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AUTHOR INFORMATION:
Heather Schaefer was
born in Chicago and wanted to be a writer since a very young age. Her writing
was inspired by Elmore Leonard, Richard Stark, Clive Barker & H. P.
Lovecraft. Soon after her 40th birthday, she decided to give in to her
passion and since then has released close to thirty novels spread out over
seven series. Craig Schaefer is her favoured nom de
plume. Heather currently lives in North Carolina and loves
visiting museums and libraries for inspiration.
OFFICIAL BOOK
BLURB: Daniel
Faust is back from hell and out for blood. He has a new face and a deadly
mission: to find the tiger-queen Naavarasi and his own traitorous brother, and
put them both six feet underground.
But when Naavarasi’s shape-shifting minions abduct one of Daniel’s own, it’s
time for a desperate rescue. With his demonic lover Caitlin and his precocious
apprentice Melanie, he follows a thread of nonexistent airlines, ghostly
packages, and urban legends all the way to Springfield, a small town with big
secrets.
A small town where everything closes at sundown and people are warned not to go
out after dark. A small town where the library offers books written by authors
who never existed, and the locals seem to be acting out parts assigned by an
invisible director. There’s only one way into Springfield. There’s no easy way
out. And as the fabric of reality begins to warp and change all around them,
Daniel and company will have to learn a new set of rules if they want to
survive and put an end to Naavarasi’s twisted design.
FORMAT/INFO: Dig Two Graves is 326 pages long divided over forty-two
chapters, and an afterword. Narration is in the first-person, via Daniel
Faust & in third person via a couple of other characters. This is
the eleventh volume of the Daniel Faust series.
April
26th, 2024 will
mark the North American paperback and e-book publication of Dig Two Graves and it is being self-published by the
author. Cover design is by James T. Egan.
CLASSIFICATION: Featuring a cast of anti-heroes and with a magician con-man as the protagonist, the Daniel Faust series is Richard Stark's Parker crossed with The Dresden Files and set in Las Vegas.
OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: Dig Two Graves is a bit of a weird book in the sense that is hotly
anticipated after the climatic events of Down Among The Dead Men, but
also isn’t a middle book in the fourth arc of the Daniel Faust series. I
think the author isn’t quite followi
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By Jonathan W. Sweet
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152 pgs
Of all the New Pulp avengers now battling from various
publishers, one of our personal favorites is Jonathan W. Sweet’s Red Jackal. It
is as if Sweet mixed up old classic pulp heroes with comic characters. Where as
the Jackal is a whole lot like both Bruce Wayne, aka, Batman and Britt Reid,
aka the Green Hornet. He’s actually Blake Randolph, a big city publisher and
handsome man-about-town. Whereas his crime fighting methods are based on
ancient Egyptian skills he learned while traveling abroad.
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gangs who are trying to fix college football games. As ever aided by his
brother, Daniel, his chauffeur Geoffrey and police Lt. MacDaniels, Randolph has his hands
full in this face paced actioner. Kudos to writer Sweet, who, although his main
characters are fictitious, sets them against real Minnesota history, to include famous
criminal personas.
In all a really fun read that is packaged along with a bonus
short story at the back, “The Hell Bus.” We also what to give a worth shout out
to the folks responsible for this entry interior illustrations. They were quite
effective in adding to the drama.
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Eat Like an Author: Judith Krummeck
When most people get bored, they eat. When I get bored, I brainstorm new series and features for the blog, and THEN eat. A couple years ago, as I was brainstorming and contemplating what I wanted to eat, I thought how cool it would be to have a mini-foodie series where authors share the things they like to eat. Photos and recipes and all. And so I asked them, and amazingly they responded, and I dubbed it EAT LIKE AN AUTHOR.
Today, Judith Krummeck shared with us a Ukrainian dish to help us celebrate her new novel The Deceived Ones.
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HOW HOLUBTSI TIES IN TO THE DECEIVED ONES
When Vira becomes a refugee from the war in Ukraine, she is
sponsored in the U.S. through the Uniting for Ukraine program by Peta Masters
who is vegan. By way of a thank you, Vira prepares for Peta a Ukrainian meal
that includes vegan Holubsti, which are a type of Ukrainian cabbage
roll.
VEGAN HOLUBTSI (UKRAINIAN STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS)
Credit for photos go to Yvette
Freter.
Credit also to the sous
chef Lizzy
Author: Anastasia
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 20 minutes
Yield: 12 rolls
Category: Main course
Cuisine: Ukrainian
Instructions
Cook
bulgur wheat in 1 cup of water for 10 minutes or until all liquid is
absorbed.
To
peel the cabbage first cut out the stem. Put the head into a large pot
with boiling water and blanch for about 3 minutes. Turn the head and cook
for another 3 minutes. If your cabbage is young it might take less time to
soften.
Take
out the cabbage and let it cool. Gently peel the leaves and set aside. (Use
leftover cabbage in another recipe. You can throw it in soups.)
Heat
oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion until soft and
translucent. Then add garlic and stir for a minute. Throw in grated carrot
and sauté for 3 minutes or so.
Now
add spices, cooked bulgur, brown sugar, and vegetable bouillon. Stir until
all liquid is absorbed and remove from the heat.
Next
heat oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Again sauté onion until soft and
then add garlic and carrot. Cook for few more minutes. Add dried oregano,
tomato paste, chopped tomatoes, salt, black pepper and water. Bring to a
boil, cover, lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
Preheat
oven to 355°F.
Place
2 cabbage leaves on a bottom of Dutch oven. Scoop some of the filling onto
a cabbage leaf and fold it into a roll. Place in the Dutch oven and
repeat.
When
sauce is ready purée it with immersion blender. Taste for seasoning and
adjust if needed.
Save
about 1 cup of sauce for later and pour the rest on top of your cabbage
rolls. Cover and put in the oven for 1-2 hours, the longer the better.
Serve
vegan stuffed cabbage rolls with extra sauce on top.
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Judith
Krummeck is a writer, broadcaster, and immigrant. She is the evening drive time
host for Baltimore’s classical music station, WBJC, 91.5FM, and her debut
novel, The Deceived Ones, a contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s Twelfth
Night, is being published this spring. Her biographical memoir, Old New
Worlds, intertwining her immigrant story with her great-great grandmother’s,
came out in 2019. In 2014, she published the chapbook, Beyond the Baobab,
a memoir in essays about her immigration from Africa to America. www.judithkrummeck.com
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Displaced by the Russian invasion, Vira, carrying little but
her precious viola da gamba, is a refugee in the Uniting for Ukraine program.
When she is physically attacked soon after her arrival in the United States, the
terrifying experience prompts her to hide in plain sight by passing as her twin,
Sevastyan, until he is able join her.
Orson has been commissioned to write an opera for The
Twelfth Night Festival, but he is suffering from composer’s block. Not only
that, his muse, Isabella, has inexplicably withdrawn from all performing.
During a chance meeting, Orson discovers the extraordinary musical talent of Vira,
now passing as Sevastyan, and it gives him the jolt of inspiration he needs.
Hoping that Isabella will be as intrigued as he is, Orson sends “Sevastyan” as
his emissary to persuade Isabella to sing in his opera.
In this love-quadrangle seen from multiple points of
view—some poignant, some hilarious—the myriad misconceptions that result from
Vira’s deception are woven into themes of migration, sexuality, and diversity.
Purchase your copy here.
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James Bond and the Sixties Spy Craze
April 7th, 2024
As George Lazenby’s 007 opined in 0n Her Majesty’s Secret Service, the world is not enough. Neither is the new book James Bond and the Sixties Spy Craze, although it gets close.
Written by Thom Shubilla (Primetime 1966-1967), the handsome hardback from Applause tracks the wannabes, never-weres, knockoffs, one-offs and other Bondy-come-latelys proliferating after the worldwide moviegoing public gave a hearty “yes” to 1962’s Dr. No.
Rather admirably, the book gives overdue attention to those cinematic spies of comparatively short shrift — many colorful and comical — from Matt Helm and Derek Flint to Harry Palmer and Bulldog Drummond. Even better, Shubilla doesn’t stop there, devoting later chapters to the Mexican and European also-rans (including Sean Connery’s own sibling, Neil, in Operation Kid Brother), as well as television. It’s thorough enough, you may cry U.N.C.L.E.
But all this comes after the author spends nearly 50 pages introducing us to Bond, James Bond. While I get the need to set the table, 007 could be handled in the introduction, since we’re not told anything new — unless you count Lazenby’s aforementioned quote erroneously attributed to Connery.
Sixties Spy Craze reads like a Wikipedia page, for both good and ill, meaning it’s packed with facts, but lacks a narrative. For delivering pure production info, one could make the case nobody does it better. However, what’s sacrificed are Shubilla’s own viewpoint and assumed passion for this subgenre. —Rod Lott
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