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Soul Screaming #6 – a weekly newsletter by perhaps the world’s oldest emerging author

by Christopher Ryan Breaking News: Butch and Suni splashed back down Earth yesterday, greeted by a pod of dolphins. We had a live microphone to catch what the dolphins said: “Where’d you go? Was there water there? Did they have fish?” … Continue reading

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Soul Screaming #5 – a weekly newsletter by perhaps the world’s oldest emerging author

by Christopher Ryan I keep thinking of a line from a cult classic movie as I watch updates on the long-delayed return of astronauts Butch and Suni (Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams) to our shores after nine months in space. … Continue reading

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SOUL SCREAMING #4 – a weekly newsletter by perhaps the world’s oldest emerging author

by Christopher Ryan THIS JUST IN: Internet rabbit holes are multiplying and turning darker by the day! We turn now to recent social media victim, emerging author Christopher Ryan. “I was just innocently scrolling through YouTube and Instagram,” he confessed, “and … Continue reading

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SOUL SCREAMING #3 – a weekly newsletter by perhaps the world’s oldest emerging author

by Christopher Ryan We’re living in historical times. Depending on where you are politically, this is the best of times or the worst of times. But no matter where on the spectrum of opinions you stand, for most of us, … Continue reading

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January 3, 2023 – Fussing Comes to an End and a Project is Complete

by Christopher Ryan I should have been editing Soul Scream. Or completing the uploading of Genius High. But opportunity called and I dove back in to … poetry. Dark horror crime poetry about the most modern of monsters. And I … Continue reading

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Music Monday – Wandering YouTube Yields a Moving Tom Petty Documentary

by Christopher Ryan It had been a long day working on final fussing over a narrative horror poetry collection, planning the final forms of a horror fiction series, wrestling with publishing schedules for those and two novel reboots, and discussing … Continue reading

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Jan. 2, 2023 – Making Wee Hours Wandering More Productive

By Christopher Ryan Occasionally, I awake in the wee hours, brain alive with thoughts that need immediate address (“Get Cheerios! Rewrite that chapter! Hey, let’s see what the bathroom looks like.”). Usually, this results in meandering around before discovering my … Continue reading

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Jan. 1, 2023 – a Pause Before Leaping (and a Cover Reveal!)

Today isn’t a new beginning, nor is it the turning of a page. I have been planning all this for a long time. What I am about attempt is to spend 2023 doing is neither guaranteed to work nor a … Continue reading

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Music Monday – The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special Soundtrack Should be Part of Your Christmas Party Playlist

by Christopher Ryan Christmas revelers have been listening to holiday music for decades. Bing. The Rat Pack. Elvis. Motown. Philly Soul. The Ramones. “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Mariah. The list is endless. And many out there may know the … Continue reading

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WTF Wednesday: How to Survive Thanksgiving

So this is Thanksgiving, And what have we learned? Another year older, And Charlie’s ego just got burned… While we welcome the idea of annually getting together to celebrate our gratitude, in theory anyway, negotiating the potential minefield of actually … Continue reading

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