Wallpaper Chapters

Here are the chapter titles for THE WALLPAPER WORLD, getting published end of this month.

Imagine the Moment

The pocket protector was invented during World War II by Hurley Smith while he was working in Buffalo, New York.

penny magic

Another kizmet event. My 2023 novel One Drop In The Milky Way featured an Abe Lincoln impersonator on the run, living in the Alumni House. Just read a campus report: "At 12:01 p.m. this afternoon, University Police were dispatched to WWU Alumni House after an alarm in the building was activated. Upon arriving at the building, a male suspect was located inside, taken into custody, and charged with burglary in the 2nd degree, a felony." Question: Did he look like the guy on the penny??

Chapter 4

Spooky start from Chapter 4 of The Wallpaper World

Chapter 29

Here's a pagespread from the paperback version of The Wallpaper World. (The hardbound version of book is different). Natalia is at the laundromat.

page 106

from THE WALLPAPER WORLD

THE WALLPAPER WORLD

New novel published next month. THE WALLPAPER WORLD. "Two friends steal flowers from a dream. Ages later, their crime calls them back to the wallpaper door." This is my 70th book, available in hardbound and soft cover editions that are different. It's another wild ride if you're ready. From the bestselling author of FLOP. Cover by Rob Millis, ukelelist artist.

drive-in magic

I'm doing revisions on my 71st book and part of it takes place at the old Drive-In theater in town. That was one of the town treasures and draws for living here. It's long gone now, WWU turned it into a parking lot. BUT in my book's world, I revived it! Authors have the magic ability to do that. And now look what just happened:

Presenting The Rumpler Tropfenwagen

Orson and Carl

Orson Welles makes Carl Sandburg appear from a deck of cards

apple tree electricity

cooper's hawk on the trail

view from the tower

our quaint little fishing village

#70

Finished book #70. Getting it ready for publication. Stay tuned.

deer sighting

Asking for a cup of tea outside our kitchen window

reincarnation

Moe meets his reincarnated sister in Hoofs and Goofs

waiting for The 3 Stooges

Fake Polynesia

in the future

Batman sighting

"Stay in the car, Robin."

kangaroo sighting

On the Kinks record cover Sunny Afternoon, one can't help but notice Captain Kangaroo's jacket worn on left.

octopus sighting

meanwhile, at the Art Department

bee sighting

James Dean sighting

Director Nicholas Ray remembers going to Jacques Tati’s ‘Jour det Fete’ with James Dean: “Unshaven and hair tousled, wrapped in a black raincoat with glasses perched on the very tip of his nose, he looked morose as he entered the cinema. After ten minutes, he was laughing so hard that the spectators next to him complained. He ignored them: there was nothing else to do, the urge to laugh and the euphoria becoming increasingly irresistible. He had to leave before the film was over, leaping over ashtrays in the side aisle like hedges. Outside in the street, he stopped at a bakery. On the sidewalk, éclair in hand, he took on the appearance of Tati's postman, perfectly recreating his elongated stride, slightly Groucho-like---his questioning face with lottery ball eyes.”

good morning field

boxer

sloth sighting

The famous Bellingham Sloth has appeared across the street from our house. Quite a surprise in this morning sunshine

sloth sighting

sloth sighting

archelon sighting

unicorn sighting

Magic Island sighting

A copy of my MAGIC ISLAND novel residing in the Printmaking studio!

elephant sighting

yarn spider in the art department

animal parade

The Art 230 class animal parade

lion cloud

Saw this lion cloud and was wondering why it was familiar. Our son knew right away--it's the lion from a 1940 Popeye cartoon we saw last week!

"Do you have any Elvis?"

cedar boxes

a couple of the cedar boxes I used to make