| Jonathan Maberry February 9, 2008 |
About Jonathan Maberry
Jonathan Maberry is a professional writer and writing teacher;
since 1979 he's sold more than 900 articles, sixteen nonfiction
books, three novels, as well as numerous short stories, poetry,
song lyrics, video scripts, and two plays. Jonathan's latest book,
The Crytopedia, coauthored with David F. Kramer is the follow
up to Vampire Universe.
At the edge of the known world, demons, monsters, and baffling
phenomena abound. To help you navigate this
mystery-shrouded realm where the supernatural mingles with the
paranormal, fright-guides Jonathan Maberry and David Kramer
present their indispensable follow-up to Vampire Universe.
Witty and comprehensive, The Cryptopedia divides the
otherworldly into chapters that explain the inexplicable, from
angels to poltergeists to UFOs and more. Leaving no
Philosopher's Stone unturned, the authors decode occult
symbols, demystify the art of fortune-telling, and discuss the
myriad strange and bizarre forces at work in the universe.
Illustrated throughout, this is an invaluable guide to the Larger
World. Don't leave this plane of existence without it.
Visit Jonathan's Cryptopedia website at
www.vampireuniverse.com.
Jonathan Maberry is a professional writer and writing teacher;
since 1979 he's sold more than 900 articles, sixteen nonfiction
books, three novels, as well as numerous short stories, poetry,
song lyrics, video scripts, and two plays. Jonathan's latest book,
The Crytopedia, coauthored with David F. Kramer is the follow
up to Vampire Universe.
At the edge of the known world, demons, monsters, and baffling
phenomena abound. To help you navigate this
mystery-shrouded realm where the supernatural mingles with the
paranormal, fright-guides Jonathan Maberry and David Kramer
present their indispensable follow-up to Vampire Universe.
Witty and comprehensive, The Cryptopedia divides the
otherworldly into chapters that explain the inexplicable, from
angels to poltergeists to UFOs and more. Leaving no
Philosopher's Stone unturned, the authors decode occult
symbols, demystify the art of fortune-telling, and discuss the
myriad strange and bizarre forces at work in the universe.
Illustrated throughout, this is an invaluable guide to the Larger
World. Don't leave this plane of existence without it.
Visit Jonathan's Cryptopedia website at
www.vampireuniverse.com.
Post Meeting Write-up
Our second Face The Fiction outing of 2008 was a big success despite our
guest speaker being a half hour late. Setup began around 7:30 p.m. Once all
the chairs were in place, & the tables, books & mike stands were ready togo, I
started our pre-meeting discussion by mentioning that Jackie Kessler would be
sitting in on the discussion of her novel Hell's Belles (not to be confused with
the AC/DC song of the same name) at Suspense Central on Monday night. It
was also mentioned that Todd & Craig have a new article published in Rifter
Magazine this month. I also pulled out the articles on Jersey Diners from NJ
Monthly magazine & read off the Top 10 Favorites for the Northern Region.
Most folks felt that the Suburban Diner (right here in Paramus-cheap pop!!!)
should have made the list. I also mentioned some insider stories about the
aftermath of the Lonegan arrests & the Corzine town hall meetings. Around 8:
00 pm the floor manager informed us that our speaker had gone past the
mall on 17 North and was in the process of turning around. He arrived about
25 minutes later & we properly began with Master Todd telling us that New
Moon Comics had made a post on this chat site officially welcoming our
group to their store (for the Themes meeting later this month) & urged
everyone to check them out ahead of time. He then turned over the reins to
me who welcomed everyone to the meeting & introduced Mr. Maberry as
an author of a trilogy of "supernatural/ romance thrillers" as well the
Cryptopedia & Vampire Universe reference books. When Maberry said
"Romance?” I explained that it's Romance month in the SFSNNJ (Gene
chortled that I didn't want to get beaten up by Mistress Ann-Marie for NOT
mentioning this month's theme). Our guest speaker then focused on the
Cryptopedia book for the remainder of the evening and had an interactive
dialogue with us about the origins of such myths and legends as the Jersey
Devil, Nosferatu the vampire, etc. We finished up by 10:15 p.m.giving folks
plenty of time for book buying (and Master Aubrey to hand out his
Valentine's Day presents - Thank you, Aubrey!!!) before most of us headed
over to the Suburban to continue the merriment (Jim & I actually joined the
"dirty stay-outs" this time!!!). Next month our FTF theme is Apocalypse month &
our guest speaker is John Joseph Adams, editor of the APOCALYPSE:
STORIES OF THE WASTELAND anthology. See Y'all then!!! (Steve)
I think that I most enjoyed Mr. Maberry's experiences with Screeching Tree
Frogs and the Yardley Yeti. I am already starting to read some bits of
Cryptopedia, it is great fun! (Todd)
Mr. Maberry was fun (in fact, he'd like to get back to us in May when his
third book in the Ghost Road Blue's Trilogy is released! - possible Special
Activity...) . He covered so many things and kept us thinking of new things to
add - also discussed was Mothman, werewolves (a personal favorite of Mr.
Maberry), UFOs, crop circles, orbs, Loch Ness monster, Champ - the Lake
Champlain monster, Bermuda Triangle, chupacabra, ghosts, ley lines, pyramids
and so many other things previously thought to be "supernatural. " The field
of cryptozoology and what it is trying to accomplish was covered. He asked
the audience about personal beliefs of different "reported" supernatural events
- i.e. ghosts, UFOs - and why we believed certain things but not others. He
pointed out how "creatures" thought to be extinct have been recently
rediscovered or simply discovered (giant squid). The idea of keeping an open
mind was prevalent and a good one. He explained that if you don't have all
of the facts or actual visible, irrefutable proof - it's best to keep an open mind -
you're thinking could be wrong or proven incorrect when new evidence is
found....... something to think about. Conversation was fun, lively and varied as
we all vied to provide new concepts or monsters. Kate Landis had a beautiful
picture of the Jersey Devil she had drawn in watercolors. Mr. Maberry was
so impressed with it, that he gave Kate his card and wants to possibly use her
picture! Kudos Kate - she is a very talented artist. Around 10:00, Mr. Maberry
pointed out that he had a 2 hour ride home, so we wrapped up, chatted
with him and his wife for a bit, then converged upon the Suburban Diner.
(AM)
Mr. Maberry was a really nice guy and quite well learned on the
supernatural. I flipped through his Cryptopedia and found quite captivating
and entertaining. I loved the glossaries on various gods in various cultures and
religions. There's a section on international takes on ghosts and ghouls from
around the world such as Japan and Russia. A great resource for the
Intertnational Themed month coming up later this year (HINT! HINT! BIG
GLARING BLINDING HINT-O-RAMA! ) Yeah, the yeti story was nice but I liked
hearing that reality based science is gradually starting to seriously investigate
the paranormal such as hauntings and UFO sightings. Could we see Fox
Mulder's dream of getting the truth out there finally realized in our time? Ooh,
the possibilities! I appreciated the advice he gave about the wrong way to
present unusual phenomena. It's cool to present a theory about alien visitation
but it might hurt the presentation by telling the group that you commune
with Elvis in the Dunkin Donuts restroom every Sunday morning. It was a
nice time. (Aubrey)
Our second Face The Fiction outing of 2008 was a big success despite our
guest speaker being a half hour late. Setup began around 7:30 p.m. Once all
the chairs were in place, & the tables, books & mike stands were ready togo, I
started our pre-meeting discussion by mentioning that Jackie Kessler would be
sitting in on the discussion of her novel Hell's Belles (not to be confused with
the AC/DC song of the same name) at Suspense Central on Monday night. It
was also mentioned that Todd & Craig have a new article published in Rifter
Magazine this month. I also pulled out the articles on Jersey Diners from NJ
Monthly magazine & read off the Top 10 Favorites for the Northern Region.
Most folks felt that the Suburban Diner (right here in Paramus-cheap pop!!!)
should have made the list. I also mentioned some insider stories about the
aftermath of the Lonegan arrests & the Corzine town hall meetings. Around 8:
00 pm the floor manager informed us that our speaker had gone past the
mall on 17 North and was in the process of turning around. He arrived about
25 minutes later & we properly began with Master Todd telling us that New
Moon Comics had made a post on this chat site officially welcoming our
group to their store (for the Themes meeting later this month) & urged
everyone to check them out ahead of time. He then turned over the reins to
me who welcomed everyone to the meeting & introduced Mr. Maberry as
an author of a trilogy of "supernatural/ romance thrillers" as well the
Cryptopedia & Vampire Universe reference books. When Maberry said
"Romance?” I explained that it's Romance month in the SFSNNJ (Gene
chortled that I didn't want to get beaten up by Mistress Ann-Marie for NOT
mentioning this month's theme). Our guest speaker then focused on the
Cryptopedia book for the remainder of the evening and had an interactive
dialogue with us about the origins of such myths and legends as the Jersey
Devil, Nosferatu the vampire, etc. We finished up by 10:15 p.m.giving folks
plenty of time for book buying (and Master Aubrey to hand out his
Valentine's Day presents - Thank you, Aubrey!!!) before most of us headed
over to the Suburban to continue the merriment (Jim & I actually joined the
"dirty stay-outs" this time!!!). Next month our FTF theme is Apocalypse month &
our guest speaker is John Joseph Adams, editor of the APOCALYPSE:
STORIES OF THE WASTELAND anthology. See Y'all then!!! (Steve)
I think that I most enjoyed Mr. Maberry's experiences with Screeching Tree
Frogs and the Yardley Yeti. I am already starting to read some bits of
Cryptopedia, it is great fun! (Todd)
Mr. Maberry was fun (in fact, he'd like to get back to us in May when his
third book in the Ghost Road Blue's Trilogy is released! - possible Special
Activity...) . He covered so many things and kept us thinking of new things to
add - also discussed was Mothman, werewolves (a personal favorite of Mr.
Maberry), UFOs, crop circles, orbs, Loch Ness monster, Champ - the Lake
Champlain monster, Bermuda Triangle, chupacabra, ghosts, ley lines, pyramids
and so many other things previously thought to be "supernatural. " The field
of cryptozoology and what it is trying to accomplish was covered. He asked
the audience about personal beliefs of different "reported" supernatural events
- i.e. ghosts, UFOs - and why we believed certain things but not others. He
pointed out how "creatures" thought to be extinct have been recently
rediscovered or simply discovered (giant squid). The idea of keeping an open
mind was prevalent and a good one. He explained that if you don't have all
of the facts or actual visible, irrefutable proof - it's best to keep an open mind -
you're thinking could be wrong or proven incorrect when new evidence is
found....... something to think about. Conversation was fun, lively and varied as
we all vied to provide new concepts or monsters. Kate Landis had a beautiful
picture of the Jersey Devil she had drawn in watercolors. Mr. Maberry was
so impressed with it, that he gave Kate his card and wants to possibly use her
picture! Kudos Kate - she is a very talented artist. Around 10:00, Mr. Maberry
pointed out that he had a 2 hour ride home, so we wrapped up, chatted
with him and his wife for a bit, then converged upon the Suburban Diner.
(AM)
Mr. Maberry was a really nice guy and quite well learned on the
supernatural. I flipped through his Cryptopedia and found quite captivating
and entertaining. I loved the glossaries on various gods in various cultures and
religions. There's a section on international takes on ghosts and ghouls from
around the world such as Japan and Russia. A great resource for the
Intertnational Themed month coming up later this year (HINT! HINT! BIG
GLARING BLINDING HINT-O-RAMA! ) Yeah, the yeti story was nice but I liked
hearing that reality based science is gradually starting to seriously investigate
the paranormal such as hauntings and UFO sightings. Could we see Fox
Mulder's dream of getting the truth out there finally realized in our time? Ooh,
the possibilities! I appreciated the advice he gave about the wrong way to
present unusual phenomena. It's cool to present a theory about alien visitation
but it might hurt the presentation by telling the group that you commune
with Elvis in the Dunkin Donuts restroom every Sunday morning. It was a
nice time. (Aubrey)
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