If you've read YESTERYEAR (Caro Clair Burke), you should read TRAD WIFE (Sarah Langan). Two interesting looks at the same phenomenon. They complement each other.

A new book, OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE (T3), is published today. It's the final book of the Talisman trilogy, co-written with my old buddy, Peter Straub. Thank you for your attention in this matter.

IF we take it back. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Remember Kamala!

Reading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.

YESTERYEAR, Caro Claire Burke: Funny and sharp enough to draw blood from both sexes. This book is going to be around for a long time. It's a feminist CATCH-22.

Can't believe I made it to 79. I mean, holy cow!

Cool idea! What if someone who could hear (and sometimes see) the dead fell into a city's water supply and decomposed? And after drinking the water, EVERYONE could do it? MY SAD DEAD (Netflix. September 24). My old amigo Pablo Larrain directed.

I paid $5.50/gal for 93 octane. $50 to fill the tank. It's all that idiot Trump's fault.

If you think you know her story, you're dead wrong. Carrie, a new series from Mike Flanagan, based on my novel arrives October 7 on Prime Video.

There's a movie coming on Shudder in October called THE CYCLE. I don't usually pump for horror movies (unless they are mine, haha), but this is special. Put it on your calendar.

Molly, aka the Thing of Evil, is getting on in years, but she's still a good pal.

Trump wouldn't go to sleep at meetings if he didn't stay up all night texting silly AI shit. I don't think he wants to be President at all. It turns out it's...gasp!...actual WORK!!

Ouch!

Inciting a coup against your own country is the very definition of TREASON, full stop. There should be a law that prevents traitors from running for office.

JANSPLAINING is an interesting book blog. This lady takes no shit, which is sort of exhilarating. She takes on the ever-popular blurb-o-mat, pointing out such words as "propulsive," "epic," (which means long), and my favorite "luminous"--which means not much really happens in this book.

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Survey says the most popular soft drink in Maine is Canada Dry Ginger Ale. First, it's not dry, it's wet. Second of all, the Maine drink is Moxie. Everybody knows that. I don't drink it myself, because it tastes really weird.

Reading THAT'S ANOTHER FINE MESS blog? You should. It's good.

Molly, aka the Thing of Evil, bites her favorite DJT, and reminds you ALWAYS COOK YOUR SALMON IN THE MICROWAVE with oil and lemon juice. 3 minutes per filet! Delicious!

STEVE'S RECIPE FOR PERFECT MICROWAVE BACON: 4 slices wrapped in paper towels. Cook like you cook popcorn, only you can't listen for popping. Set TIME COOK for 4 minutes. Stop after 2. Check. Microwaves vary. Mine does crispy (not burned) 4 in 4 minutes. MOLLY THE THING OF EVIL APPROVED THIS RECIPE