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As the stressful year of 2021 shuffles off into the history books, it struck me that it might be fun to pay a visit to the real-world year of 1935—the same year that saw the beginning of the fictional Johnny … Continue reading →

With the publication of Johnny Graphic and the Ghost of Doom last fall, The Johnny Graphic Adventures Trilogy is now complete. If you’ve read the first two books, and haven’t yet picked up your Kindle copy of Doom, just click … Continue reading →

Like Johnny Graphic, I was a photographer when I was I kid. I roamed the streets here and in Europe for about five years, shooting candid images of people going about their lives. I’ve had photo shows of the work … Continue reading →

It’s been fifteen years in the making, but the Johnny Graphic Adventures trilogy is now complete. Johnny Graphic and the Ghost of Doom was published at the beginning of October. Here’s a teaser about what happens to Johnny, Nina, and … Continue reading →

My dad served in the Pacific in WWII, as a medic in the 81st “Wildcat” Division. His outfit was involved in two notable fights. Angaur isn’t well known. Peleliu was unequaled for its sheer awful bloodiness. The famous 1st Marine … Continue reading →

I began the final stretch of the Johnny Graphic ghost adventures last summer, but haven’t worked on it since then. Now that my King Harald mystery is with the first beta reader, I have time to get back into it. … Continue reading →

For many years I read science fiction (SF) almost exclusively and even put in a fourteen-year stint as the SF/fantasy book reviewer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Back in my journalism years I had the chance to interview some big … Continue reading →

After a hiatus of three years, I’ve started writing the third and final Johnny adventure—tentatively titled Johnny Graphic and the Last Ghost. I’d been thinking about the story for a long time, but one can brainstorm and outline only so … Continue reading →

A while ago I was rooting through a dresser drawer and found my dad’s old Silvana watch. The story was that he wore it when he was out in the Pacific as an Army corpsman in WWII. He stormed ashore … Continue reading →

Johnny Graphic, the 12-year-old hero in my two middle-grade adventures, is a real camera nerd. He loves them and makes good use of them in his job as a news photographer. Johnny begins with a big Zoom press camera. In … Continue reading →