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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The layout of Monopol City was fundamentally the same as on the cardboard game board. There were, in fact, exactly 36 metro stops on the main line, which roughly formed a square (8 stops on each side, plus the four corners). Each side of this square was approximately three miles long, so that the perimeter was 12 miles (that being the length of the main line). The main metro line ran around the perimeter of the central city with its population (signs said) of a million souls. The central city therefore contained approximately nine square miles of parks, skyscrapers, avenues awash in neon and pedestrians, streets lined with the bright plate glass windows of stores open almost day and night, as well as the darker, seductive windows of bars and entertainment venues. The people of Monorail City, unlike those of the real world, were not on a perpetual war footing. In Monorail City, life had a light-hearted, happy cast overlaying all the usual dark and light aspects of human life. Newspaper machines on every street corner told of the scandals of entertainers, the venality of politicians, the terrible accidents that freakishly took lives in the air and on the ground. The people Tedda saw passing by were busy, ratty, tatty, smiling, grimacing, they were in a hurry and resembled blurs at times, while at other times they seemed quite distinct. They dressed differently, as if the Jazz Age had decided to stay on. Perhaps they had no world wars here. What a concept, Tedda thought, as they walked through a drizzle that coldly peppered her eyes and cheeks. Rory bought them each a newspaper from a stand run by a blind man with sunglasses in the night, just so they could shield themselves from the drizzle. "These stay here," he cautioned. "Nothing goes up into the real world when we leave, okay?"
"Yes, sure," she said giggling. "What if we lose our way? What if we get stuck here?"
He shrugged. "That would be fun for a while. Remember, a momentary power blip, a browndown for a few seconds, anything at all, and this place vanishes. Did I tell you? We vanish with it."
She yelled: "You didn't tell me that. Now I'm scared."
"Don't be. We could get hit by an Eastern bomb up there any minute and be dead. What's the difference? Dead is dead."
She held his arm tightly. "Of course.
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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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