the words and worlds of John Robinson
Owen Lansing is a research scientist, assisted by Professor Ben Majors. Their main area of study is Owen’s ten-year-old son, Cameron. Cameron has some very special abilities, including telekinesis, some form of mental projection and, also, bringing ancient, arcane demons from the netherworld into this reality. No one said child rearing was easy. Realizing that …
As the old saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished. It kind of makes a person want to stop doing good deeds, but the result would be even worse. The world would be a much darker place. Of course, if we'd stop all the darn punishment of good deeds, it would be a better place …
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Commercial air transportation can be a hassle-- checking luggage, carry-ons, delayed departures, cancelled flights, people. Then, once you board, there's no telling who you may be seated beside and do airlines really think that the seats recline that much? For the poor souls in Blood Red Sky, they not only have to deal with all of that, …
A young businessman, Philip, finds himself in a peculiar situation. He is changing his clothes in a locker room, which has an unfinished wall, when a blind woman walks into the next room. She begins undressing, oblivious to the fact that Philip is present. He takes to a high road, keeps his mouth shut and …
A man of very few words (none, really) is driving through the small town of Hayesville, Nevada when he suddenly has a blowout. He has run over a spike strip left carelessly in the road by the local two-person police force. The stranger waits and, eventually, a tow truck happens by. The driver, Jed, is …
In the closing months before the end of World War II, the Nazi concentration camp Gross-Rosen is liberated by the Allies. Among those who have survived the torture and killings are a group of orphaned children. They are rounded up and put on a truck they hope is bound for safety. Where they end up …
It's time for fireworks to celebrate our independence from the Brits (we Americans do like our big booms), so I'm going to make it quick this week (no jokes). Hopefully, wherever you are in the United States, it will be fair weather for your festivities. For those kind readers from other parts of the world-- …
Summer's here and the time is right for killing in the fields. As I've mentioned a few times before, I am fascinated by scarecrows. They are creepy, and I like 'em. I hope to one day write a great scarecrow story (or at least a good one...one that doesn't all-out suck). I am not aware …
The Bermuda Triangle isn't called the Devil's Triangle for no reason. Christopher Columbus reported seeing lights in the Triangle way back in 1492 when he sailed the ocean blue. Since then, that well-travelled area of the North Atlantic Ocean has been the scene of several disappearances of aircraft and ships of all kinds. What's causing …
In the spring of 1976, a vicious evil comes to the small town of Tarker's Mills. On a quiet night in May, under a full moon, a railroad worker gets his head knocked off by something with mean claws and a ferocious appetite. Seeing as the dead man, Arnie, is better known for his drunk …
Curio Macabre 