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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Alex walked around the circumference of the island, and it did not take overly long.
He followed a sandy beach most of the way, except on the landward side where it was broken up by surf and boulders, and there was that rocky landing with the boat still parked on it. He walked uphill to the sheep meadow and looked out toward the land.
He got his best view of the world yet. At this distance, he could make out distant mountains with white tops. Closer, he saw the valley in which the rippers lived. At the narrow end toward the forests and jungles, he saw a high waterfall tumble down. Even from here, three or four miles away, he could see the plume of mist drifting away from the tumbling water, and he could make out a faint rainbow as sunlight mingled with the water.
The water formed a fast-flowing river that cut though the valley, and it was clear that at flood-times the entire valley was the mouth of a huge, raging river that blasted out to sea. Most of the time, it was a flat marshy plain cut by one main channel and several smaller channels of fast-flowing water like the one he’d dived into to swim across to shore and look at the blood and keel cuts on the sand. On either side of the valley were long, medium rows of hills with rocky faces and vegetation on top.
Somewhere in those hills on the right, he knew, was the cave in which he’d been born. It was part of the enigma of this whole place—and who he was, who the old woman had been, who the young girl he’d just buried had been.
He knew he could not stay on this island. Maybe one day he’d be strong enough, but not yet. He wanted so desperately to be around living people, and being around the dead would bother him all the more. At the same time, he knew he would be back here, maybe often. It was the closest thing to civilization that he’d ever know.
Even if he stayed here alone, he could be the keeper, passing this dead world on to anyone who might come after, if anyone did.
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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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