Category Archives: travel adventure

Settings from the As Above, So Below Books, Annotated

Posted on February 22, 2021 by Loren Rhoads

My co-writer Brian Thomas moved to LA in the early 90s to find work in the film industry. He worked behind the scenes on films from The Wizard of Space and Time to Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 3), then … Continue reading →

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Hello from the Apocalypse

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Loren Rhoads

It was dark this morning when I woke up on the sofa. My husband came in around 8, while I was reading the news. I said, “It’s so dark this morning.” He said, “Have you seen the color of the … Continue reading →

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Fire Season 2020

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Loren Rhoads

Northern California is on fire right now. One of the fires is 10 times the size of Manhattan, with a burned area equal to the size of Rhode Island. At least 771,000 acres have burned so far. This satellite image … Continue reading →

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Behind “The Drowning City”

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Loren Rhoads

I’ve only been to Italy once. The owner of our penzione in Florence told us she hoped we would arrive in Venice during the day because it rose from the water like something from a dream. This proved to be … Continue reading →

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Behind the story “Catalyst”

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Loren Rhoads

My husband Mason offered to take me to Prague for my birthday one year. I didn’t know much about the city beforehand, except that absinthe was legal there and could be drunk in bars, rather than smuggled back from Spain … Continue reading →

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