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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In the early morning, right after dawn, he eagerly set sail for the valley in his new boat.
Rather than sail directly to the sandbar fronting the middle of the valley, he tacked away toward the hills opposite his dwelling. He noted with pleasure that one could not make out his sky-island from the sea, which gave him a sense of security. Better not to advertise his location, but to use the island as bait for any other possible souls stranded in time as he was, and he resolved to visit the island regularly. But today his quest lay in the valley where the rippers lay in wait, the beasts that had cost Dot her life and in consequence the life of Kathryn. Alex resolved they would not take his own.
By the sun and the time of day, he noted that he was heading more or less westward. He realized that he had just had confirmation that Beacham University was not an artifact in his head, but had once been a real place. Kathryn’s use of the words “eons ago” did not cheer him as much.
This still did not tell him whether the area around here was that which had long ago been called Upstate New York, or if Beacham had somehow conducted its genetics experiments on some tropical island. There was much still to be learned.
He rode into a tiny cove surrounded by high cliffs. There, he beached the boat on a thumbnail beach, securing her anchor line under a heavy stone.
From this protected cove the valley was well out of sight around a long bend to the east. He waded around rocks, through shallow water, and came into a larger cove closer to the valley. This cove had a larger beach leading to forest above the rocks. He clambered up into the woods and discovered fruit trees. Birds twittering excitedly among the dangling fruits signaled the orchard-like nature of this area, and Alex looked for a good tree to climb.
Sitting in a tree atop the cliffs, chewing on a juicy sweet pear of delicate flowery flavor, he promised himself to come again and take home a few fruit trees.
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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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