It’s Nice to Be Nice

Even serial killer Wally Wilson gets it. On page 168 of “Blood Red Syrah,’ Wally reflects on his victims, his naïve philosophy of life, and the justification he embraces to excuse grotesque violence. “It’s nice to be nice and they were not nice people,” he says. Wally is severely mentally ill so his take on […]

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Nobody Leaves Neverland

Unlike sick, sad Wally Wilson, the morbid yet lovable protagonist in “Blood Red Syrah,” I made it beyond the Neverland gates and entered the belly of the beast. I rode Michael Jackson’s little choo-choo train around the massive estate, posed for a photograph with my foot on the first rung of a sliding board, and […]

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