Author: shanegericke
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Under the Knife!
I woke up at 3 a.m. several days ago with a searing pain below my breastbone that lasted so long it couldn’t be heartburn. I drove myself to the hospital, as it didn’t feel heart-y and so 911 seemed excessive. After a CT and ultrasound, I was admitted for emergency removal–the gall bladder was inflamed, infected, and filled with…
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Monica wins the free eReader!
Monica Vogelmann Carrascoso, come on down! (As Monty Hall used to say on Let’s Make a Deal.) Monica is the grand prize winner of the 2015 Kindle Paperwhite eReader with WiFi and mosaic leather cover. She was drawn at random from my vast legion of readers (God, do I love saying “vast legion”; thank you,…
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Book bloggers love Fury!
“ ‘The Fury’ hits the ground running and does not let you go. Get yourself a soda, make a big bowl of popcorn, and settle in, as this book is going to have you reading just as fast as you can trying to keep up with what happens next . . .” From the review…
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Whee! See Crimespree
Murderous narco cartels, nerve gas, atom bombs, cataclysmic Deepwater Horizon explosions, orange stiletto heels, and a hot undercover cop named Superstition. Read the true-life stories that powered many of the fictional scenes in THE FURY, courtesy of Crimespree Magazine, the digital home of mystery lovers everywhere: http://crimespreemag.com/behind-the-book-the-fury/
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Top books on terror
BookBub.com, which sells millions of books worldwide via its daily discount spectaculars, asked me to provide one of its “fun lists” that introduce its vast readership to books they might not have otherwise known about. I was proud to participate, and so here is my “13 Hair-Raising Books About the Global War on Terrorism (With a Bonus No.…
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Me, Heartbroken
It’s with a very sad heart that I’m forced to tell you that my wife of 40 years, Jerrle M. Gericke, is leaving the hospital and coming home for cancer hospice. Since October, she has battled metastatic breast cancer like a warrior princess, with tumors invading her lungs, liver, spine, and abdomen. The oncologists fought…
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A Plutocrat Who Gets It
Here’s one of the best analyses I’ve ever read of America’s “I got mine, f— you” economy . . . from a man who freely admits he’s a multi-billion-dollar plutocrat who lives at the top the 0.1 of the money tree. He insists it’s time to un-rig the game and share the wealth with everyone, not keep it only among his…
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I’m Glad McCarthy’s Dead
The upcoming film on the Cold War-era destruction of America’s creative community thanks to Senator Joseph McCarthy’s witch hunt for “communists,” real or paranoiacally imagined, brings out the ranter in me. First the trailer, then my comments: Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) was a stain on the American soul, which was already grimy from We the People…
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A Fury-ously Good Review!
“Bestselling author Shane Gericke has created another explosive thriller for his legion of fans . . .” Novelist Gunter Kaesdorf’s writing talent shines bright in his new book Buried Truth, which makes his sparkling review of my work in his blog today even sweeter. Please enjoy, with a tip o’ the cap to Mr. K: “Bestselling author Shane…
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Buried Treasure
A magazine published this story by my friend Barry Friedman, who is a stand-up comedian by trade, but a writer by heart and soul. He is also one of smartest and most gracious people I have met only through the Internet. His long piece about the tragic death of his young son is one of the most…