CONSARNIT! (Plotting My Post-Pandemic Career in Westerns)
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Gabby Hayes in a publicity still. (Republic Pictures) GOWER GULTCH — The mirror doesn’t lie. Nor does the bottom of a prospector’s pan. After more than a month without shaving, I took a good look […]
CONSARNIT! (Plotting My Post-Pandemic Career in Westerns)
By Anthony C. Hayes
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Gabby Hayes in a publicity still. (Republic Pictures) GOWER GULTCH — The mirror doesn’t lie. Nor does the bottom of a prospector’s pan. After more than a month without shaving, I took a good look […]
“Wheel! Of Fortune!” A Las Vegas Story
An unnaturally tan woman with metallic blond hair and garish makeup has hit a bonus. Automated applause, bells, whistles, whoops, and all manner of artificial sounds ring out. Flashing
Father’s Day: Sherlock Holmes, My Father and Me
It took me seven years to land my first publishing contract — which is actually not terrible by industry standards. But it meant that I’d had the dedication on
Edgar Allan Poe: U.S. Army veteran
On this Veteran’s Day, we present an essay about U.S. Army veteran and revered author Edgar Allan Poe and the effect his military service had on the rest of
Ethiopia and its sugarcane salvation
Ethiopia is one of the most beautiful countries in the world, with a rich and varied nature and wildlife. However, the population growth and the need for arable land, wood
UFOs and presidents: A secret history
Could President Truman have known the story behind the front page news from July 28, 1952? For decades, pulp fiction writers, film-makers, and countless UFO researchers have maintained that a
Van Gogh and the gas madness
In a recent article it was argued that Edgar Allan Poe and his wife Virginia suffered from chronic poisoning by illuminating gas, when they lived in New York City from
Edgar Allan Poe: His London ties
Stoke Newington - Old Rectory (Public Domain) During Edgar Allan Poe’s bicentennial in 2009, a great debate raged between partisans in Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore over which city had the
Edgar Allan Poe and his mysterious Eureka
Editor's Note: This essay first appeared on MysteriousWritings.com. It is published with permission. The American poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is the most influential writer in modern literature. Since
Gravity: The mysterious force
Will we soon have flying carpets? Skyscrapers without elevators? Airplanes without wings? We should start to think seriously about such fantasies, because science is beginning to understand gravity, which is