This retelling of the classic tale can be found in my book The Doug Skinner Dossier. Both Hansel and Gretel are based closely on my sister. Here’s how it begins. HANSEL AND GRETEL AND I Hansel and Gretel and I lived with our father and evil stepmother in a little bungalow out near the forest. […]

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This unusually brief story appears in my collection Sleepytime Cemetery. It’s short, but long enough for a happy ending. THE FUNERAL DINNER Little Tommy sat under a tree, pulling the wings off flies. When he pulled the wings off one, he tossed it onto the grass, where it died. He then plucked the next one […]

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Brent Raynes has written a book about my old friend John Keel, called John A. Keel: The Man, The Myths, and The Ongoing Mysteries. It’s not really a biography, but a catalogue of forteana, with John’s theories and opinions about them, as well as interviews with people who knew him, including me. It’s now available on […]

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This alphabet appears in The Doug Skinner Dossier. Buy a copy! Buy another copy! COMPLEMENTS Acid — Base Clean — Dirty Empty — Full Glum — Happy Iffy — Just Keen — Listless Messy — Neat Old — Puerile Quiet — Raucous Slim — Tubby Unvoiced — Voiced Wet — Xeric Yawning — Zipped

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