ROBOTS BETTER DO MINERS’ JOB IN NEAR FUTUREErle Frayne D. ArgonzaGood evening from the suburban boondocks south of Manila!It’s playing Latin music in my multimedia at home right now. As I play the danceable tunes by Buena Vista Social Club, my eyes are focused on the news “Some Chileminers showing mental crack” in the world news of the Philippine Daily Inquirer(Aug. 29, 2010).Let me then dedicate this piece to the task of mining as a way to honor the miners of the world. Honoring them means…See More

Devil's Dance - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat ‘A woman’s voice said, “Come on, come on, okay. Pulse coming up a little. Gotta get her body temperature up. No telling what’s been done to her. We’ll getsome pictures when she stabilizes a bit more. See what’s going oninside. My money says she was raped.” Then a voice with a familiarChicago twang added, “Doc, we haven’t got a clue about who she is orwhere she came from. When they found the poor kid, she was naked. Not…See More

I'm hopeful that there may be a few fans of the vampire genre out there, who may just be interested in reading about the two vampire creations of mine, both available from Amazon.com. First up is the novelette Dracula Doesn't Live Here Anymore, a short book that introduces a set of central characters who later feature in the much longer, novella length sequel,…See More

Been a quiet but happy week, I think I might have a mental illness, as I sat on the sofa and chewed the ends of my hair, then got the hair into a knot and ripped it out my head. That’s not normal is it, unless am slowly turning into a cat. Soon I will cough up a fur ball.Been gigging all week and writing and booking flights, then un-booking them as some comedy promoters and other people can’t make up their minds where am meant to be. So, here is the rule of thumb in comedy, don’t book stuff in…See More

$2000 CAR FROM INDIASLAMS NORTHERN AUTOMAKERS’ RENT-SEEKINGErle Frayne D. ArgonzaGood morning from the suburbs south of Manila!To continue with our exciting news for the ‘ember’ months, let me share some reflections about the recently released people’s car from India.The array of new innovations goes longer than that, with the car serving as theicing in the cake.Beth Day Romulo, international journalist who’s the other half of the late Carlos P. Romulo who is one of Asia’s greats in the foreign…See More

It may only be a fleeting moment, but this evening I found that my novel A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper is standing at #41 in the Top 100 Thriller chart at Amazon.co.ukIt's great that this, the first of my ripper trilogy, is continuing to do so well, especially as the second and third parts of the trilogy are now also…See More