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One of our mutual traditions is the reading list. Some are to inspire, others to critique. Some are for fun, some just jumped off the rack at us and others, well, just seem to deserve a read. Here’s Stephen’s list, in no particular order. The covers follow and any comments are welcome!

(Bonus points if you can decipher what projects may be coming up next.)

1. Thoughtful Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy – I’ve wanted to work through this collection of daily readings for a while, so here we go.
2. Back From The Dead– anthology edited by Greenberg and Waugh
   • quick note: some of the scariest stories I’ve ever ready are ALREADY in this book. I can’t wait to reread them and see what other horrors have crept in.
3. Show Me All Your Scars by Lee Gutkind
4. Dead Sea – by Brian Keene
5. Chainsawman – by Tatsuki Fujimoto
6. One Punch Man – by One
7. The Wager – by David Grann
8. Lord of the Isles – by David Drake
9. Dominion – by Tom Holland
10. Terror at Beslan– by John Giduck
11. Green Lantern-Hero’s Quest by Dennis O’Neil
12. Typee – by Herman Melville
13. A Wizard of Earthsea -by Ursula LeGuin

It’s hard to believe our book is two years old today! As we look forward to books 2 and 3 and all of the amazing things that happen on our little island, this time capsule is great reminder of where it all started (alongside other great books and authors). We can’t wait to share where we are going!

Folks that know us are familiar with the varied reading lists that David and I keep. There’s some overlap, but one of the benefits of a writing partnership is that we bring different perspectives and interests to every project. We also both love bookstores and find different treasures every time.

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For 2022, David’s working through the following:

The Pioneers and America in 1876. This year is “understand the old west better” year.

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.  Hoping to get more on the depopulation of Russia and Asia Minor and what that (medieval post apocalyptic) was like. 

Ezra Pound is this year’s poetry collection 

Stephenson’s “Baroque Cycle”. Read book one years ago but it didn’t really click. Attempt number two. 

Metro 2033 a Russian post apocalyptic I’m reading now. A little exposition heavy but still interesting. 

Worldly Goods and The Age of Secrets are this year’s Renaissance history books. 

The Rift. Another post apocalyptic by an author I’m not familiar with…  hope springs eternal.  

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For Steven, this year has been a bit chaotic. However, I’ve continued my yearly tradition of exploring a new skill/trade/discipline and a new area of culture/history/philosophy.

This year, I wanted to learn more about India, so I started a new yoga practice, which brought me to Iyengar’s Light on Yoga. The Bhagavad Gita had been a terrific companion and I’ve enjoyed several different translations. However, I have not found one that I truly love, so I tend to cross-reference several, and Patrick French’s India – a Portrait has been helpful in teasing out some of the culture, geography, and history that I clearly did not get back in school.

Nial Ferguson’s The Square and the Tower came from a recommendation of a friend and I love the exploration of networks and how they influence all of us. Everything from social media to traditional social structures and worldviews gets a turn.

On the fiction front, Clive Cussler’s Plague Ship was a fun beach read. Richard Power’s Pulitzer-winning Overstory was the perfect companion to my morning readings immersed with nature on the beach (yes, there were no trees, but it was easy to see the power of mother nature with every sunrise, wave, and gust of wind).

It’s not Key West, but I wanted to send a thank you to the South Padre sunrise. Over the years, my semi-regular pilgrimage to the southern Texas coast has resulted in 10 short stories, 5 published pieces, three novel ideas, and given voice to hundreds of embers my muse uses to fuel the writer in me. Thanks to the great people and places we always meet along the way. We will be back soon.

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As we get closer to Halloween and continue our 99 cent introduction to the World. of the Holocaust Engine, here is a bit more content. a snippet from Captain Perry Nelson’s audio-diary, to whet your appetite for more.

We’ve had power for the last eight weeks because of one man… one man who loved his wife so much… that he found a way to get power to the hospital until they could fix their diesel generator.  It wasn’t for us.  He did it for her.

            [33 second delay, audible crying]

            And he fought that guy.  He went at him… just swinging a wrench, then a ball-peen hammer, finally just his hands, trying to keep that thing away from the turbine.  Doing anything to make sure the hospital wouldn’t lose power again.  To make sure his wife would have just a few more minutes.

            [1 minute 45 second delay]

            I know everybody here thinks it’s hopeless.  Thinks this place is going to be a slaughterhouse any minute now… But they’re wrong… they’re wrong.  I know it looks bad.  We need a miracle.  But you just hang on.  You hear me, people? You just hang on.

            I’m going to get you your miracle.