Barry Trotter (Book 1)
The Hogwash School for Wizards was the most famous school in the wizarding world, and Barry Trotter was its most famous student. His mere presence made sure that every year twenty candidates applied for every open spot, no matter how rapacious Hogwash's tuition became. As a result, Barry and the school had come to an unspoken agreement: regardless of his grades, Barry could remain at Hogwash for as long as he wished. He had just begun his eleventh year...Freshman
Sleepy with boredom and gassy from lunch, Hart Fox sat in the hard plastic chair outside his dean's office. A kid walked in the door, pink detention slip in hand, bobbing his head a little so that the purple spikes of his mohawk didn't get bent on the transom. He slumped down next to Hart. Hart nodded--he remembered tis joker from sophomore American History, constantly arguing in favor of anarcho-syndicalism. Was his name Henry?...Sophomore
Arcing lazily through the air, the Frisbee smacked against the window. “Ooo-oo!” a chiseled and shirtless boy teased as it wobbleplummeted to the ground. “Sarah's in troub-le!”The beauty-boy was righter than he knew: Of all the windows on campus to hit, this one was the worst. It belonged to Stutts’ Professor of Clandestine Affairs, Glenbard North, who had destroyed more students than there were blades of grass on the freshly resodded Old Quad below...Coming Soon!
All you really gotta know is, I'm writing new things constantly and the more I write, the better my books get. So if you've read my earlier work--and millions of you have--we should keep in touch. This fall, at least one and maybe two new books will be available: a Dickens parody AND a comic mystery loosely based on The Beatles. Drop me an email at mikesnewbooks[at]gmail[dot]com, and I'll be sure to let you know release dates, special deals, etc.Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Just tell me when it's on, and I'm there
Normally I wouldn't favor doing this to a "grade school teacher and aspiring actress," but my God commentary explaining European "anti-Americanism" from The New York Observer.
Monday, February 17, 2003
The Fire of AD 64
Those of you familiar with my documentary addiction won't be surprised to hear that this evening I watched a fascinating show on PBS. It was an episode of "The Secrets of the Dead" dealing with the great fire during the Roman Emperor Nero's reign. They discussed Tacitus' belief that Nero himself was behind it (unlikely--even though it did make his ambitious building plans possible); whether it was an accident (very possible); or even if the Christians that Nero blamed were responsible (also possible). This last is doubtless the most interesting portion--if you buy the theory, it casts the fire (which destroyed 5/7ths of the city) as a grand act of religious terrorism. The site is here.
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