Happy Halloween — and a couple of recommendations

Hope you all have a happy Halloween tomorrow. (Yes, my parents had the coolest furniture ever.)

I'll be away from the blog for a couple of days. 

If you are looking for a fascinating book to read in this haunted season, I highly recommend Deborah Blum's Ghost Hunters. At the end of the 19th century, and in the face of scorn from other scientists, William James — renowned Harvard professor of psychiatry — and a group of eminent scientists decide to study ghosts, spiritualism, and psychic phenomena in an empirical way. 

This is one of my all-time favorite works of nonfiction.

I also hope you'll listen to Crime and Science Radio on Saturday (10 AM Pacific, 1 PM Eastern, 5 PM GMT) -- our guest is forensic anthropologist Marilyn London.

Trick rider

When I was about 8 or 9, my parents gave me a camera.  This is from one of the first rolls of film, which at that time, really was a roll.  So I think I'll have some fun posting a few of my early experiments.

This one was probably taken by my mother or father.

Yes -- pay no attention to the kickstand.  But this does give a little insight into the kind of kid I was.

Maybe that should be past tense.

As for news -- Marcia Clark, Chris Rice, and I are going to try a new method of hold a chat, since our last one -- fun as it was -- had a few technical hitches.  To gain access to the chat, like my Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/WriterJanBurke

So "like" it before October 11th, the date of the chat!


And I'll see some of you at Bouchercon very soon!