Literary suspense and psychological thriller author

What happened to the McStay family?

14 years ago

The McStay family went missing from their home in Falbrook, CA, in February of 2010. Joseph McStay, 40, and his…

Fear, trembling, & tribulation: notes from a raptured childhood

14 years ago

Before I was a San Franciscan, I was a Southerner, and every reformed Southerner knows a thing or two about…

Jaycee Dugard Memoir – A Stolen Life

14 years ago

"In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother…

Gadgetry: Taking the Fitbit for a Spin

14 years ago

While looking for a pedometer, I came across the Fitbit. More sophisticated than your typical pedometer, the Fitbit, which you…

Three Gorges Dam: On Culture and Forgetting

14 years ago

In 1998, while working in Beijing, I became fascinated by the Three Gorges Dam, a massive project to dam up…

Green Apple’s Book vs. Kindle

14 years ago

The Green Apple Guys take on Kindle contracts, pacemaker problems, electric shock, bathtub readiness, and other burning issues in their…

The Persistence of Memory and the Neurological Origins of Fear

14 years ago

According to an article by Roger L. Clem and Richard L. Huganir published recently in Science Magazine, it is possible…

Tuscaloosa

14 years ago

It's difficult to believe the destruction in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The place holds special meaning for me, as it was my…

Pretty House, Quirky House

14 years ago

I'm loving the new design book by Christian Lemieux, Undecorate: The No-Rules Approach to Interior Design. I've always sort of hated…

The Untimely Death of Manning Marable

15 years ago

What if you spent 20 years writing your magnum opus, only to pass away the day before its publication? That’s…

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