Crime Expert BURL BARER. Edgar Award Winner and NYT Bestselling Author

Richard Parker & Typhoid Fever

In the 19th century, the famous horror writer, Egdar Allan Poe, wrote a book called 'The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym'. It was about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl, Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open boat for many days. Eventually the three senior members of the crew, killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.

In 1847, real estate investor Daniel Tyler teamed with  biologist Nathan Phoider in an attempt to eliminate traditional warfare and replace it with more effective and efficient biological warfare. Their first product, named after themselves was "Typhoid Fever."  When the US Govt, heavily committed to guns and ammo, rejected their invention, the mad scientists infected an innocent woman woman at a soup kitchen who, in turn, spread the disease to epidemic proportions. She was known to history as "Typhoid Mary." The true origins of this disease were not known until 2007 when Bruce Cobalt, Director of Misinformation for the Republican National Committee, failed in his attempt to retro-blame typhoid fever on Saddam Husain, Al-Quida, Hillary Clinton, and Richard Parker. 

One of the above stories is true.

FREE BOOKS

FREE BOOKS:   "When people find out I'm an author, they ask me for a free book," whispered Burl Barer bombastically while shaking his forefinger in the face of fate ominously, yet with typical asymmetric flairs recently removed from the trunk of his car, "and I tell them, `WHAT?? If I were a butcher, would you ask me to throw you a bon appetite?"   
Barer, best known for his succinct rambling slimmed down contemporary prose characterized by brevity and a significant lack of important cumbersome detail, doesn't own copies of his books. "Tod Goldberg bought me used copies of two of my literary masterpieces," groaned Barer gratefully while gracefully lighting up a flamboyant Camel, "but those were already grabbed up by people wandering through the house hinting broadly while winking seductively." 
Taking time from his action packed schedule of avoiding anything resembling honest employment, Barer is making up authentic quotes for his latest true-crime book, MOM SAID KILL.  His fictional character, Jeff Reynolds, star of the acclaimed remainder HEADLOCK, provides pithy commentary throughout the book. "My editor asked if I had an official release from Reynolds so we could use the quotes," said Barer while his eyes rolled in their sockets like greased ball bearings, "and I assured her that Mr. Reynolds and I were very close, and his release would be forthcoming once I set him up with a dowager of my acquaintance in the Valley."

A DAY TO REMEMBER

"Today is the day that is filled with surprises, nobody knows what's gonna happen" -- Anything Can Happen Day theme song from Mickey Mouse Club.

Yes, it is May 23rd -- the Day the World Ended.  In case you missed this fact of history, it was May 23rd 1844, that the world as people knew it ceased to exist. POOF. All GONE.  For the limited number of people on the Gregorian Calander, it was 2 hrs and 11 minutes after sunset, May 22nd.  But as days both begin and end at sundown for those who follow religious calenders, it was 2hrs and 11 minutes into May 23rd when, in less than a twinkling of an eye, all creation was, either metaphorically or actually, re-created and every atom was endowed with a new power, and vibrating at a new frequency. Nothing would ever be the same again. The old order ended, and a new order spread out in its stead. Here is a great multi-media presentation on the event.
Not fiction - fact.
Time began speeding up. A year earlier, the UK patent office closed down because "everything that would be invented had been invented." WRONG.
More new things became manifest between 1844 and 1944 than in all previous history combined.
May 23rd is also the day I died -- temporarily, as proven by the fact that I am still alive. I had a heart attack two years ago on May 23rd, and dropping dead saved my life. Had I not died when I did, I would have died in my sleep while napping on the plane back to Los Angeles. Also, having the heart attack about a block away from Stevens Hospital in Seattle meant I had no damage to my heart as they got me into the hospital immediately. Yay!
So, life ended and the world ended on May 23rd. The world, and I, are still here, although vibrating at a new frequency.  The earth vibrates with potential, I vibrate because of this really nifty battery powered pillow I bought at Rite Aid on sale.
May 23rd, 1844

SIMON & SCHUSTER CHANGE CONTRACTS

As a member of The Authors Guild, I received this message today, and was asked to share it...sooooo
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Simon & Schuster has changed its standard contract language in an attempt to retain exclusive control of books even after they have gone out of print.  Until now, Simon & Schuster, like all other major trade publishers, has followed the traditional practice in which rights to a work revert to the author if the book falls out of print or if its sales are low. 

The publisher is signaling that it will no longer include minimum sales requirements for a work to be considered in print.  Simon & Schuster is apparently seeking nothing less than an exclusive grant of rights in perpetuity.  Effectively, the publisher would co-own your copyright.

The new contract would allow Simon & Schuster to consider a book in print, and under its exclusive control, so long as it’s available in any form, including through its own in-house database -- even if no copies are available to be ordered by traditional bookstores.

Other major trade publishers are not seeking a similar perpetual grant of rights. 

We urge you to consider your options carefully:

1. Remember that if you sign a contract with Simon & Schuster that includes this clause, they’ll say you’re wed to them.  Your book will live and die with this particular conglomerate.

2. Ask your agent to explore other options.  Other publishers are not seeking an irrevocable grant of rights.

3. If you have a manuscript that may be auctioned, consider asking your agent to exclude Simon & Schuster imprints unless they agree before the auction to use industry standard terms.

4. Let us know if other major publishers follow suit.  Any coordination among publishers on this matter has serious legal implications.

TRUE CRIME CLASSICS

I am proud to announce that two of my non-fiction books for Kensington Publishing Group's Pinnacle True Crime imprint have been designated TRUE CRIME CLASSICS, and are now scheduled for re-release with that designation.

(1)   MURDER IN THE FAMILY

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(2)      BROKEN DOLL

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I'm pleased that these books were selected as TRUE CRIME CLASSICS, and delighted that they will be brought to the attention of readers who may have missed them first time around, or who were not true crime readers at the time of their initial publication.