I was asked to write a post about one of my novels for Shepherd.com, an innovative new site for books and authors, whose tag line is “Discover the Best Books.” I suggested that I write one with Lisa Snellings about our collaborative novel, Night Birds. Here’s the description of the novel: In Night Birds, Lucy’s […]
Category: Alan M. Clark
Choosing Carolina Cioara as Narrator for FALLEN GIANTS OF THE POINTS
Carolina grew up in a lazy town in Newbridge, Ireland. She has loved reading, writing and books for as long as she can remember. As a toddler, she loved reciting poems. At the age of two, Carolina and her mammy made a habit of visiting the local sweet shop, where the lady at the counter […]
Fallen Giants of the Points—an Interview with John Linwood Grant
(Greydogtales has kindly allowed this blog post to appear here on The River’s Edge Blog.) Today’s special – an extensive interview with Alan M Clark, award-winning artist and writer, on his recent novel Fallen Giants of the Points (IFD Publishing, 2021), something which should be of interest to novel writers in general, and those who use historical settings […]
Fallen Giants of the Points, by Alan M. Clark: A Review by Pete Mesling
I realized a number of things while reading this novel. One is that it’s been too long since a book left me teary eyed. Another is that I’m jealous as hell of what Alan M. Clark has pulled off here. You may know him for the multitude of illustrations and covers he produces at a […]
Anatomists and the Body Snatchers
Blog Categories: The following article was written by my grandfather, Dr. Sam Lillard Clark, who was an Associate Professor of Anatomy (1930-1937), and Head of the Anatomy Department (1937 to 1960) at Vanderbilt University. He was on the Tennessee State Anatomical Board, a group charged with the task of ensuring that the medical schools of […]
A Parliament of Crows: Horror that Happened (™)
Blog Categories: Murder in the service of maintaining wealth and status. That’s not uncommon, but when it is done by seemingly “proper” Victorian women, three sisters who teach social graces in women’s colleges in the old South, the contrast sets us up for a good Southern gothic. Based on crimes committed by the infamous Wardlaw […]
The Flotsam and Jetsam of History
Blog Categories: If you love words as I do, you probably love history. I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few years writing historical fiction. In performing research for the novels, I’ve leaned about the origins of certain English words and phrases I’ve used in both written and spoken language throughout my life, […]