Evolution of a Novel: The Abduction of Joshua Bloom
From short story to sci-fi novel, The Abduction of Joshua Bloom took me nearly 50 years to get it right; proving some books just need to evolve.
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Pop’s Picks: Best 6 Books of 2024
Over nine years ago, when I moved into my current home, I started a website and blog where I posted my published novels and used the blog to review books that interested me. In 2024 I read and reviewed 15 books from psychological thrillers like Scream Collector, love stories like Doc’s Double Delivery, and books on the…
Evolution of a Novel: The Abduction of Joshua Bloom
Joshua Bloom goes for a run in Central Park to discover an escaped lion is pursuing him for its next meal. A miraculous save puts him aboard an alien space craft and he maybe its newest crew member.
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The Writer’s Life: Fall 2024
My novel, The Abduction of Joshua Bloom will be published November 20, 2024. And The Lip Reader won a prestigious award.
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Altered Holograms
Greg Kerney is a talented basketball player who experiences a life-threatening accident. His father, a military surgeon saves Greg’s life with an illegal operation. To cover-up his transgression, Dr. Kerney sends Greg away to recover in southern Italy. Greg’s girlfriend, Marilyn, a beautiful and brilliant green-eyed redhead is not permitted to contact her boyfriend, so…
Zombies With Blue Eyes
Imagine driving 1000 miles and civilization is falling apart all around you. Would your eyes become a dim blue?
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Blue Eyes aren’t so Beautiful When They’ll Suck the Life out of You
Teen Ava and her dog Andromeda are on their own in an apocalyptic world where few humans survive because they are hunted down by Deaders for their electrical output.
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Pop’s Best Reads of 2023
Here are the best books reviewed by Pop in 2023. They range from science fiction to love stories, and the deaf experience. Enjoy.
The Kidnapping of a King
Jon Tor is light years from home, but when his sentient world is attacked he senses it and must return to save Tyrea from the insurrection.
The Last Judgment
A survivor of a pandemic that takes the lives of most humans travels to Calfornia from Las Vegas in search for survivors with her robot friend.