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DRAGON'S ARK Cited at 2012 Halloween Book Festival!

Dragon's Ark Named Runner-Up at Halloween Book Festival!
Oct.18.2012

Dragon’s Ark, by longtime Bay Area author Thomas Burchfield, has been named runner-up for Best Horror Novel in the 2012 Halloween Book Festival.

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May.11.2013 - 1:36 pm
  It took some months before amiable Wyomingite Craig Johnson, who friended me out of the Twitter/Facebook blue (as have David Morrell and Peter Straub), emerged to me from...
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May.03.2013 - 5:23 pm
When I read fiction, I’m seeking experience apart from mine; an island, a ship, afloat from everyday life (wondrous as the everyday can be in its own terms.) I want a trip to the...
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Apr.16.2013 - 3:09 pm
  Heavens to Bilbo, Peter Jackson does go on, doesn’t he? Ever since his masterful Heavenly Creatures (1994), he seems to resist the idea that brevity might be the soul of...
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Apr.09.2013 - 1:22 pm
  [Spoilers ahead.] It happened last year, and it has happened again this year: I have stumbled on a book by a favorite author that stumbles; a book that’s not as good as...
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Comments from Thomas

Dec.07.2012 - 11:04 am
In response to: Favorite Gift Book
Dragon’s Ark by Thomas Burchfield: http://redroom.com/member/thomas-burchfield/books/dragons-ark-0 A book cover is a...
Jun.10.2012 - 8:46 am
In response to: Tiananmen Massacre 23rd Year Hence: A Photojournal by X
Horrifying and, still, hopeful. May justice come soon.
Apr.14.2012 - 10:24 am
In response to: Saving?
Enjoyed this piece. Very amusing. My wife and I don't do couponing, unless it's convenient, and I've only been in a...
Apr.06.2012 - 8:50 am
In response to: Science Fiction and The Space Industry
Thanks for this rousing defense of both space exploration and STAR TREK. However, while I still believe we should...
Feb.02.2012 - 9:07 am
In response to: Notes of a Cat Whisperer: Part I
That was funny! Wonder what the cat was really thinking, or how s/he was perceiving the situation.