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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The Generals of October
a novel
by John T. Cullen
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Maxie pulled her dangling foot into the chopper as the flight chief closed the door. On the floor strapped into a gurney was a motorist who had been shot. The flight surgeon and several nurses worked on him. As the chopper climbed, Maxie held on and strapped herself in. Flight 3 was right behind them, and Flight 2 was a knot of flashing aviation lights far ahead. There was a bucking sensation—air pocket, she thought—and the technician holding an IV slipped. Maxie intercepted the falling bag of glucose with its piggy back drip, and raised her hand to put the bags on the pole. At the same time, she heard screaming and realized it was the people around her. A bright light surrounded them. Maxie felt cold air blowing around her, up into her helmet, making her jacket rattle. The chopper yawed, making her feel seasick. No time to feel seasick. As the chopper pitched forward, she cast a terrified glance toward the cockpit. The plexi panel on the left was gone. The pilot sagged in his seat, head hanging over the edge at an unnatural angle. Maxie hung on to a brace as the chopper bucked and kicked violently. She started forward to help. The pilot was dead. Tom Dash desperately struggled with the controls. And losing. There was a crash; something hit the chopper; her last view was of city lights far below coming up fast. She began to blank out, hearing distant explosions. The last thing she heard was a chopper hitting pavement very fast.
ALLISON MIRANDA:The Pentagon will neither confirm nor deny that at least one tank battalion from Virginia is being moved closer to Washington. Earlier in the day, stations in Maryland and Virginia had picked up local stories of tanks on flatbed trucks passing on the highways headed toward the nation’s capital. Those stories are now being picked up by news services. We hope to bring you more information as it becomes available.
And now this breaking story: Metro police report that two U.S. Army air evac helicopters from the 55th Aviation Battalion with doctors and nurses on board were hit by ground fire, possibly one rocket, maybe two. Police say at least one chopper, possibly both, plunged from a one mile altitude, killing everyone on impact. Emergency crews on the ground are sorting through the wreckage, while police are searching for those responsible. Pentagon sources are withholding identification pending notification of next of kin.
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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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