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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Monopol City
a novel
by John T. Cullen
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As they walked along the white wall of cottages on their left, their feet crunching on the gravel and drizzle peppering Tedda's cheeks, Tedda spied a disconcerting figure. Sitting in a narrow opening in the whitewashed wall was a large, hooded figure in a dark cape.
"Don't be afraid," said Lindy, "that is Confessor Gruen. You'll be meeting with him from time to time. He talks with all of us."
Tedda barely heard Lindy. Tedda's knees were knocking together, and shivers traveled up and down her back. The deepest cellar of her mind let loose this thought, which only briefly flashed along the bottom of her consciousness before disappearing back into her subconscious: Will he learn about what I did with the knife? There he was, this caped figure sitting on some sort of throne with his back against the far wall, deep inside this space with its missing front wall. He seemed like a fixture. He reminded her of an eel peering out from his cave underwater. As he lifted his head, the voluminous hood fell back, exposing a broad, enigmatic face that radiated power, mystery, and something ominous. His eyes were not so much cold, but seemed animated, heated, calculating, and merciless. Their eye contact lasted only a second, but she fled away. She dimly heard his deep voice say after her, "Child…" and Lindy said something like "He is calling you to him," but Tedda blocked it all out. She felt terrified. The vision, and the feeling emanating from it, vanished in a few minutes as they reached a building on their right.
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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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