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I’m Harlan Ellison – Bitch!

I drove down to LA for the dedication of the Palms — Rancho Park Branch Library in honor of Ray Bradbury Harlan Ellison was there looking natty  in black suit and bright orange tie, shoes  and a very cool  watch … Continue reading

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Performance and Reading at Stories Book and Café in Echo Park

How lucky am I? A Book Launch at Mystery and Imagination and a performance and reading at Stories Book and Café   My new Collection of short fiction “Another Happy Ending,” is being released on October 15th. And on October … Continue reading

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Another Happy Reading at the Mystery and Imagination October 20th, Sunday, 2013 at 3:00 pm

I’m going to be having a reading of my new collection of short fiction (and a novella) “Another Happy Ending,” at Ray Bradbury’s and my favorite Bookstore the “Mystery and Imagination (238 N. Brand Blvd. in Glendale.) October 20th, Sunday, … Continue reading

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Letter from Ray Bradbury, Dublin, Ireland. October 23, 1953

This ia a letter Ray wrote my Dad when in Ireland writing Moby Dick… He was Disappointed that Fahrenheit 451 didn’t’  “make the splash,” or perhaps set the world afire, like he hoped.. Little did he know! (Note: In 2010 … Continue reading

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Bosnia and Ray Bradbury

I worked in a camp for war orphans and refuges after the war (in about 2002) Ray Bradbury, my mentor, was a hero to readers in Bosnia due to Fahrenheit 451 In August 1992., at the beginning of the Siege … Continue reading

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