John T. Cullen has authored over 20 books, including The Generals of October (Simon & Schuster, 2004)—pulse-pounding political-military suspense fiction set in a near-future U.S. Constitutional crisis.
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John T. Cullen also writes screenplays, including one for Nebula Express (adapted from his SF novel) and the violent, darkly glistening, utterly strange tale of a serial killer in Scorpion.
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Doom Spore
a novel
by John T. Cullen
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Jack came home just as Linsey was grabbing a quick shower. She dried herself behind the steamed up shower door while he came in to briefly whiz. "Had a late lunch with Dylan Matthews."
"Oh? How is he?"
"Terrible. Looks awful. But he ate a sandwich and sipped black coffee. I don't know if he slipped any schnapps in there."
"Cleve and I have to go out on an investigation."
"Oh? Anything good?"
"The fungus thing. Every cop in Southern California is working on the case."
"Dylan had a very interesting story to tell me about that."
She snapped the door open. Steam came out—he wasn't sure if it was hers or just vapor. "You are not working on a scoop, Jack." She saw the serious look on his face, and felt startled.
He shrugged. "Honey, time to put the cards on the table. It's as crazy a story as I've ever heard." He looked her over. "I wish we had time to reminisce a bit. You look ravishing when you are hot and pink and wet."
She stepped out on bare feet, stood on tiptoe to kiss him so he smelled her damp, fruity hair. "Sorry, darling, Cleve calls."
"Good old Cleve. Glad I am not a jealous type."
"Cleve is not my type, sweetheart. You know that. I like him as a partner, but that's where it ends." She embraced him for emphasis. Jack, who had never worried about Cleve, took the opportunity to French kiss with her for a few minutes and enjoy the firm but yielding curves of her athletic and loving body. When he found himself reaching deeper than time permitted, she laughed and tore away. "God, Jack, where do you get the goat hormones?" Laughing, wearing only a towel,she ran down the hall, and locked herself in the bedroom. "I better stay away from you, or my investigation and my career go down the drain."
He stood outside the door, leaning on one arm with his face close to the wood, and started telling her the story that Dylan had told him. After a few minutes, she unlocked the door quietly and let him in. She had changed into a kind of dark commando-style uniform that made her look like a female comic book hero, or so he had once told her. She sat on the bed and blew a wisp of blond hair from her face while putting on black combat boots. Jack told her the Robertson story and she listened intently.
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John T. Cullen has been a pioneer in digital publishing since 1996. He is listed by digital publishing historian Karen Wiesner as the sixth digital publisher in history, and the second person to publish serialized chapters on line (starting 1996). His web magazine Deep Outside SFFH was the first to be listed along with the professional pulps in Writer's Market (1999) and was at one time the oldest professional SFFH magazine in the world. John T. Cullen continues to explore new ways to adapt the primordial power of storytelling to emerging new digital opportunities as the Third Millennium springs to light.
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A Walk in Ancient Rome John T. Cullen (Simon&Schuster May 2005) innovative, acclaimed walking & teaching tour—explore every corner of the Imperial capital at its zenith almost 2000 years ago; learn its history—smell and taste the very air of Classical Rome.
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= Summer 2008 =
A Walk in Ancient Rome, Second Edition John T. Cullen (Clocktower Books 2008)—New! Many new maps; images from the unique scale model of AndréCaron of Quebec. Read this innovative book, with its acclaimed walking & teaching tour. Explore every corner of the Imperial capital at its zenith almost 2000 years ago; learn its history. Smell and taste the very air of Classical Rome. The new edition is bigger, like an atlas. Some people have carried the 1st edition with them to Rome, and found it greatly enhanced their experience.
Dead Move: Kate Morgan and the Haunting Mystery of Coronado, 2nd Ed. John T. Cullen (Clocktower Books, San Diego, Summer 2008). John T. Cullen has tackled the mystery of the ghost at the Hotel del Coronado. He has assembled a dramatic new theory about how and why she violently died on the back steps of the hotel in 1892. A first-class ghost story and whodunit wrapped in one.
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