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JoeyPinkney.com Interview with Jon Dambacher, author of “A Strange, Sickly Beauty”

JoeyPinkney.com Interview with…
Jon Dambacher, author of “A Strange, Sickly Beauty”

Joey Pinkney: Hello, Jon. Thank you for doing this interview with me.

Jon Dambacher: Hello. Excuse my tardiness, the meal ran longer than expected.

Joey Pinkney: Not a problem at all. I’m happy that we are able to make this connection.

Jon Dambacher: Likewise. Thank you.

Joey Pinkney: Your book, “A Strange, Sickly Beauty”. Why this title?

Jon Dambacher: The title sums up our intellectual experience as inhabitants on this lovely planet. It also comes from Eugene Ionescu and Dostoevsky.

Joey Pinkney: For readers who are not familiar, including myself, who are they?

Jon Dambacher: Ionesco was Romanian. Involved with the “Theatre of Continue reading JoeyPinkney.com Interview with Jon Dambacher, author of “A Strange, Sickly Beauty”

5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Brian W. Smith, author of Differences

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With…
Brian W. Smith, author of Differences
(Hollygrove Publishing)

Conway Jackson is a wealthy man. He has six adult children – who can’t get along. He tries to bring them together while he’s alive, but fails miserably. When Conway dies, he stipulates in his will that each child would receive one hundred thousand dollars. But, there are “strings attached”.

In order to get their money, the siblings who have the biggest “differences” must team up and go on a scavenger hunt to find their money. They have 48 hours to find the clues or their money gets donated to charity – all six hundred thousand dollars.

Once the siblings break into their respective teams, it isn’t long before the search for the money takes a back seat to discussions about the painful family secrets, betrayals, and drama that is the source of all of their problems…which is exactly what the late Conway Jackson planned.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Differences?

Brian W. Smith: I got the idea to write Differences after watching the 1960’s movie, “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World“. I thought it would be clever to mix Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Brian W. Smith, author of Differences

Book Review – Into the Dark Desolate Night by John Darling

JoeyPinkney.com Book Review
Into the Dark Desolate Night
by John Darling
5 of 5 Stars

“Into the Dark Desolate Night” by John Darling introduces the reader to Detective Anderson through a series of tightly-related short stories. These short stories serve as bite-sized chapters that can be read in one sitting. Within each chapter, cases are solved, supporting characters come and go, and Detective Anderson’s layers are revealed with the turn of each page. Continue reading Book Review – Into the Dark Desolate Night by John Darling