Located along the bank of the majestic Ohio River in the foothills of the rugged Appalachian Mountains, Point Pleasant, West Virginia is a charming little community with a lot to offer visitors. The county seat of Mason County, Point Pleasant has been the scene of violent Indian conflict, an important riverboat stop, and is even […]
Note: I was busy all day yesterday making edits to my new John Lee Quarrels book and ran out of time for a blog, but here is a repost of a chilling blog from 2017. In my blog He Created Horror a few days ago, I told you about the life of Edgar Allan Poe […]
Note: This is the second of three installments about our trip from Florida to Ohio. After a comfortable night at the Hampton Inn in Athens, Georgia, we took U.S. Highway 441 north, passing through a several small towns and some very pretty countryside. The further north we went, the more the terrain changed, first to […]
We discovered history and mystery in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, a charming little community located on the bank of the majestic Ohio River in the foothills of the rugged Appalachian Mountains. The county seat of Mason County, Point Pleasant has been the scene of violent Indian conflicts, was an important riverboat stop, and is even […]
In my blog He Created Horror a few days ago, I told you about the life of Edgar Allan Poe and our visit to the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia. Today I’ll tell you a story that shows that real life can be more ghastly than anything Poe and authors like him could ever conjure […]
It’s been pretty hot here for the last week or so, and we have stayed close to home for most of it. Terry is involved in a weaving project, and I’ve been working on my new Big Lake mystery book. I’m at 16,000 words now and moving right along. Speaking of books, that’s the subject […]