I'm pretty sure I've heard this show mentioned here before but was unable to find where and the show is kick ass enough to deserve its own thread anyway. I recently finished Season 1 and was mighty impressed. The acting, writing and story are all top notch. Now that I've seen him, I must agree that Timothy Olyphant would make an excellent RJ; he can be charming one second and utterly ruthless the next. I have set my DVR to record the third season which is going to air starting January 17th. I give it my highest recommendation.

Received a heartfelt letter from an 8th grade girl today, ending with: "Also we need to see what happens with Jack and Weezy. I know in the last Repairman Jack novel (spoiler deleted) but what happens before?? And Levi and Saree?? Please write another young Jack book. Please?" To touch a young mind like that is so special, but I had to decline. In case some of you are wondering why no more, here you go:

"Your plea tore me up. You're not alone in wanting more. I'd love to write another teen Jack book (and the publisher would love it too) but I'm limiting it to a trilogy because these stories threaten to cause all sorts of problems in what is known as the continuity of the series. I can't have Jack learning things as a kid that he's not supposed to know till he's an adult. There's a reason for Levi and Saree's powers and I'd love to get into it, but not with Jack around. If I have time, I'll try to work out a series related to those Piney kids, but I've got other books I have to write first. Keep an eye on the newsletter and you'll be he first to know when I get around to it.


Thanks for writing me and for being a loyal reader."

This British show is about to begin on BBC America I believe, I recommend it whole-heartedly. A six part series, the first couple of episodes are good, but a little slow, but episode 3 onwards it becomes something quite special.

Check it out.

Has been cast to play the villian in the new JJ Abrams Star Trek movie. This is good news to me because I really enjoyed Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes in the new Sherlock and I'm glad that the rumor abouts Benecio Del Toro playing Khan are false.

Now the question is what character will he play? I'd love to see a brand new character emerge since the possibilities in Star Trek are endless, but a lot of people and I'm tending to agree at this point think he will be Q (even though technically Q is not a villian).

Any thoughts?

[h=6]swiped from an R.L. Stine tweet - I LOVE Rube Goldberg machines and this one's amazing. hang in till the end or jump to the 3:30 mark - you'll be glad http://t.co/PjQmhjhu[/h]

I'm reading the newest Koontz book...77 Shadow Street when lo and behold....Koontz has a creature called a rakshasa as one of it's monsters. It's huge...7 feet tall, 6 fingered and toed....and gray. It's head is bullet shaped and it has lots of teeth and long claws.

I thought I should point this out.....immitation is flattery...right?

My publisher has just informed me for the next five days or so, The Ghost Toucher will be free for Kindle. For anyone who hasn't read it, you can get yours here.

Back in October I began an idea on a whim. Several short stories that all take place in the same apartment. Throughout different times and maybe reealities the stories all take place. The original plan was to write 30 stories and put them together in a book. Well, in looking at my timeline for the year, I realized I don't have the time to commit to 22 more stories. I have a few projects I want to have completed by certain times and I either have to put this on the back burner or put out what I have done now.

I'm hoping to have Tales from an Apartment done in the next month or two and available on the usual e-sites. More soon!

I'm starting and sticking this thread as an update on what's going on in the shop.

MIDNIGHT MASS - all states of the 1st edition of the novella have sold out.

QUICK FIXES - the second run of signed copies of the trade paperback has sold out.

Is there anything anyone's interested in? We have bins of books. If there's enough interest in something, we'll see if we can dig it out.