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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Robinson Crusoe 1,000,000 A.D.
a novel
by John T. Cullen
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From the look of the sky, the weather was going to be nice for a while—but he could not bear the thought of going through another night like last night.
He must provide for several things: he must be warm and dry. He must have food and water. He must make a complete exploration of his little niche here atop the valley.
It took just a little while to walk one exploratory circuit around the edge. The cliff dropped off sharply on all sides, and he began to feel hopeful that he was safe here. Every so often he would hear a snort or a roar, or a crashing among bushes very close, and that told him his enemies were relentlessly working to catch him, as if it were some birthright of theirs—not entirely incorrect, as he was later to learn. They sounded hungry and annoyed by now. Sometimes he would see their dark forms gliding through the shadows below. Once he looked down and, unexpectedly, saw one looking up at him, its paws as high up against the crumbling sandstone as it could reach when standing fully erect on its hind legs. He was too shocked to react. It looked up at him expectantly, wondering if he would come down to it. He was so surprised he nearly fell. He threw a melon-size boulder down, but it twisted out of the way with plenty of time and then bounded away. He missed with two other small boulders.
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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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