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Rick Townley
Jul 8, 20141 min read
Stepping Out of Time this summer.
So what is this novel all about? Mostly it’s about our attempts to overcome the limits of time, or at least come to terms with it. Time...
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Rick Townley
Jun 4, 20141 min read
The Shadow People
Around here, summer starts when school ends and ends when school starts. That makes summertime officially from end of May to mid-August....
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Rick Townley
May 23, 20142 min read
The real origin of Memorial Day
This coming Monday is Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, and there is no definitive version about its origin. Currently...
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Rick Townley
May 14, 20142 min read
Three words for June grads who want a career in writing.
It has long been an accepted fact in the world of academia that you must publish stuff or disappear from view. Among the learned...
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Rick Townley
Apr 22, 20142 min read
Things that go bump in the night.
“From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!” Early Scottish...
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Rick Townley
Apr 19, 20141 min read
Easter 2014
“But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.” Walter Raleigh Photo source: http://instagram.com/nois7...
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Rick Townley
Apr 15, 20141 min read
All she had to do was step out of time, and allow herself to feel.
Paris, 1918 Lilith took Evelyn affectionately by the arm and escorted her quickly outside. It was late afternoon and the street was busy...
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Rick Townley
Apr 8, 20141 min read
An Uninvited Visitor
“Where is he?” demanded the detached voice. She jumped and smeared eyeliner down her cheek making her look like Alice Cooper. “Where is...
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Rick Townley
Apr 1, 20141 min read
Victim or murderer?
“He’s cold…my baby’s very cold…” she stuttered. Clausewitz spoke just above a whisper. “I know that, let me take you both to the hospital...
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Rick Townley
Mar 24, 20141 min read
Hide the children. Lilith is in town.
Announcing the publication of Stepping Out of Time — now available in print and for the Kindle (including the Kindle app for tablets) via...
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Rick Townley
Mar 12, 20141 min read
Coming in March 2014
Meet Lilith. All she wants is someone to love…to death. No one wants to believe the truth about what is happening to infants in a sleepy...
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Rick Townley
Jul 1, 20132 min read
Creepy stuff
Stigma, by definition, is someone or something that is an outcast by merit of having some kind of really bad experience, or by displaying...
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Rick Townley
Jun 3, 20132 min read
Doppelgangers: the next big thing for supernatural or horror fiction?
Horror and supernatural fiction can be trendy like any other genre. During the 1980s it was all about dead teenagers and slashers, in the...
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Rick Townley
May 26, 20133 min read
Memorial Daze
The original intent of Memorial Day, previously called Decoration Day, was to honor soldiers who died in service by marking their graves...
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Rick Townley
Apr 29, 20133 min read
What to do, what to do…
…when ideas far surpass one’s energy levels? Ideas keep rolling in but I would need a half dozen clones to write everything that comes my...
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Rick Townley
Apr 17, 20132 min read
Librarians are still on the front lines of the censorship battle
Here is this year’s list of most frequently challenged books. Some are of questionable taste and some are just plain stupid, but all are...
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Rick Townley
Apr 4, 20132 min read
Green light for “Stigma!”
You can’t just write anymore, you also have to be a marketing agent and promoter and keep up with a plethora of social network sites. The...
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Rick Townley
Mar 15, 20132 min read
New Stuff: I need your opinion!
There are lots of things going on here at the moment, including the task of figuring out how to technically package and deliver the...
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Rick Townley
Mar 12, 20132 min read
Coming soon to an online column near you.
This week I am putting the final touches on a new column that will launch next week at Washington Times Communities. Say good-bye to...
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Rick Townley
Mar 8, 20133 min read
The Backstory: zero tolerance and Pop-Tarts
The real epidemic in America is the rise of stupidity. Political correctness, zero tolerance rules followed to the absurd and ill-advised...
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