Zacharia: School Monkey – A Book for Kids
Several years ago, I told my second grade students I used to have a pet monkey named Zacharia, similar to Frida Kahlo’s pet monkey, and I used to teach lessons …
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Stuck on Bigfoot
My story “Devotion” in Frida Sex Dreams tells the story of two bigfoot hunters, one a true believer and the other a skeptic secretly in love with his hunting companion. …
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People Are Saying Nice Things About “Stealing ‘The Scream'”
Run Amok Books has sent out advance copies of “Stealing ‘The Scream‘” and people are saying nice things about it. You can secure your copy in advance of the September …
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Where to Buy “Frida Sex Dreams and Other Unnerving Disruptions”
An odd book for odd people, “Frida Sex Dreams and Other Unnerving Disruptions” and explores gender roles, sexuality, and power. Containing elements of SciFi, humor, and erotica, the book includes …
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VOTING CLOSED 11/11/18 You can still see the original post and cover designs below. With several great covers to choose from, Run Amok Books would like your input to help …
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Harry Houdini and Halloween
Halloween marks the anniversary of the death of Harry Houdini. Each year, spiritualists attempt to make contact with the dead escape artist, an annual tradition I’ve written about in both …
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New Story: “The Creature from Flathead Lake”
My story “The Creature from Flathead Lake” is in the new issue of Kaaterskill Basin Literary Journal. This piece was inspired by the movie “The Creature from the Black Lagoon.” …
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Sexy Frida, Octopus Cunnilingus, Reading Naked, and Exotic Animals
My recently published and forthcoming fiction takes inspiration from two-hundred-year-old Japanese erotic art, the sexual exploits of Frida Kahlo, and a crazed Ohio man who set free his collection of …
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Why Visual Art Keeps Invading My Fiction
I rebelled by being conventional, by NOT going to art school. The product of three generations of visual artists, I studied Political Science, then moved from California to Washington, D.C. for …
Read MoreCharles Varani is O.U. Levon: Ken Kesey’s Co-author Talks about Their Year Writing Together and How Kesey Yearned for the Technology We Have Today
During the academic year of 1987-1988, Ken Kesey taught a graduate-level creative writing class of thirteen students at the University of Oregon. He charged the group with producing a full-length …
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