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Diane M. Johnson

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Diane grew up in the Mohawk Valley of Upstate New York, where she attended a state school and graduated with a B.A. in Film Theory. She gravitated to stories of horror as young as five, when she first saw The Birds on TV. She has written several screenplays that have never been produced, but keep her passion for writing alive by continually placing in some competition or other, so she has that going for her. She loved the Kubrick version of The Shining even if Stephen King never did. She is also keenly aware that Diane Johnson wrote the screenplay for The Shining… She is not that Diane Johnson.

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February Book Review: Howl—A Shapeshifting Anthology by Graveside Press

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 Howl: A Shapeshifting Anthology from Graveside Press, is a solid collection of thought provoking horror stories. I tend to like horror that tries to be more than just scares, and this series of stories achieves that end.

Some dare us to laugh in the face of tragic circumstances, like The Salt Circle by Warren Benedetto, where the shifter in question is no

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“My daddy walked with Jesus
Now he's in the Looney Bin
Put your faith in God We Trust
A masquerade for sin
The god you praise
The rapist
Loves his virgins
Kills his sons
My daddy's in a padded room
Insane for the wrong One”
Diane M. Johnson, Perfect Prophet

“Ninety inmates was the maximum holding capacity for the Schoharie County Correctional Facility, and ninety inmates resided there. The was no room for fresh crime.”
Diane M. Johnson, The Schoharie

“I don’t believe in a god. Or a devil. I’m not like my father. I’m not afraid of being kicked out of some heaven or of burning in some hellpit. If you think that I should be like Ilene and embrace some shitty ‘truth’ in order to be a model husband or father or a reputable member of society the way society thinks I should be, we can quit this now. F*** you.”
Diane M. Johnson, Perfect Prophet

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“Writing is finally about one thing: going into a room alone and doing it. Putting words on paper that have never been there in quite that way before. And although you are physically by yourself, the haunting Demon never leaves you, that Demon being the knowledge of your own terrible limitations, your hopeless inadequacy, the impossibility of ever getting it right. No matter how diamond-bright your ideas are dancing in your brain, on paper they are earthbound.”
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“I don’t believe in a god. Or a devil. I’m not like my father. I’m not afraid of being kicked out of some heaven or of burning in some hellpit. If you think that I should be like Ilene and embrace some shitty ‘truth’ in order to be a model husband or father or a reputable member of society the way society thinks I should be, we can quit this now. F*** you.”
Diane M. Johnson, Perfect Prophet

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message 2: by Diane

Diane Johnson Post posting apologies for all the 'books I've read' posts yesterday. I got bored and went down the Listopia rabbit hole where I found a slew of children's books I never listed as read. We delivered my now grown kid to the airport to return to Canada from the holidays yesterday. Last week we delivered my other grown kid to campus for his final year. That might explain the trip down children's book Listopia Lane. Anyway, there are fantastic books on those lists. Vote for your faves! Find others to add to the TBR!


message 1: by Diane

Diane Johnson I think I'm allowed to post this... I got a pleasant surprise from Kirkus Reviews, who decided that their review of THE SCHOHARIE was worth including in their July magazine! It's waaayyy in the back in the indie book section, but it's there! It's there.

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...


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