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The Good, the Badass and the not at all Ugly…more awesome photo entries!

Posted by Richard Long - October 2, 2012 - Funny shit, Giveaways, Horror, Irish, Occult, Paranormal, Richard Long, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, The Book of Paul, Thriller
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After checking out yesterday’s winners in The Book of Paul photo contest, you’re probably thinking…well, how should I know what you’re thinking? I’m not some kind of tarot reading mystic! Um, well yeah, Im supposed to be I guess, wait a sec, I must have a crystal ball around here somewhere…CRASH…BANG…THUD…SPLAT…okay, here it is. Hmmmm, yes…it’s becoming clearer every second…you’re thinking…you wanna see more crazy pictures, right?

You want it, you got it! Herewith is a grand guignol assortment of the profound, the profane, the mysterious, the mythical, the horrifying and the hilarious:

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And the winners are…

Posted by Richard Long - October 2, 2012 - Funny shit, Giveaways, Horror, Irish, Occult, Paranormal, Reviews, Richard Long, Sci-Fi, Sex, Sticky, Supernatural, The Book of Paul, Thriller
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First of all I want to thank all the incredibly awesome bloggers, writers and readers who made The Book of Paul Tour such a huge success. So many of the bloggers put so much effort into their posts and designs — and the reviews were amazing — truly an author’s dream. Thanks also to all the visitors here who subscribed to The Book of Paul newsletter and are following future posts! I promise to deliver on the entertainment factor, though any wisdom and valuable insights into the human condition will remain iffy at best. So without further ado and adon’t, here are the fantabulous winners of the photo contests (drum roll please):

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The Fighting Irish

Posted by Richard Long - July 26, 2012 - Interviews, Irish, Richard Long, The Book of Paul
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My parents fought all the time. One particularly horrendous episode lasted for months without a break. My brother and I used to hide in our rooms. You did not want to be anywhere near their line of fire. My mother was an alcoholic, my father a rage-aholic. Both of them were “Irish.” I use the quote marks because they called themselves Irish, even though they were both born in Buffalo, NY.

My father’s mother was born in County Clare, Ireland. I never met her, though I have her to thank for my dual Irish citizenship. I have never been to Ireland. After my mother died and I was making an attempt to connect with my father I invited him on a trip to “the old country.” Even bought the tickets. He first accepted the gift, then declined. I can’t remember why. I can’t remember what I did with the tickets either, but I didn’t go.

I never met any of grandparents. They were all dead before I was born. My parents rarely talked about them, and when they did it was chiefly to complain. Alcoholism. Abuse. Neglect. And so on.

In an earlier post I wrote about this same topic:

“My parent’s never told me anything about my Irish heritage. The Book of Paul was my way of trying to make sense out of the way my parents behaved – or why they even bothered having children in the first place. One time when I asked my mother what her father was like, in an effort to understand where I “came from” and how “she got that way”, she immediately broke down, sobbing uncontrollably:

“He was…a…bastard!” she sputtered, immediately followed by father’s contribution to the conversation: “Gooddam it! Why are you upsetting your mother?”

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