James D. McCallister

author of the Edgewater County series

SHOPKEEP Excerpt: Masterpiece Day

A Day-and-Date Drop of A Key Memoir Chapter Two years after the vehicular tragedy which derailed my life psychically if not quite physically, I had “gotten on with it,” as they say. By the time of October 23, 1989, I had recovered enough to again hold enormous dreams in my heart and mind, and although […]

Review: DUNE (Streaming)

Latest Adaptation of Frank Herbert Hard SF Classic is Unmitigated Disaster Story is everything, particularly when it comes to the so-called ‘hero’s journey.’ And any movie that doesn’t tell a complete journey… is the first episode of a streaming series. In Dune’s case it’s certainly not a cinematic epic befitting a hard science fiction classic […]