horror, medical thriller and legal thriller books for sale. Authors include Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Grisham, Peter Straub, Robin Cook and Michael Crichton. I wish to sell this as one [...]
Posted in Books, People I admire, pop culture, Shopping Tagged books, dean koontz, horror, michael crichton, paperback, peter straub, reading, sale, Stephen King, stories, thrillers, used Leave a Comment
Our funniest cat story
By GW on 03/06/2009
Living with cats our whole married life, we have our share of funny stories concerning them. This one, however, takes the cake. I took time to write it out when prompted by a contest by Johnny Cat. The winner gets coupons for ten free bags of cat litter. Here’s my entry: We were sound asleep [...]
Posted in Domestic stuff, Humor, Pets, Photography Tagged baseement, cats, dark, funny, gourds, halloween, intruder, Pets, scared, steps, stories 2 Comments
Thoughts of a homeless man
By GW on 02/24/2009
I read something interesting on the best of Craig’s List today. Since much most of the content is, as the euphemism goes, intended for mature audiences, I thought I’d just re-post the listing here. Besides, it probably won’t be up on their site forever, and this way it can be read for years to come. [...]
Posted in Current Events, giving back, People I admire Tagged craig's list, craigslist, homeless, society, stories 2 Comments
