Butler’s theatre department celebrated its milestone year with a series of events. Photo by Paige Horsley.
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The celebration included a number of activities such as a tailgate tent before the football game, a reception, workshops, tours and a dinner in Lilly Hall. All events were open to the public and free of charge.
Butler offers a variety of emphases within the theatre department, opening the doors for students to major and minor in the artform. Emphases include acting, stage management, directing, technical theatre and musical theatre. Students are able to expand their horizons by having the flexibility to take classes outside of their desired pathway.
Diane Timmerman, department chair and professor of theatre, has been with Butler University since 1993, while also producing, directing and performing. She is currently working at both Butler and the Indianapolis Shakespeare Company.
“We really want to open all those doors for our students, while at the same time giving them the deep training that they want that prepares them for the profession, and many of our alumni are professional actors, directors, designers, stage managers, arts administrators across the country and abroad too,” Timmerman said.
Timmerman said that the Irwin library has been working hand-in-hand with the theatre department for the past few months in order to prepare for the celebration. The display includes costumes, props and posters of past performances.
Next month, the department will become digitized with a website dedicated to the history of theatre at Butler. The website will launch records of the program’s achievements since the department was first formed in the 1920s.
Ollie Sikes, a sophomore theatre and English double major, said they are excited about the promotion the 75th celebration will bring to the department.
“Theatre is one of the greatest arts that we have as a society,” Sykes said. “It’s one of the real-est ways you can express an emotion about something.”
Theatre has been a vibrant part of the Butler community since the founding of Jordan College. The department began as drama clubs, school productions and even a few classes offered to students. In 1947, the department officially became known as the Speech and Theatre department under chair and professor James Phillippe.
Students in other departments are also excited about the celebrations. First-year exploratory business major Brogan Smith said it is amazing to see the theatre department in the spotlight.
“It’s amazing,” Smith said. “Theatre deserves so much more than it gets. I love that Butler is taking the time to acknowledge 75 years of the department. Of course I’m going to go to the shows and join in the celebration. Anything that helps support them, I’m willing to do.”
The department will be presenting “The Station: Limbus Time” from Nov. 9 to 13 at the Lilly Hall Studio Theatre. This mainstage production, along with all mainstage productions for the 2022-23 school year, is free of charge in honor of the 75th anniversary.


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1/4 C fresh white goat cheese
3 T plain yogurt
1 T olive oil
1 T fresh lemon juice
1 t minced fresh thyme, or 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
8 C Andy Boy Romaine Hearts
1 C pine nuts, toasted
- In a small bowl, whisk all dressing ingredients together.
- Pit fruit and cut into 1-inch chunks, reserving juices.
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Discover more from Declan’s Newsletter
The Complete Works of Declan Finn
June 2021 Edition
As I loaded up a list of new subscribers, I considered if it would be a good idea to load up a list of my books. After all, I had just done that in January on the blog…
Then I remembered that “the blog” is not “the substack,” and I haven’t posted any such list here.
Speaking of which, if you are receiving this, you SHOULD HAVE gotten an email with a special coupon code for THREE FREE EBOOKS. If you haven’t gotten any such email, well, ping me via the email address you’ve subscribed with, and I’ll reply with the URL and coupons. I’m happy to give them out, I just don’t want this posted randomly online.
Anyway, the long-winded list. (Note: every Amazon link here is an Amazon Associate list. You’re warned.)
I started the insanity that is my publishing life in 2012 with It Was Only On Stun!
It was just a test run for what was to come, though there are readers of mine who've read it repeatedly-- the high number being six times.
But after 9 years, it's ... quite a list.
The following is a bit of a chart of “if you were reading things in publication order” ...
We'd start with...
If you weren’t here when this one came out, It was Only on Stun! introduces the professional security specialist Sean A.P. Ryan being dumped head first into an SFF convention.
He is hip deep in nerds, genocidal madmen, terrorists, IRA gunmen, and a cartel that has a grudge with him.
So it acts as a nice prologue to ...
The Pius Trilogy
It was a book a long time in the making. One part history paper, and one part "f*** Dan Brown" (okay, it was a different author that pissed me off), this was a mystery, an 80's action movie and a small war rolled into one.
Because nothing says "epic" like kidnapping the Pope, leading a jail break, and declaring war on the Vatican.
Then there was Pius History and Pius Tales -- basically, the footnotes and the short stories. These were also pulled from the shelves in order to be rereleased by a publisher. But I ended up with 5 books of The Pius Trilogy. Because I'm apparently doing the Dune "trilogy" of a dozen novels.
If you're new here, The Pius Trilogy is my answer to every Smrt Story who thinks they can jam history into a thriller so they can spread whatever Orwellian rewrite of history they like among the populous. In this case, there's a secret about the Catholic church that people are willing to kill to cover up. The only question is: who do you trust?
Again, going chronologically, in a post-Pius universe…
This is the return of Sean AP Ryan, after he appears in Pius, and it's more of a postscript to Pius than it is a sequel to Stun!
This time, Sean ends up in the political end of the SFF spectrum, hip deep in lunatics, armed authors, all set in the city of Atlanta for WyvernCon.
No relation to DragonCon, which takes place in Atlanta. Heh heh heh.
And this is the companion piece. Sort of.
Long.... long story. It's insane comedy. If you don't know what the title references, you're probably better off without trying this one.
And with mustn't forget my solution to dystopias ... with gun fire.
The Last Survivors
This one is particularly interesting, because it's nothing like anything I've ever written. In fact, it's unlike anything I've ever read. I don't like dystopia. I think they're boring, filled with the exact same cliche.
Winterborn and UnSub -- the Dragon Award nominated work -- are set in a San Francisco that ... sadly, looks much like San Francisco of today, only a little worse. Add a spy of unstable temperament, a flaky assassin, and an unstoppable serial killer, and a collection of mercenaries who are increasingly enamored of the almighty dollar.
And, of course, the series everyone likes...
Take everything from Dracula about vampires.
Add philosophy and microbiology to explain how vampires work.
Add faith, redemption, a love story, Vatican ninjas, and lots of gunfire.
The first book is possibly my more published novel... because it's been killed by one publisher, resurrected in self publishing, then republished by a second publisher.
Now the only request I have is that you don’t judge these books by their covers. The instructions the publisher gave the artist was male and female leads, the woman is a redhead, and it has to be in the Urban Fantasy genre.
Frankly, the only way to get the covers that I want and that I have in my head requires … a cover artist who is way, way out of my price range. I can do another post about cover design later on.
My first Dragon Award nominated work. For best horror, as it says on the cover.
Kick ass vampire.
A romance that works.
Three-dimensional characters, even among the side characters.
And then there are Vatican ninjas.
One is a heartless, bloodthirsty killer. The other is a vampire.
College freshman, Amanda Colt knows few people and wants to know fewer still. She enjoys fencing and prefers facing a challenge every once in a while. She is beautiful, smart, and possibly the most interesting person on campus.
Then she finds tall, intense Marco Catalano in her fencing class. With a mind like a computer and manners of a medieval knight, he scares most people - but not Amanda. They both have secrets, for they are both monsters.
As they draw closer, they must find the line between how much they can trust each other, and how much they can care for each other. Each carries a secret that can destroy the other. But they must come to grips with their personal drama soon because a darkness rises around them. Bodies keep turning up all over New York, and an army of vampires closes in on all sides.
They have only one hope - each other.
Obviously, the sequel to Honor at Stake.
Take everything from book one... add in a demon that just won't die.
After saving Brooklyn from a nest of vampires, Amanda Colt and Marco Catalano are a little banged up. He's been given a job offer to deal with vampires in San Francisco, and it's a tempting offer - it would get him away from Amanda, his feelings for her, and get her away from the darkness inside him. When a death in the family compels Marco to move to the West Coast, they're both left to fend for themselves.
Then the creature known only as Mister Day leaves their world in tatters, and they must once more join forces against the darkness. Only Day is no vampire, but a creature beyond their experience. It will take the combined might of Marco, Amanda, and all of their allies just to slow it down. They have no weapons that can kill him. They have no way to imprison him. To even fight him is death.
But they have to try - or face the end of everything they love.
Live and Let Bite
Book three of the vampire series.
And the 2017 Dragon Award Nominee for best horror.
A 2017 Dragon Award Nominee for Best Horror Novel!
Marco is spiraling out of control.
He knows it. His team knows it. Everyone around him can see that he’s just a bomb waiting to explode.
The only woman who can bring him back from the edge is also the woman who lit his fuse. Ever since the demon Asmodeus tried to murder Marco, Amanda Colt has been hunting down every lead to find the true evil behind the attack. Her investigation uncovers a vampire assassin that Amanda has faced once before - and she lost. Stronger than anything they’ve face before, the assassin isn’t alone. As Marco flirts with self-destruction and the armies of Hell prepare to descend, they must come together to stop a thousand-year-old assassin that has never failed.
Even worse, they must finally face up to their feelings for each other!
After this, the grand finale in book 4
The final war begins.
Merle Kraft, Marco Catalano and Amanda Colt have battled against the mythical Council, a supernatural conspiracy that monsters fear. This war has brought them up against vampires, minions, and demons from Hell.. Along the way, they have accumulated allies among the police, the military, the mafia, college students, lowly street gangs, and even other vampires. Marco and Amanda have overcome their biggest terror - their passion for each other.
But now, they face the final threat, one that is the culmination of every threat before them. This creature from Hell has powers beyond anything they’ve ever seen before, and has allies of his own: including SpecOps minions, an army of vampires, and packs of werewolves.
And that was before Marco got bitten.
And there are some short stories set in the universe.
One is a bloodthirsty monster. The other's a serial killer.
This is going to get messy.
In World War II, the allied invasion of the continent hinges on keeping one secret absolutely secure. No one must find out, or all hope is lost.
Tonight, German spy Konrad Achterberg is about to discover what that secret is.
He's also about to find out that the Nazis aren't the scariest predators in the night.
Because something in the dark is colder than the dark.
And it is hungry.
You can probably take a guess exactly when this one was released. I think this set a land-speed record in terms of getting this out between the announcement of the Area 51 “storming” and the actual event.
My short story in this collection was Area 51 is Not Enough, and it follows Amanda and Marco after the quartet is over.
And, of course, since I’m going in order of publication, (something to break up the extra-long series) my other nonfiction work.
"For all Their Wars Are Merry" is an examination of the uses and implications of songs in Irish terrorist organizations such as the IRA and all of their various and sundry splinter factions. Basically, it will examine why the Irish have these songs as such a widespread phenomenon, and what the songs tell us about these Irish terrorists.
From songs like “My Little Armalite” to “Come out Ye Black and Tans,” one gets the feeling that the IRA doesn't quite take their British opponents as seriously as one would think, given the amount of bombs and firepower the IRA and all of its mutations has thrown at them in their fight to have Northern Ireland united with the Republic of Ireland, or at least independent of the United Kingdom.
Along the way, it will cover why the Irish terrorists have such songs, why they apologize for their atrocities, how Catholic they thing they are. It will trace these traditions going back back to the days of the Druidic Bards-Irish poets-of the early Celts some three thousand years ago, up to and including the poet Patrick Pearse in the 1916 Easter Uprising in Dublin.
Moving right along from that, we go to my current series.
Thomas Nolan has a new found talent for smelling evil... And bilocation. Powers associated with Saints. His family isn't surprised. After all, Tommy attends every church function. He tries to reform every criminal he arrests. He is a good man.
But when the legions of Hell discover Nolan, he becomes a target for a possessed serial killer, a cult, a Warlock, Jihadi X-Men, sex trafficking succubi, a Lovecraftian Bond Villain, and a Kaiju demon.
And those are just the beginnings of the horrors that seek to destroy him.
But all of them are about to learn that “good” doesn't mean “harmless.”
And Tommy Nolan is going to send them all back to Hell, or die trying.
… As of this minute, books 1-8 are published, books 9-12 are turned in to the publisher and edited. We're in the home stretch of the series.
My name is Officer Thomas Nolan, and I am a saint.
I can smell evil. I show mercy to the lesser criminals - the desperate. Even those I've put behind bars seem to like me. But now there's a serial killer bringing darkness beyond imagination to my city. I can smell his stench a mile away. But how can I prove it?
How do you do forensics on a killer possessed by a demon?
All saints are dead.
Detective Tommy Nolan is no stranger to bizarre events. After all, he's a New York cop. And after the demon, he thought he'd seen it all.
When home invaders threaten his family, he was prepared to take it as a risk of the job. When it turns out the intruders were covered in the mark of the demon, he knew the trouble was just beginning.
Now, it's a race against time as the cult who raised the demon take their revenge. They know that Tommy is not yet a saint.
Because all saints are dead.
Detective Tommy Nolan is having a bad day.
First, the celebrant was murdered during mass. Then the SWAT team knocked down his door trying to kill him.
With the million dollar bounty on his head, every gunman and demonic monster is coming out of the pit to collect it.
Tommy has to discover who's out to make him a martyr before he becomes a saint for real.
Tommy Nolan cannot catch a break.
This short story, set between the novels, is Tommy on a new assignment. But before he can begin, a coven of witches have targeted him as their latest sacrifice. Naked and alone in the woods, Tommy is hunted. All he has to work with is his wits, his fists, and his gifts from God… making him the deadliest game.
London is alive with the sound of shadows.
When Tommy Nolan was sent abroad to avoid being made a saint too soon, he thought he'd be a glorified tourist. But when an impossible prehistoric artifact the Vatican is looking at is stolen from the British Museum, they do the first thing that comes to mind -- they call the cops.
But Tommy is soon convinced that the artifact is more than it seems. The crime scene looks like a war zone. The owners of the stolen merchandise eye him with suspicion. His new partner has a shady, mysterious past. The police are ready to arrest him. The city itself seems primed to explode.
Worst of all, the darkness itself is closing in on Tommy, the city, and everyone who lives there.
But Tommy isn't one to curse the darkness. The darkness curses him.
He might be on his last crusade.
Still working abroad, Detective Tommy Nolan has a hot tip that leads him to Germany. Women and children are disappearing from Catholic Bavaria. The local police have their hands tied. Tommy is the last hope for answers.
Yet again, Tommy is in over his head. What starts as a sex trafficking ring turns into a terrorist conspiracy to unleash Hell on Europe. To stop it, Tommy must fight Nazi vampires, terrorists, and a swarm of succubi who want him as their next meal. Tommy has always crusaded for justice. But now he might be on his last crusade.
God wills it. A Saint must find a way.
All Tommy Nolan wants is some peace to enjoy his family. He’s been to hell and back, and now he needs a break.
But evil doesn’t need to take a breather, and now the Vatican is back on his doorstep asking for help.
A nearby monastery has been desecrated and the exorcist monks murdered in the most brutal ways imaginable. A legion of demons is gathering for something big, and Tommy’s the saint they need to help.
An old enemy is the ally he needs, but can Tommy trust him? Can they track down all of the demons in time?
And what does the Necronomicon have to do with it all?
Detective Thomas Nolan has finally returned home. In typical police fashion, he is welcomed home with a murder case and gunfire.
After one arrest goes spectacularly wrong, Tommy is assigned another case and another dead body.
But everything goes wrong from the start of the case. The deceased is a member of a nearby military base, and no one wants to answer his questions. A local bodega gives him mind-splitting headaches.
To make matters worse — Tommy no longer has his charisms.
Worst of all, someone is after his children.
Lt. Tommy Nolan has enjoyed a relatively quiet life for the past three years. His promotion has taken him away from the streets and away from the line of fire.
But when a training camp for terrorists threatens his city, he's dragged back into the sulfur. Creatures of the damned are rising, and he's the only man who can stop them.
Supernatural Streets brings together 14 Urban Fantasy authors to explore mysteries with a touch of Magic. The collection includes stories of psychic FBI agents, werewolf detectives, monster hunters, and an ordinary cop just trying to survive when the ritual daggers come out.
Technically, this is not, strictly speaking, a Saint Tommy. The last line of that description is my short story. The short story, called They Burn Witches, Don’t They? features Thomas Nolan’s partner, Alex Packard. He’s not a saint. He has no powers. But he’s going to have to figure out how he’s going to survive and stop these witches before they become invincible.
Finally, we have reached my collection of Self-published stories.
This is slightly different than a lot of my books… okay, it’s insanely atypical of my novels
To start with, my co-author is my father.
… What, you didn’t think I was born with the name Declan Finn, did you?
Anyway, my father was there, at the time the events took place.
This is more of a cozy than anything else. A historical novel with a murder thrown in for fun.
Also, my wife did the cover. So be sure to compliment it.
James is a college philosophy professor with too much time on his hands. When an old classmate asks for a favor, he drops in with little notion of what’s ready for him.
The year is 1976, during the dark times – for both the Catholic Church and New York City.
James’ college classmate is Father Gus Sadowski, the pastor of Saints Gabriel, Columcille, and Rocco church in the middle of Bed-Sty, where the drive by criminals are on one side of the parish, and the mob is on the other. Father Gus is all alone to run the parish, and needs help – because the live-in priest in the attic, Father Timothy A. Lessner, is worse than useless.
When Lessner takes a tumble down the stairs in the middle of the night, the casual favor has turned into a nightmare.
Can James solve the mystery of who killed Lessner before he finds himself the main suspect?
Wayne Williams is a Secret Service agent sentenced to the outer darkness because his family pissed off the wrong president.
Catherine Miller is a CIA assassin who specializes in becoming anyone.
When terrorists threaten to nuke every spot on the President's world tour, they are both called in to handle the threat.
To stop World War Three, they must travel from Ireland to Rome to Israel. They will have to face terrorist gunmen, professional assassins and nuclear suicide bombers... and perhaps even a threat from within.
But first, they must survive each other.
My first serial novel, originally in three parts. Why three parts? Because this thing was freaking HUGE.
The Omnibus edition is now available, but only in paperback. Why? Don’t ask me, ask Amazon.
Sorry if you prefer e-books. But those you can get in the links below
Secret Service Agent Wayne Williams is dead. But he has to keep busy somehow.
When a coven of witches reports a threat to the President of the United States, it's the sort of threat that must be investigated. But it sounds like a vacation for Wayne.
CIA Assassin Catherine Miler is on a mission to kill "Baron Samedi," a Haitian Prime Minister sacrificing American Tourists, with a sideline in drug dealing.
Author Matthew Kovach is looking for his own version of Derry, Maine.
All three are about to find themselves embroiled in San Francisco pagans, want to be vampires, pharmaceutical zombies, and New Orleans.
And all three have to survive their consultants on this case -- the Kraft Brothers.
For this one, the Omnibus is both electronic and paperback. Why this and not Too Secret Service? Don’t ask me, ask Amazon. I swear they’re getting worse at this.
If, for some reason, you prefer electronic books that are in two parts, you can buy them below. But I think it’s cheaper to just buy the omnibus outright, really…
Well, this will be odd, considering that many of these are from out of print sources. So some of these are here for my edification. Don't worry, I'll try to track them for you.
This one SHOULD be out of print. It's from a press that no longer exists. Which means the remaining copies might be collectors items at this point.
This story hasn't been rereleased yet. Give me time.
Now, at one point, there was an anthology of the Tales of the Once and Future King. It had a poorly edited frame tale, and had a lot of selections that I've heard mixed reviews over. No, I never got a chance to read it, and the reviews talked me out of trying.
However, the people who left reviews liked my short story, Arresting Merlin.
When the ten year old tried to murder New York City's Mayor with a wrought-iron flamingo, Officer Tinney figured that this was just another day of weird. When the perp insisted that he was two thousand years old, it was another flavor to the stew of strange that came with the job.
But when the runes start exploding and the forces of darkness invade the station, Tinney is going to have to make a choice. He will either have to jump down the rabbit hole or be dragged down, screaming.
Lyonesse, Volume 1(Out of print)
The short story I published here was Zombie Jamboree, where a consultant who is prepared for everything gets to put his contingency plans to the test.
Somali pirate Abdi Barre considers himself the Emir of the sea. So when a superliner crosses his path, he wants it.
And this pirate is going to get everything that's coming to him.
Once upon a time, there was another defunct anthology called MAGA 2020 and Beyond. The anthology is dead, but the short story is not.
Let's just say that I took the nickname of General Mattis a little too literally.
Paragons: An Anthology of Superheroes. (Out of print)
Places Beyond the Wild (Temporarily out of print... we hope)
If you’re new here and have no idea what these were, a now-defunct press wanted to go have a collection of anthologies with planetary-themed works.
Some will be fairly obvious what the themes are.
Mars. The Red Planet. Bringer of war, the God of war itself. The planet that gave birth to the modern era of science fiction when H.G. Wells gazed upon the red light in the night sky and envisioned an army gathering upon its plains to invade our world.
These are the stories of Mars. Stories of adventure, conflict and war.
Authors include: Kevin J. Anderson, Chuck Dixon, Bokerah Brumley, Lou Antonelli Julie Frost and Jon Mollison.
I think the title of my short story was Death March of Cambreadth, where a man tries to help out a friend of his … and walks into a fight to the death.
It wanders through space in fiery temperatures that make Hades look like a vacation spot by comparison. The first planet in our Solar System that races around the Sun once every 88 days. Named after the Roman god of commerce, eloquence, messages, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves; he also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld.
Authors include: Lou Antonelli, Misha Burnett, Bokerah Brumley, John C. Wright, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Joshua M. Young, Corey McCleery
I wrote a mission impossible episode set in a habitat dome on Mercury. Where yes, there are nothing by trickster games, and nothing here is exactly what it appears to be.
Oh Venus. Doesn’t that just roll off the lips like a lovers kiss?
What image does it draw to your mind? A great planetary body of deadly gases neighboring Earth, existing as its own world, mysterious and alluring? Or an image of a more fantastical nature such as the jungles described by Edgar Rice Burroughs? Or do you think perhaps, of a goddess who holds power and beauty beyond measure, whose name, throughout the ages, has been synonymous with love? Perhaps you imagine something in-between, with adventure and romance.
Love, of any kind, has the power to bring the magic of Gods into the events of men. Within these covers you will find tales of wonder, some of space, some of the heart, some that follow in the footsteps of the goddess herself.
My wife is in this one. She published it under the name Margot St. Aubin. “Venus Times Three, by Margot St. Aubin — Two lawyers travel to Mars to settle a will that, inexplicably, involves Venus. Will they be able to untangle this complicated web?”
Mine? Heh: “Love Boat To Venus, by Declan Finn — On a tour around the solar system, elite fighters pause to give marital advice, until they are interrupted.”
Yeah. I write Love boat to Venus, then I have someone hijack it.
Other authors include: Lou Antonelli, Bokerah Brumley, Misha Burnett, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Julie Frost, Frederic Himebaugh, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Jane Lebak Joshua M. Young
Pluto, the Roman god of death and wealth, ruled the underworld far away from all of the other gods. So it was only fitting when, in 1930 and working on a theorized ninth planet proposed by Percival Lowell, Clyde Tombaugh used the telescope at Lowell Observatory to locate the ninth planet in our solar system, far, far away from its brothers and sister.
Then came that day in July of 2015. Like the Romans when they found themselves within Pluto’s realm and discovered it was nothing like the desolate fires of damnation assigned to his Greek counterpart, Hades, those of us in modern time discovered that Pluto was nothing like we had imagined since 1930.
That iconic photo of Pluto, with the heart-shaped plain later named Tombaugh Regio, told us that there was so much more to the planet. First, it was not blue and not just solid ice as so many had expected it to be. Just like Pluto’s mythological domain, the planet displayed a variety of features and composition.
In this volume, what you will find in the pages that follow are twenty-one amazing stories of death and wealth set around a wandering cousin far out in the cold edges of our solar system. You will find Vikings, knights, warriors defending home and hearth, of triumph and tragedy, and, yes, even the god himself. You will read tales of great courage and great loss. Of sacrifice for a greater good and of justice delivered to the overly greedy. You will even find the aforementioned Walt Disney himself.
Authors include: Richard Paolinelli, Arlan Andrews Sr., Karina L. Fabian, L.A. Behm, Frank Luke (Author), and more
My story in this one was simply “The Collector.” Archer, a futuristic thief that is cynical, calm, and likes to think things through before handing over the item he's been hired to steal. His latest client wants him to steal a nice bright shiny egg for his client, Thomas Lynch, who owns Pluto's only ice castle ... as well as Pluto.
These are the tales of the orb that lights our night sky and drives the tides of our oceans. The bright companion that orbits our planet, invades our dreams and drives us mad.
Authors include: Richard Paolinelli, Mark Wandrey, John C. Wright, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Jody Lynn Nye, Louis Antonelli, Karina L. Fabian, Ann Margaret Lewis, Paul Go, Behm L.A, Bokerah Brumley, Caroline Furlong, Karl Gallagher, Josh Griffing, Lori Janeski , Steve Johnson, William Lehman, Margot St. Aubin, Justin Tarquin, Europa Thomas
This is, in part, my baby.
In part because I edited it (obviously). But when I edited this for the defunct publisher, they were going to make two anthologies: Luna and The Dark side of the moon. I cut. And I cut. And I squeezed these stories until they hurt.
Then the new publisher said, “We’ll publish all of them together. It’ll be fine.”
It’s over two pounds of book.
My story includes “Middle Earth’s Most Wanted Elven Assassin” on protection detail.
My wife’s story is “How to train your Werewolf.”
Current tally of published works.
29 books total
9 general anthologies
7 Short stories published by themselves.
And then, coming up the fun continues.
Destiny (St. Tommy NYPD #9)Lightbringer (St. Tommy NYPD #10)Dark Web (St. Tommy NYPD #11)Blue Saint (St. Tommy NYPD #12)
Not bad for only having done this for barely 9 years. Not bad. Obviously, I've been catching up recently, making up for the years that I wasn't publishing more than one a year.

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India’s Kamal Haasan is a true multi-hyphenate. Beginning as a child actor in 1960, he is one of the country’s most consummate actors with films like “Pathinaru Vayathinile” (1977) “Moondram Pirai” (1982) “Nayakan” (1987), “Thevar Magan” (1992) and “Vishwaroopam” (2013) behind him.
He also produces via his Raajkamal Films International (RKFI), writes, directs, and runs the Makkal Needhi Maiam political party.
The upcoming “Vikram,” directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj (“Master”) and costarring Fahadh Fasil (“Malik”) Vijay Sethupathi (“Kadaisi Vivasayi”), will be Haasan’s first release since 2018’s “Vishwaroopam 2.” It is produced by RKFI.
Haasan was at the Cannes Market to launch NFTs based on “Vikram” from Fantico, a digital licensed platform of Singapore’s Vistas Media Capital.
What is “Vikram” about? And is the title an homage to RKFI’s 1986 film Vikram?
This is not a sequel, but, yes, it’s [about] a man who’s very similar. The film starts differently, its about reminiscing the man and his deeds. The title is an homage to the old film because this was my first production in Raajkamal and people embraced it and encouraged me so much and I am still working after 36 years. There is still excitement when I call the film “Vikram” – that reputation comes from the first “Vikram” and I think we will be able make it even better with this one.
Were you familiar with Lokesh Kanagaraj’s previous work?
Yes, the reason we signed him is because of the films that I saw. The attitude of this gentleman is what attracted me and he was keen to work with me, that’s an important prerequisite for me as an actor. He claims to be a fan – fortunately for me even after working together he continuous to be that.
“When I first wanted to do “Vikram” I had suggested a theme that was in my mind, which at that time was rejected by a director who thought it won’t work – probably he was a captive of his time and wouldn’t come out of that cage. But when I told him [Kanagaraj] that he said – ‘Sir why would anyone say that? It’s a fantastic subject.’ So, the story line was given to him by me and he developed that, added bells and whistles to it and it’s a good vehicle now.
How was it like working with acclaimed new generation actors like Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil?
In Fahadh I find the enthusiasm which is reminiscent of what I used to have and still have – we felt like we knew each other already. Vijay Sethupathi is very serious. What I liked about it him is instead of taking success to his head he’s worried and wants to keep improving and tries various things. I like actors who think that some of it is luck. I don’t, but I like the humility of other actors. I always say that there’s nothing called luck for those who deserve it, you have to work for it. But he has understood it in a different way and I like the way he’s pushing himself. I wish him all the luck that he wants.
What are your future plans for RKFI?
I had only started realizing it now. Even 34 – 35 years back I had always wanted to grow using other actors instead of making it a one actor company, so I have done films with other actors and some I am not there at all, successful ones too. I have made films for women where I don’t play a part. We are signing up many actors who are my peers and friends. We have signed Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi for a film and few directors have been asked and shaken hands with and these are happening. We have spoken with Pa. Ranjith, Vetrimaaran and others and will keep doing that and my dream is to make it almost into a mini-studio that will be producing at least 6-10 films a year.
How do you find the time to juggle your busy political schedule with acting and producing? You had to recently step down from Disney+ Hotstar show “Bigg Boss Ultimate” [the Tamil-language spinoff of the “Big Brother” format]
I think that’s more because of the pandemic and the backlog it left in my work, because it was piling up and its no use running on a treadmill and not moving forward. I was just completing backlogs and not going forward with any new work. I will go back to “Bigg Boss Ultimate” because I do enjoy meeting people.
I have always done this – I have been doing production, acting, writing, directing so we will find the time – there’s nothing called ‘I don’t have the time.’ You will never ever commit something beyond yourself if you don’t love it, if you love it there will only be time for certain things. I do only that what I love to do and I have never run out of time. I can be lazy but I have never run out of time.
Are you planning to direct again?
I think if you direct, that’s three months of prep work for a film that might take four to six months to make and before that if I write the script its going to take between a month or two after arriving on an idea so that’s nearly 8-9 months of my time. I have great talents around me who think and work like me, so whenever I feel like directing, the directors who are my friends will say, ‘you must direct it’ and I will direct and they will help me. Till then I have great directors working for me, I can write for them I can act in that film and I have more time. This is how I juggle between one dream and another.
At what stage is “Indian 2” [the sequel to 1996 blockbuster “Indian”] at?
My work on “Indian” is almost 70% done. I have 30% of my work left. I think, [director] S. Shankar will be able to precisely say how long and how much more. We have covered quite a distance – when you look at it I am surprised at the stuff we have done. It was done over a period of time, so we don’t realize how much the pandemic and accident that happened on the sets – all of that sort of tripped us out of schedule. We have to go and re-fuel our vehicle and come back.
Are there any plans to get into the OTT/streaming space as an actor or as a producer?
I am a great fan and champion of OTT. I was talking about OTT years before it ever happened in India. OTT has been delayed in India at least by 10 years. [If it had] come then, [the present] would have been a more vibrant market than it is. Somebody asked me ‘how do you find going from big screen to small screen’? Screen [size] doesn’t matter – I have a big screen to play in, that’s the people’s mind, the mind screen is the biggest in the world. For me, if there is a moving image in wrist watches I would like to be in that too.
RKFI has a rich legacy of films produced, which a whole new generation of filmgoers has yet to experience? Are there any plans to restore them and make them available to a new audience?
Yes, we are doing that. Soon films like “Raja Paarvai” will come back. That was my first production even before “Vikram,” produced by Haasan Brothers but it also belongs to Raajkamal, it just changed its name – so that was my first production when I was 24 years old. I still find that movie cute and earnest and that it should be seen by people of this generation. And films like “Sathya” are getting ready already. “Hey Ram” and “Virumandi” are there for people to see. “Vishwaroopam” was distracted because of politics but it’s a movie which deserves viewing and it is there on OTT.

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(582d) Stiffness Induces Metabolic Reprogramming in Primary Hepatocytes
AIChE Annual Meeting
2019 AIChE Annual Meeting
Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division
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Liver is a complex organ and nexus of metabolism, with vital roles in detoxification, synthesis, and nutrient processing. Liver stiffness is a commonly used metric to diagnose and stage liver disease, and it has shown potential as a prognostic indicator in recent years. Despite the importance of liver stiffness in assessing disease severity and predicting health outcomes, it is not clear how stiffness contributes to liver dysfunction. To better understand effects of the physical microenvironment on liver function and disease, we used polymer film coated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with tunable elastic modulus to mimic the range of liver tissue stiffness in healthy to fibrotic conditions. This approach provides a means to control stiffness corresponding to various stages of fibrosis, which is challenging in in vivo models. Primary hepatocytes isolated from rats were cultured on stiffness representing healthy and fibrotic states. Urea and albumin production (physiologic markers of hepatocytes) decreased when hepatocytes were cultured on fibrotic stiffness. We observed greater expression of lipogenic genes and lower expression of Î²-oxidation genes in hepatocytes cultured on fibrotic stiffness. Hepatocytes cultured on fibrotic stiffness exhibited reduced mitochondrial respiration and glycolytic capacity, as well as increased production of reactive oxygen species. Significantly increased intracellular oxidized glutathione were also observed in hepatocytes cultured on fibrotic stiffness versus healthy stiffness, implicating the possible mechanism for higher oxidative stress in the fibrotic environment. These data suggest a plausible mechanism that increased stiffness modulates hepatocyte function causing liver functional failure. Understanding the impact of stiffness on hepatocytes biology will provide significantly more nuanced data to aid drug development for liver fibrosis.

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Camelot raises new lottery concerns
Fresh concerns over the awarding of the next National Lottery licence have come to light that cast doubt over the process and the amount of money the winner has promised to raise for good causes.
A legal claim issued by Camelot, which lost out to Allwyn Entertainment in the bidding, quotes the independent evaluators of the bids describing the Czech-owned company’s revenue projections as “implausible” and carrying “a high degree of risk”.
Assessing the risk involved in an Allwyn-run lottery, the evaluators are quoted as saying: “The proposal seems well formed with a technology solution that appeared to be ambitious but believable.”
However, they go on to suggest that the way in which the different strands of the new lottery link together “presents a highly

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Perception vs. Reality
There’s an alarming difference between perception and reality for current and future retirees.
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Asking the right questions about how you can save money for retirement without sacrificing your quality of life.
One or the other? Perhaps both traditional and Roth IRAs can play a part in your retirement plans.
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.

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A boy, a dog, and a frog
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With the Olympics set to officially begin in Tokyo on Friday, it's a reminder to one local family about what the 1964 Olympics there meant to them.
"I know what he did, but my father never talked about what he did," said Michael Larrabee, son of the former Olympian with the same name.
With all eyes set on Tokyo, the memories of Michael Larrabee's father and Shannon Larrabee's father-in-law return.
“He was one of the fastest people in the world at one time in the 400 meters, which is one of our favorite events to watch during the Olympics."
Mike Larrabee, a USC hall of famer, is also the oldest man to have won the 400 meter title and the 4x400 relay at the age of 30.
"He missed the prior two Olympics, so when he went to this one, he was almost 31-years-old. He had pancreatitis and he had missed the other Olympics with an achilles heel problem,” Michael Larrabee said.
“The stories I've heard are the stories about the sacrifices his family had to make. They moved in with his in-laws, he had two small children, one on the way, and at that time, there was no money, no endorsement deals," Shannon Larrabee said.
The odds of Larrabee winning either race were very low.
“He basically got it done on the qualification. When he went to qualify, he won the right to qualify. At the time, there was a New York sportswriter that said he may qualify but he's injury-prone and too old to run this race," Michael Larrabee said.
“To have his wife there to see him win the Olympics and he put the medal around her neck after he won and that got a bow from Emperor Hirohito at the time and what they did as a family to get him there, to pursue his dreams is the story we keep hearing and is the story we like to share,” Shannon Larrabee said.
Mike Larrabee grew up in Ventura with his son and daughter-in-law now calling San Luis Obispo their home but this summer, their hearts will be back in Tokyo for the new crop of Olympic athletes.
“They made a ton of sacrifices to get to that spot in their life,” Michael Larrabee said.
"I think about all of our athletes who are going to be back there in Tokyo this year and how hard they've had to work to get there and to achieve their dream and to do it under complete adverse circumstances,” Shannon Larrabee said.
The former Olympian used to hike the trails of Bishop Peak before he passed in April of 2003. In his honor, a bench can be found along the trails in his memory.
“It touches my heart and stays with us years later,” Shannon Larrabee said.
And while Mike Larrabee may be gone, the medals he earned in 1964 continue to stand the test of time and keep his legacy alive on the Central Coast.
“Those medals mean the world to us. He was number one and, as a small child, I used to love getting the Guinness Book of World Records and take it to kids during library time and show them this is my dad in the Guinness Book of World Records. He was the fastest guy in the world at one point,” Michael Larrabee said.
The Olympics begin airing on KSBY Friday.


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About the Inquiry
The Committee agreed, as part of its budget scrutiny, to examine Integration Authorities’ (IAs) approach to engagement with stakeholders and whether or not IAs are doing enough to involve patients, carers, the third sector and other stakeholders over the design and future of health and social care in their local area.
The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 places a duty on integration authorities to ensure that stakeholders are fully engaged in the preparation, publication and review of strategic commissioning plans.
Regulations set out the people who must be consulted in relation to integration schemes, strategic plans and significant decisions in a locality.
- The standard consultees were outlined as:
- Health professionals
- Users of health care
- Carers of users of health care
- Commercial providers of health care
- Social care professionals
- Users of social care
- Carers of users of social care
- Commercial providers of social care
- Non-commercial providers of social care
- Staff of the Health Board and local authority who are not health professionals or social care professionals
- Non-commercial providers of social housing
- Third sector bodies carrying out activities related to health or social care
A general call for written evidence was issued on Monday 13 February seeking views from patient and carers representatives, NHS and social care staff, third sector organisations. The call for views closed on 8 March.
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Read the written submissions

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On April 22, one of the biggest attraction disasters in theme park history took place when a massive animatronic of Maleficent caught fire during a nighttime performance of Fantasmic at the Disneyland park. Videos went viral online showing the machine engulfed in flames. Luckily nobody was hurt, but the animatronic was destroyed, and the future of Fantasmic as a show at Disneyland is in question.
Fantasmic has been around for nearly 30 years, and the show is one of the most popular nighttime spectaculars around. While Fantasmic exists at other Disney Parks, the Disneyland version is seen by many as the flagship, the best of them. So it would certainly be heartbreaking for fans if this fire marked the end of the show, but maybe it should.
Maleficent Almost Certainly Won’t Be Rebuilt
What exactly the future holds for Fantasmic, and its incredible performers is unclear, but if there’s one thing that we can be fairly certain about, it’s that we will not see another massive fire-breathing animatronic on Tom Sawyer’s Island again. While building a new state-of-the-art dragon is certainly possible, that would be a lot of money to spend for a 30-year-old attraction.
While Disney could certainly come up with a new design that won’t fall victim to the same fate, which also befell a Disney World Maleficent dragon a few years ago, there’s no guarantee they would be able to make one that didn’t have all the other problems that the previous dragon also had.
The dragon animatronic was reportedly nicknamed “Murphy” internally at Disneyland, because, as Murphy’s Law states, if anything could go wrong with it, it did. The animatronic was frequently non-functional, forcing Fantasmic to run in “B-mode,” but B-mode, while it will certainly be what we get if Fantasmic returns soon, isn’t a real fix either.
Fantasmic’s B-Mode Is Only A Short-Term Solution
There is an alternative way to run Fantasmic at Disneyland that doesn’t require the massive animatronic. Anybody who has seen the show with any regularity has almost certainly seen it because the dragon malfunctioning was something that happened on a fairly regular basis.
When the dragon doesn’t work, the show runs in “B-mode,” where a projection of Maleficient is displayed on a sheet of water sprayed up from the Rivers of America. This allows the show to run exactly as it otherwise would, but using a method that is far less likely to have problems.
Assuming that Fantasmic is brought back at Disneyland soon, this is likely exactly how it will be done, with B-mode now becoming the standard presentation for the dragon going forward. Conceivably, Fantasmic could just run this way forever. We could see another 30 years of Fantasmic like this, and it would certainly function.
But the fact is the projection effect was only ever meant to be a backup option. We all know what’s supposed to be there, and that dragon was a big part of why people watched and fell in love with Fantasmic in the first place. We know what we’re missing, and nearly all of the rest of Fantasmic is physical, using costumed characters and physical props. Seeing the dragon always as a projection stands out. It would be clear something was wrong even to people who have never seen the show before.
Ending Fantasmic Without A Replacement Makes No Sense
The simplest and easiest thing to do with things as they are is to simply end Fantasmic and any sort of night-time spectacular at the Rivers of America. Guests can view a version of the current Wonderous Journeys show from there, so maybe the one show is enough… except we know that it’s not.
Fantasmic was there for three decades, so the idea of the show going away with no replacement is just crazy. It’s not just that people love Fantasmic. Removing the show without any sort of replacement ultimately gives guests less in their Disneyland experience, and considering how expensive Disneyland has become, that’s not a great choice. If people are going to pay that much, they are going to want to get as much for their money as possible.
Fantasmic Is 30 Years Old And Now We Have The Opportunity For Something New
I love Fantasmic as much as the next person, but the show is 30 years old at this point. Overall, it has aged incredibly well, and the show has been updated over that time. There’s nothing about the show that I would say feels too old or out of date in Disneyland today. If nothing had happened, we’d probably continue to see Fantasmic for the foreseeable future. But something has happened, and as a result, a decision needs to be made about what to do here: continue the show, or do something new?
While the fire is a tragic event that has marked the end of an era in a terrible way, it is also possible to look at this as an incredible opportunity. Imagineers and Disney Live Entertainment can now blue sky a brand-new show. If you could do anything, what sort of a show would people want to build now? What kinds of technology could be brought to bear to make a modern show truly something special? It maybe didn’t make sense to ask these questions when Fantasmic was running and everything was fine, but now things have changed.
Disneyland is supposed to be a park that is never completed because it is always in a state of becoming. It doesn’t make sense, and it’s against the spirit of Disneyland for Fantasmic to simply continue on as best it can or to end. The park should be looking forward. Take this chance that fate has handed them and use it for something good. Create a new show with new technology, and a new story that will wow visitors for the next three decades.
A new show will probably take months, if not years to complete. People won’t like that, but it’s unavoidable, although it’s possible there might be preliminary plans for a replacement already in existence. We were always going to find ourselves at this point with Fantasmic. We should feel lucky that it happened now, meaning we’re just that much closer to whatever comes next being real. Maybe the new show is still called Fantasmic, or maybe it’s given a new name to mark it as something wholly different from what came before; that’s mostly semantics. I hope people are already at work on designing the replacement for Fantasmic, and I’m excited to see it when it debuts one day.


ARUSHA: AFRICAN countries have been challenged to use modern technology to enhance justice dispensation.
Opening the conference and annual general meeting for Southern and Eastern Africa Chief Justices Forum (SEACJF) here yesterday, President Samia Suluhu Hassan described technology as an essential tool in improving accessibility and facilitating the efficient management of cases.
“We must encourage homegrown technology, mindful of its importance in the judicial circles,” emphasised President Samia.
She told a well-attended gathering which brought together about 15 justices from Southern and Eastern African countries that modern technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform and unlock African potential.
“In the African context, the use of technology will not only change judiciaries but also is a key driver of economic growth, create jobs and increase productivity,” she said.
She informed the delegates that Tanzania had to go digital when the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the justice system.
“Trials and court proceedings didn’t stop despite the setback,” she said.
As part of its larger efforts to modernise the court system, Tanzania’s judiciary has implemented multi-faceted reforms to increase transparency, improve efficiency and speed up the delivery of justice in courts that were once allegedly plagued by widespread corruption and inefficiency.
With the help of modern technology, the East African country is using digital tools such as virtual court sessions and e-filing systems to enhance transparency and improve citizens’ access to justice.
Switching from a paper-based filing system to a digital format is expected to help clear a large backlog of cases and ease the burden of time-consuming legal processes and procedures.
For his part, Chief Justice of Tanzania, Professor Ibrahimu Juma, described the forum as an important platform for knowledge sharing and experiences, while his South African counterpart Raymond Mnyamezeli Zondo commended Tanzania for the progress it has made in its judiciary.
“The pandemic didn’t spare us, we had to therefore close business, we are here to learn how Tanzania weathered the storm,” he said.
Yesterday’s meeting was preceded by the Southern, Eastern African Judicial Administrators Association (SEAJAA) annual General Meeting, which among other things, focused on increasing its members.
With 13 members to its name, the association of judicial administrators is eyeing to cover the whole continent, according to its Chairperson Professor Elisante Ole Gabriel.
Professor Ole Gabriel, who is also the Chief Court Administrator of the Judiciary of Tanzania said SEAJAA members include Eswatini, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique. Others are Namibia, Tanzania, Seychelles, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe and Uganda.
The forum provided a formal platform, structure and framework through which the Chief Justices of Eastern and Southern Africa and Africa at large are able to collectively reflect on critical issues on justice delivery and adopt action plans to address those issues in a systematic and sustained way in order to strengthen justice delivery in the region.
Detailing on the objectives of the body of the judicial administrators, Professor Gabriel said SEAJAA, among other things, entails upholding the rule of law in Africa.
“As you are all aware, rule of law remains a pertinent issue on the continent and we need to promote it for a common judicial interest,” he added.
With its headquarters in Namibia, SEAJAA which was established in 2017, seeks to exchange best practices and foster cooperation among members on matters of common concern, promote the rule of law, democracy and the independence of the Judiciary and its administration and to assist in strengthening institutions tasked with judicial administration in member countries.


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Limonene, a citrusy and uplifting terpene found in cannabis, offers more than just a refreshing aroma. In this informative article, we dive into the world of limonene, exploring its origins, scent profile, potential benefits, and therapeutic applications. Join us as we uncover the invigorating properties of limonene and its role in enhancing the cannabis experience.
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What is Limonene?
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Aroma and Flavor Profile
With its vibrant citrus aroma to its tangy lemon and lime flavors, limonene adds a delightful dimension to the sensory experience of cannabis consumption. Uncover the nuances of its aroma and understand how it influences strain selection and personal preferences.
Effects and Potential Benefits
Limonene offers many therapeutic possibilities, from its mood-enhancing and stress-relieving properties to its potential anti-inflammatory and gastroprotective effects. Learn how this terpene interacts with other compounds in cannabis to create a synergistic effect, amplifying its potential benefits.
Limonene-Rich Cannabis Strains
From Super Lemon Haze to Lemon Skunk, explore these limonene-rich varieties’ genetic profiles and unique characteristics. Whether you seek mood elevation, creative inspiration, or potential digestive support, understanding limonene-rich strains can help guide your strain selection.
Potential Medical Applications
From its anti-anxiety and antidepressant effects to its potential anticancer and antifungal properties, limonene shows promise in various areas of medical research. Explore ongoing studies and possible future developments in harnessing the medicinal potential of limonene.
Safety and Precautions
Understand the safety aspects and precautions associated with limonene use. While generally considered safe, being aware of potential sensitivities and interactions with other substances is essential. Learn about proper dosage considerations and consult with a healthcare professional if needed.
Limonene, with its refreshing citrus aroma and potential therapeutic benefits, adds a refreshing dimension to the cannabis experience. By understanding its origins, effects, and potential applications, you can embrace the zesty essence of limonene and make informed choices when selecting cannabis strains. From its mood-enhancing properties to its potential medical applications, limonene offers a world of possibilities for both recreational and therapeutic cannabis consumers.
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