Barry Lopez
A good friend. He taught me a lot. But whenever I’m out in the trees, watching a squirrel just do its squirrel things, or watching a bird glide in place, Barry’ll be there.
Best Reads from Lately
https://apple.news/ANxLrKiJlR9eipv4VJZCRgg https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/14/the-skeletons-at-the-lake https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-neanderthal-mystery-solved-by-a-child-s-bones-from-40-000-years-ago https://www.businessinsider.com/discoveries-changed-understanding-human-history-evolution-2020-12 People arrived in North America 30,000 years ago, archaeologists say – Business Insider https://variety.com/2020/tv/features/heroes-leonard-roberts-ali-larter-1234854439/ https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30528130/james-harden-houston-rockets-breaking-point Ancient wolf cub found ‘perfectly preserved’ in Canadian permafrost – CNN Ice Age cave bear remains found perfectly preserved in Russia – CNN https://apple.news/AFYzJs-QvT1qzvj7hq9XbCQ
Nightmare reprint!
Of The Ones Who Got Away — which was the original title for The Ones That Got Away, but then a design oversight locked “that” in on the cover instead of “who,” and . . . this is how things happen. And, it’s such a cool cover.
Holiday Horror!
And, I should say: before we started recording, my question was, “So . . . is this ABOUT horror set on the holidays, or is this called what it is because we’re recording here IN the holidays?” Worked out great, though: wonderful people, excellent moderating, good signals/connections all around — this is all you need
The new novel!
Has got a page on the site, now. Click here to go there (the excerpt at CrimeReads is linked there), or just click this beautiful amazing couldn’t-be-more-perfect cover:
All the Pretty (Elk) Lists
Or, a stack of best of 2020 lists, featuring The Only Good Indian, starting with The Washington Post:
Birdlandia
https://twitter.com/spookishmommy/status/1335254079879094273?s= https://twitter.com/realeoc/status/1334986215200878593?s=21
Too Many Slashers?
Nope. Not possible. But, the last ten or eleven days, I’ve been inhaling one or two a day. All Golden Age stuff (well, a little spillover). Started with watching The Thirteenth Guest from 1932 (I’m always looking for roots, for beginnings), and then I jumped ahead about fifty years. And, yeah, where’s My Bloody Valentine,