Berlinbilder photos of Weltstadt Berlin
My photographs of one of the most fascinating and lively cities in the world!

House of Moonlight fantastic poetry of the Fantastic
Poetry on fantastic themes from some of the world's best poets. A selection from the House of Moonlight archives, together with new verse, all appearing on the Web for the first time.

Charles Eric Maine the original technothriller writer
This is my site devoted to an interesting, but currently neglected, English science fiction writer. Charles Eric Maine was the pseudonym of David McIlwain, who wrote technothrillers before the term was invented! Here is a detailed bibliography of his work. See the covers of many of Maine's books in the Book Cover Gallery -- featuring work by such classic artists as Richard Powers, Gerard Quinn, and Ed Emshwiller ("Emsh").

Concord Rebel
Henry David Thoreau is the main inspiration behind Walden East. This site has information about this multi-faceted author, environmentalist, philosopher, and inventor of "civil disobedience". And Thoreau usually had something to say -- short and sharp! For a selection of quotable remarks, link through to the Thoreau Quote Page.

August Derleth The Only Place We Live
Introducing the neglected American writer August Derleth. The name of the site comes from a quote that Derleth used as the title of one of his books. He valued above all things the landscape, history, and people of the Sauk City / Prairie du Sac area of Wisconsin where he was born and spent nearly all of his life. The full quote is: "Love is the only place we live." This attitude informed his entire life and work.

Supernatural Horror: Authors & Themes
An archive selection from my own writing about classic authors and stories, mainly in the supernatural horror field, and from the pulp era. I am particularly interested in the work of August Derleth (see left), Fritz Leiber, and Arthur Machen. These articles were mostly originally published in various society journals.