Those who read Kathryn's first book, In Kathryn's Korner, know she used to double date with Julia Roberts, work with Michael Chikliss, Anthony Bourdain and Edie Falco and spend Saturday afternoons with Dennis Hopper. This book isn't about that. This book is about life after "Hollyweird," as she calls it--dealing with a life-changing diagnosis of MS and - surprise! - still looking forward to each day! For each lemon life has thrown at her she has made lemonade.

It has been a long, strange road, and probably has no end clearly in sight. Many more books are in the works as I write this in early December 2018. For example, I have published nine novels to date, and am writing nine more, with plans for some beyond that. The Shawn M. Tomlinson's Guide to Photography series has 29 titles in print, with another five or six nearly complete, and plans for 30 to 40 more. I'm also trying to rework and rearrange those books into omnibus editions by chronology and by theme.I never will get every book done I want to do, but it keeps me busy.I always planned on putting out a catalog of all the Zirlinson Books, but kept getting waylaid for one reason or another until now. This catalog is available as a print book in color. The color print book will be cost prohibitive for many people, so there likely will be a black and white version available, too.

Those who read Kathryn's first book, In Kathryn's Korner, know she used to double date with Julia Roberts, work with Michael Chikliss, Anthony Bourdain and Edie Falco and spend Saturday afternoons with Dennis Hopper. This book isn't about that. This book is about life after ""Hollyweird,"" as she calls it--dealing with a life-changing diagnosis of MS and " surprise! " still looking forward to each day! For each lemon life has thrown at her she has made lemonade. From Hollyweird to the Back Woods is a special double volume that includes both In KathrynÍs Korner and Training Wheels: How My MS Led to Plan B.

I have collected many, many pulps over the years, but at the back of my mind, I always hoped to edit one.My first job, as editor of two trade newspapers, deluded me. I created a presentation and went to the publisher. He listened, but he never spoke about it.I worked at many newspapers and magazines, but no one was interested.I founded a few magazines: The Antediluvian Levee, The Game's Afoot, Different Deaths, Ride of the Horsemen, etc. I then tried to start the kind of magazine you hold. It didn't work then, though. I just didn't have time to do it.Finally, in late 2018, I started working on it, pulling writers and artists together, doing some preliminary designs, etc. The first few issues came together so fast that I pressed on. I didn't hesitate, but got the first issue into print as soon as possible.This book is a collection of nearly everything that appeared in the four issues of Phenomenal Stories, Volume 1. There's also a best of collection magazine titled Lost Carcosa available.

In this second issue of Phenomenal Stories, we continue the Cyberpunk serial 'Closer' and the more traditional science fiction serial 'After: The End of the World's Not All It's Cracked Up To Be.' Richard H. Nilsen returns with a horror story in collaboration with Shawn M. Tomlinson titled "The 9 Corners." It takes place at Nine Corners Lake in the Adirondacks. J.D. Hayes-Canell is back, too, with another horror tale, this one titled, "Julie in a Jar." The story of Robert and Cara continues with "A Visitor in Arkham." Over on the non-fiction side, there's Gosh! Wow! A Personal History of the Pulps Chapter 2: The Start of It All. And Shawn M. Tomlinson rounds out the issue with his Hitchhiker in Time column, The Lurking Fear, about H.P. Lovecraft and the need to write.

In this second issue of Phenomenal Stories, we continue the Cyberpunk serial 'Closer' and the more traditional science fiction serial 'After: The End of the World's Not All It's Cracked Up To Be.' Richard H. Nilsen returns with a horror story in collaboration with Shawn M. Tomlinson titled "The 9 Corners." It takes place at Nine Corners Lake in the Adirondacks. J.D. Hayes-Canell is back, too, with another horror tale, this one titled, "Julie in a Jar." The story of Robert and Cara continues with "A Visitor in Arkham." Over on the non-fiction side, there's Gosh! Wow! A Personal History of the Pulps Chapter 2: The Start of It All. And Shawn M. Tomlinson rounds out the issue with his Hitchhiker in Time column, The Lurking Fear, about H.P. Lovecraft and the need to write.

Those who read Kathryn's first book, In Kathryn's Korner, know she used to double date with Julia Roberts, work with Michael Chikliss, Anthony Bourdain and Edie Falco and spend Saturday afternoons with Dennis Hopper. This book isn't about that. This book is about life after ""Hollyweird,"" as she calls it--dealing with a life-changing diagnosis of MS and - surprise! - still looking forward to each day! For each lemon life has thrown at her she has made lemonade.