Shakespeare’s Macbeth – Reimagining “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow…”
Shakespeare's Macbeth explores the darkest recesses of the human psyche, delving into themes of ambition, power, guilt, and the consequences of one's actions. Macbeth’s arc culminates in the "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" soliloquy in Act 5, Scene 5, a poignant...
The Bear: Dinner And Threats Of Violence
After seeing a terrific one-woman show on Friday night (Charlotte Booker's original show about Elsie Lanchester), Jan and I came home and she showed me THAT episode of The Bear. (We watched season one this summer, and I've been slowly catching up since we got home)....
How I Discovered The Lost Novels Of Nellie Bly
It was the first day of December, 2019, and like Alice, I was down a rabbit hole. I was working on a short-story follow-up to my 2018 novel What Girls Are Good For, recounting the early career of Nellie Bly, the pioneering American journalist known for her fearless...
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GUNSMOKE – Welcome To Dodge – Chapter 9
CHAPTER NINE I came into the office a little late the next morning. It had been a long night. There had been four more encounters like my one at the Texas Trail, and all of them had ended the same way. If this kept up I’d have to check the butt of my six-gun for...
GUNSMOKE – Welcome To Dodge – Chapter 8
CHAPTER EIGHT I finished my steak and Kitty brought me another beer and we talked about all kinds of things – the weather, the town, a new horse I was thinking of buying. We’d been talking awhile when one of the two cowboys came over and asked Kitty for a dance.“She’s...
GUNSMOKE – Welcome To Dodge – Chapter 7
CHAPTER SEVEN The Texas Trail was along Front Street, down by the Longhorn and the Oasis, kitty-corner to the Allafraganza. I’ve always liked saloons. There’s something very comfortable there. You always know what you’re going to get there - booze, cards, and girls. I...
GUNSMOKE – Welcome To Dodge – Chapter 6
CHAPTER SIX It was about an hour later, and cooling off just a little. There was a breeze. Dust motes floated in the air.“Guess the funeral’s over,” said Chester.“There’ll be others,” I said.“Funny, though,” said Chester. “Now I miss that bell. Awful quiet, ain’t it?...
GUNSMOKE – Welcome To Dodge – Chapter 5
CHAPTER FIVE The door opened and Chester and I both stood up fast. It was a woman who came through the door. Francie – Clay’s widow. “Matt! Matt, I’ve got to talk to you!”I gave Chester a look. He shrugged. It was almost an apology. Then he went back to looking out...
GUNSMOKE – Welcome To Dodge – Chapter 4
CHAPTER FOUR I had a problem. I had to do some investigating. Figuring why the Dutchman had shot Clay wasn’t that hard – the reward – but figuring why Clay had tried to rob the bank in the first place was still eating away at me. Clay was dead, and most would say that...
Paperback of VOICE OF THE FALCONER
On April 9th, Sordelet Ink is proudly releasing a paperback version of VOICE OF THE FALCONER, the long-awaited sequel to THE MASTER OF VERONA. Here's a sneak-peak at the paperback cover: From the back cover: Italy, 1325. Eight years after the...
GUNSMOKE – Welcome To Dodge – Chapter 3
CHAPTER THREE I had the kid pretty well settled in on the couch of the office. Chester had locked his little bundle of belongings in my desk drawer, but the kid didn’t seem in a real hurry to get anyplace. He sat watching me as I went through the circulars and did the...
GUNSMOKE – Welcome To Dodge – Chapter 2
CHAPTER TWO “All right, Chester, kick the door shut,” I said. Chester did, and the crowd got noisier on the other side. I knew it wasn’t the end of things.Ziegler was standing in the middle of the room, his chins working up and down as he said, “Marshal, I don’t kill...
GUNSMOKE – Welcome To Dodge – Chapter 1
Around Dodge City and in the territory on west, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that’s with a U.S. Marshal and the smell of… Gunsmoke.Gunsmoke – the story of the violence that went west with young America, and the story of a man that...
