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Book Review: Stranger in a Strange Land: The Original Uncut Version by Robert A. Heinlein

“Stranger in a Strange Land” is among those books that were life-changing and profound literary experiences when I was growing up.  It was a tremendously significant tradition-shattering revelation when I first read it, and coincided smoothly with the loose, iconoclastic … Continue reading

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The Illuminations – Free Short Story Offer

For five days, from Saturday October 4th to Wednesday October 8th, my fantasy short story “The Illuminations” is available for free download on Amazon.com here. Stop in and pick up a copy. Here’s what it’s about: Members of a rock … Continue reading

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Short Story “Matchmaker” Now Available in Infinite Science Fiction One

The new science fiction anthology “Infinite Science Fiction One” is now available at Amazon.com. It’s got my story “Matchmaker”, about a man who travels back in time to Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1917, just before the great fire. In his era … Continue reading

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“Plants” – Free Short Story Offer

For five days, from Friday July 4th to Tuesday July 8th, my short story “Plants” will be available for free download at Amazon.com here. Stop in and pick up a copy. Here’s what it’s about: A planet overrun by a … Continue reading

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“Weapons” – Free Short Story Offer

For five days, from Tuesday June 24th to Saturday June 28th, my short story “Weapons” will be available for free download on Amazon.com here. Stop in and pick up a copy.  Here’s what it’s about: With the wars over, the … Continue reading

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Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales – Now Available!

My new story collection, “Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales” is now available in an electronic edition in the Amazon Kindle Store, and will soon be available in a print edition.  Here is an excerpt from the Afterword: We don’t ever seem … Continue reading

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Painsharing and Other Stories by John Walters – Now Available in Paperback!

My second short story collection, “Painsharing and Other Stories” is now available in paperback through Amazon.  You can order it here.  It’s still available for Kindle here and in other electronic formats at Smashwords here. Here’s the description from the … Continue reading

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Loneliness versus Solitude

You can’t write about a subject like this unless you are going through it, or have gone through it.  And why should I be lonely?  I am surrounded by people.  I am almost never physically alone.  Lately, nonetheless, I have … Continue reading

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Beach Bars and Pornographic Music

Summer time here in Greece is beach time.  During the hottest, most popular weeks in July and August the cities half-empty and everyone heads for the coast. My wife and youngest son and I go on the weekends, since she … Continue reading

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Love Children: A Novel by John Walters – Now Available!

My first novel, “Love Children”, is now available in various electronic formats on Amazon and Smashwords. The Amazon link is here:  http://www.amazon.com/Love-Children-A-Novel-ebook/dp/B005DPMF5U/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312132795&sr=1-1 The Smashwords link is here:  http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/75295 The print edition will be available later this year.  I decided to … Continue reading

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