More movie/tv news. The film adaptation of my novel CREEPERS (now titled DO NOT ENTER) will soon be released. Meanwhile, here’s an announcement in Variety about a possible streaming series of my Victorian mystery/thriller MURDER AS A FINE ART. variety.com/2025/tv/global…

Excited to see the trailer for DO NOT ENTER, the new movie based on my novel CREEPERS, about a night of terror in an abandoned hotel. Director Marc Klasfeld is famed for his stylish videos featuring major music talents. Here, he displays the same skills. comingsoon.net/movies/trailer…

My debut novel, FIRST BLOOD, introduced Rambo. He was inspired by real-life Audie Murphy, America’s most decorated soldier in WWII, who became a movie star in Westerns. Nat Segaloff has a great sidebar about Murphy in his new book, THE RAMBO REPORT.

My friend Jack Carr & I will have an on-stage conversation @ a Poisoned Pen Bookstore event in Scottsdale AZ to celebrate the release of his novel CRY HAVOC. Guests get a signed copy of CRY HAVOC & my novel FIRST BLOOD. The ticketed event is on 10/5. calendar.time.ly/9plshfqx/poste…

Excited about a possible streaming series of the first book in my Victorian mystery/thriller series, MURDER AS A FINE ART. Here’s the announcement in Variety. variety.com/2025/tv/global…

If you can’t make it to our Poisoned Pen Bookstore event in Scottsdale AZ on Oct. 5 to celebrate Jack Carr’s upcoming novel, CRY HAVOC, you can buy signed copies of his new book and my novel FIRST BLOOD at this link. Available from October 6. store.poisonedpen.com/item/1iqMaW6sr…

Netflix is expanding from the screen into shopping malls, with 3 Netflix Houses offering immersive experiences based on its films & tv shows, along with food & retail. The first opens in Philly’s King of Prussia Mall just in time for the holidays—Nov. 12. hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…

Excited that Zack Stentz will be the showrunner for the proposed streaming series of my Victorian mystery/thriller MURDER AS A FINE ART. Zack and I had many conversations. He’s a terrific guy as well as a talented writer. deadline.com/2025/08/zack-s…

My friend Jack Carr’s new series THE TERMINAL LIST, DARK WOLF has debuted on Amazon Prime. Hooray. I loved the novel that started it all. He & I will have an onstage conversation in Scottsdale, AZ on Oct 5. Here’s a link for information. calendar.time.ly/9plshfqx/poste…

The trailer for DO NOT ENTER is creepy! The new movie is based on my novel CREEPERS, about a night of terror in an abandoned hotel. Director Marc Klasfeld is famed for his stylish videos featuring major music talents. Here, he displays the same skills. comingsoon.net/movies/trailer…

Here’s the first poster for the movie adaptation of my novel CREEPERS. The title was changed to DO NOT ENTER because the production company wondered if it would be confused w/an earlier movie JEEPERS CREEPERS. No release date yet, but already there’s a lot of buzz.

Johny Carson, king of late-night tv, once impersonated Rambo wearing an exaggerated muscle suit and carrying weapons in an 8-minute comedy routine on THE TONIGHT SHOW. I had fun writing about it in my forward to Nat Segaloff’s new book, THE RAMBO REPORT.

Santa Fe has a 101-year tradition of burning a large puppet named Zozobra, Old Man Gloom, saying goodbye to our woes. Thousands of people go to a park to watch. A neighbor burned her own version for 15 of us.

Hope you can join Jack Carr & me for an onstage conversation @ a Poisoned Pen Bookstore event in Scottsdale AZ Oct. 5 to celebrate his new novel, CRY HAVOC. Guests will receive a signed copy of CRY HAVOC & of my novel, FIRST BLOOD. It’s a ticketed event. calendar.time.ly/9plshfqx/poste…

If you can’t make it to our Poisoned Pen Bookstore event in Scottsdale AZ on Oct. 5 to celebrate Jack Carr’s upcoming novel, CRY HAVOC, you can buy signed copies of his new book and my novel FIRST BLOOD at this link. Available from October 6. store.poisonedpen.com/item/1iqMaW6sr…

Our area of Santa Fe, NM, has a lot of wildlife. This magnificent creature appeared at our back window. We’ve seen everything from bobcats to raccoons to coyotes.

The first poster for DO NOT ENTER (the movie adaptation of my novel CREEPERS) shows creepy fingers squeezing a hotel. The production company changed the title because of possible confusion with an earlier movie JEEPERS CREEPERS. No release date yet, but there’s a lot of buzz.

The trailer for DO NOT ENTER is creepy! Based on my novel CREEPERS, the new movie is about a night of terror in an abandoned hotel. Director Marc Klasfeld is famed for his stylish videos featuring major music talents. Here, he displays the same skills. comingsoon.net/movies/trailer…

My 1st fiction sale, THE DRIPPING, was to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine years ago. That put me in their Dept. of First stories, joining some of my literary idols such as Jack Finney & Stanley Ellin. Delighted to be in EQMM again with THE CORPSE COLLECTOR. elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com

These covers for new paperback editions of my novelizations for RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II & RAMBO III resemble paperbacks of the golden age. They’re now available from a home-video-disc company—Vinegar Syndrome. Only 1,500 copies. I wrote intros for each. vinegarsyndrome.com