Alexander R Davis

 Interview with Alexander R DavisAuthor ofOmeron: The Hero’s Chronicle, and morePlease tell me a little about your current work in progress.          &nbsp...

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Mar 18, 2024
Marlowe

 I see that Prime has a new Marlowe movie out. I chose to watch the 1969 movie of the same title directed by Paul Bogart, written by Raymond Chandler and Stirling Silliphant, starring James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, and Rita...

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Mar 11, 2024
Of Parties and Pencils - British Arms Ascendant

 Fun Fact:Abercromby had his brief and ill-fated Iliad at Carillon in 1758. General Amherst was set to make another attempt at it in 1759. After beginning construction on Fort George--to replace Fort William Henry--Amherst had assembled 10,0...

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Mar 04, 2024
Movie Review - Our Man in Havana

Throw together Alec Guinness, Maureen O'Hara, Burl Ives, Ernie Kovacs, Ralph Richardson, and assorted other actors into a pot of Batista Era Havana, Cuba, stir in the Cold War arms race, add a household appliance, and simmer on low heat in black and...

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Feb 26, 2024

 First, I've got a flash fiction contest going for my newsletter subscribers. Go get signed up. Here are the contest terms:  Flash Fiction Contest: Submit a story of 500 words or less. The story must include a pool table O...

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Feb 19, 2024
Ground Zero at the Imbroglio

 The gif above fails to convey the magnitude of the epic catastrophe that is the inspiration for the drivel below. Behold the tale of ravage and ruin, desolation and disruption. Look upon these works, ye mighty, and despair: The old theater...

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Feb 12, 2024
Mind Blown at Niagara

 Fun Fact:After arriving with several regiments in Boston in September 1758, Major General Amherst marched to Abercromby's camp at Fort Edward to find the force there in no condition to mount a winter strike against Ticonderoga. The Major Ge...

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Feb 05, 2024
Abigail Manning

 Interview with Abigail Manning Author ofThe Emerald Realm Series<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE...

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Jan 29, 2024

 Fun Fact:Before the outbreak of the French and Indian war, the French had traded sugar, molasses, and rum with the British North American colonies. Many American ship men ignored the trade restrictions after the war started and continued as...

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Jan 22, 2024

 An off-schedule post to let you know that I'm giving away two autographed paperbacks:  Threading the Rude Eye and Power to Hurt - the first two books in the Tomahawks and Dragon Fire Series. It's a marriage of history and fantasy t...

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Jan 18, 2024