Tag Archives: San Francisco

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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How are you doing?

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Loren Rhoads

Wow. Three months ago, I was really excited about 2020. I was going to sell books at all the local comic cons this year, give my cemetery postcards talk at the Gravestone Studies conference in Texas, and finish a new … Continue reading →

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Behind “Something in the Water”

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Loren Rhoads

When my kid was a toddler, we spent hours and hours in the Academy of Sciences while it was exiled from Golden Gate Park. The museum was temporarily housed in a big warehouse south of Market Street, where I could … Continue reading →

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Behind “The Shattered Rose”

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Loren Rhoads

When I first moved to San Francisco, I lived in between the Castro neighborhood and Haight-Ashbury. The house, an old Victorian that survived the 1906 earthquake, became a focal point for a large group of friends. Quite often we’d go … Continue reading →

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Alondra’s Experiments

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Loren Rhoads

“The three stories collected in Alondra’s Experiments are filled with sensual magic that whispers like velvet. Alondra DeCourval walks with monsters, magicians, and old and deep power. Be prepared to be absorbed into her world.” — Martha J. Allard, author … Continue reading →

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