Oh, the joys of baseball, manly men in tight pants.

Oh, the joys of baseball, manly men in tight pants.

Gripping. Fascinating. Entrancing. The Vesuvius Isotope is 2013's Top Thriller!

An almost seismic sense of expectation emanates from a college campus. That is the true elixir of youth: the grand, the glorious, the magnificent hopes and dreams because all things - all things - are yet possible.

At this moment, somewhere in the world, children died of starvation, bombs exploded to maim and kill the innocent, hurricanes destroyed everything in their path, but the loveliness of this moment was as real as wars and plagues and heartbreak. Pleasure and beauty are as valid as pain and ugliness and when I am fortunate enough to enjoy the former, I do so.

One of the fruits of longevity is establishing a reputation you may not deserve.

There's nothing quite so irritating to an author as a family member's easy confidence that, of course, the book will come.