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By Mark | April 21, 2020

Today, a friend suggested that I listen to The Daily podcast from the New York Times. He wanted me to hear an episode featuring science reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr. titled “The Next Year (or Two) of the Pandemic,” which, he told me, was largely about the stark societal divisions that will likely emerge in […]

Posted in Health, Uncategorized | Also tagged antibodies, Carousel, caste system, China, class, COVID-19, Donald G. McNeil Jr., dystopia, Eloi. Morlocks, eugenics, Gattaca, Germany, H.G. Wells, immunity, Logan's Run, mumps, pandemic, podcasts, purgatory, pus, scabs, shelter in place, smallpox, The Daily, The Time Machine, vaccines | 36 Comments

Jeff Kay’s first novel, Crossroads Road

By Mark | April 10, 2011

Over the years, I’ve mentioned my friend Jeff Kay here a few times. He and I got to know one another, trading our zines through the mail in the mid-90’s, and, then, at some point later in the decade, we met up in LA and became friends. He was married, with two kids, and working […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Crimewave USA, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged agents, Billy White Eggs, California, crease-cleaning monkey, Crossroads Road, Deadwood, Dukes of Clairmont, eaten by dogs, Edgar Allan Poe, Evil Twin, friends who do cooler stuff that I do, friends with books, indie publishing, Jeff Kay, Jovis McIntire, Los Angeles, Marie Prevost, Nathaniel Hawthorne, NBC, novels, obesity, Party of Five, Pennsylvania, Revenge of Print, Scranton, self-publishing, Sunshine, things that I hope I don't cry and convulse through, yurts, zine friends | 10 Comments

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