GOOD TEAM IN A BAD PARK
I am not close to being the baseball fan of years past, but the unique style of play of the Tampa Bay Rays has rekindled my interest. It helps that they’ve been a highly competitive team recently, at least up until very recently. Like most Tampeños, I’d love to see the Rays leave their horrible […]
IT’S OFFICIAL- I HAVE A FAN BASE
I am absolutely flattered to learn that someone took the time and trouble to blog in such detail about Glenn Murray Cohen, the protagonist of my NJA Club series. I officially have a fan base! Click the link below to read the fan review ! https://spyguysandgals.com/sgShowChar.aspx?id=2211 Click on the link for the NJA Club Amazon […]
BAGELNOSE GOES TO COLLEGE : A Short Story About Life In Queens
This short story was posted about a year ago. Several readers have told me how much they liked it, so I decided to repost it at the top of the blog. I really like the characters Max Flugel, aka The Weasel, and Kenny Pelko, aka Bagelnose. I used then in a […]
GETTING AROUND BANGKOK IS EASY
The first row of photos was taken at the Phrom Phrong BTS Station. BTS, or SkyTrain as it is affectionately known, glides above the busy streets of Bangkok, allowing public transit users to ignore the city’s world-class traffic. The second row was taken at the Sukhumvit MRT (subway) station, which goes many places the BTS […]
BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH KEYBANGERS BANGKOK
Keybangers Bangkok, March 27, 2022. Photo by Stephen Shaiken It’s been three years since I last met face-to face with Keybangers Bangkok, the writing group that has always nurtured and assisted me in countless ways. Some faces are familiar, others are new. Writers come from just about every corner of the globe: Romania, England , […]
SOUND ADVICE FROM SYLVIA PLATH
Courtesy of Inquiring Quotes
A MORNING E BIKE RIDE, AND A NEW NJA CLUB NOVEL TO BE RELEASED
Taking a morning e bike ride in Old Seminole Heights, Tampa, FL, thinking about the release of the third novel in the NJA Club series, titled Bangkok Blues. It will be released in less than two weeks. The first two novels, Bangkok Shadows and Bangkok Whispers, continue gaining readers, and Bangkok Blues will please old and new readers […]
TWO GREAT EXOTIC NOIR THRILLERS SET IN BANGKOK
Bangkok Series: Espionage Mysteries by Stephen Shaiken
SALLY ROONEY’S RACISM MASQUERADING AS PRINCIPLE: ANOTHER BDS-HOLE EXPOSED
Irish author Sally Rooney refuses to allow her most recent novel to be published in Hebrew. She recently clarified that her refusal was not based on antipathy to the Hebrew language, but rather on her antipathy to the Jewish people who speak it in the world’s only Jewish state. Not surprising, as Ms. Rooney is […]
FLORIDA MOURNS THE DESANTIS DEAD, KILLED BY ITS PRO-COVID GOVERNOR
Photo ourtesy of Tampa Bay Times Photo courtesy of Newsweek No author could write a science fiction thriller as frightening as Florida’s current reality. In most plague novels, earnest government officials lead a war against the deadly pathogens, fighting with every ounce of strength to save their constituents from the ravages of a pandemic. Not […]