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Stephen H. Provost is an author of paranormal adventures and historical non-fiction. “Memortality” is his debut novel on Pace Press, set for release Feb. 1, 2017.
An editor and columnist with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, he has written on subjects as diverse as history, religion, politics and language and has served as an editor for fiction and non-fiction projects. His book “Fresno Growing Up,” a history of Fresno, California, during the postwar years, is available on Craven Street Books. His next non-fiction work, “Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street,” is scheduled for release in June.
For the past two years, the editor has served as managing editor for an award-winning weekly, The Cambrian, and is also a columnist for The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.
He lives on the California coast with his wife, stepson and cats Tyrion Fluffybutt and Allie Twinkletail.
Ruminations and provocations.
People have marveled how so many working-class Americans relate to a millionaire playboy. But that’s not what they relate to. They relate to his false victimhood and his desire to blow up a system they see as unfair... to them. Much of their victimhood is a figment of their imagination, but it serves a purpose. It’s a rationalization that gives them an excuse to spread more chaos.
Read MoreHey, anti-vaxxers, since you’re all about freedom, try this on for size: Try spending your life with chronic bronchitis, recurring asthma, and occasional bouts of pneumonia? Imagine for just a moment that the chance you’ll die by drowning in your own body fluids is a good deal higher than it is for most people. How’s that for freedom?
Read MoreThe genius of The Matrix Resurrections is that it’s both a reboot of the original and a sequel. It tells the same familiar story again, but updated to fit a different time. The main characters are the same, but they — at least Neo and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) — have to start from scratch and become conscious of their situation all over again: a situation that’s no longer exactly the same.
Read MoreI’m at the age where I don’t really care whether I get anything for Christmas, but there are some gifts I wouldn’t turn down. Actually, I don’t want any of this for myself. Still, I do have a pretty long list for you this year, and some pretty tall orders. So if you could just come through on some of these, I’d be eternally grateful.
Read MoreThe best comedy pokes fun at the absurdity of the human condition. What could be more absurd than that condition known as Trumpism, and what could be funnier than a classic Monty Python skit? They were seemingly made for each other. So it’s hardly a shock that one of the best Python skits explains the appeal of Trump’s con to his gullible “base” to absolute perfection.
Read MoreA lot of people are just plain sick of hate. They’re sick of political manipulation. They miss the days when social media sites were just about sharing goofy pictures and personal updates with trusted friends and family, or networking for business. … That’s why there’s a real market for a different kind of social media with one simple ground rule: No politics, period.
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