S.O.Bailey

E mergency sirens filled the air.               The alarm ebbed and flowed as the horn circled around the pole which it was mounted; the sirens retreated and advanced like ocean waves assaulting a shoreline.  The old man bolted upright in bed before his arthritic hips could object.  He picked up the robe crumpled at the foot of the bed and wrapped himself in it.  His 1937 M1 Garand hung upon the bedroom wall and he grabbed that too.              Outside, he surveyed every direction of the sky.  It was a nice, clear day, and he neither saw nor heard approaching aircraft.  He knew that could be a deceptive assurance, the military technology the younger generation toyed around with could fool advance radar much more capable than the human senses.  The new wars were different from the old...

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I like to climb shit. I had never seen a Banyan tree prior to this trip to Oahu, Hawaii with my family.  These behemoths are the largest trees in the world in terms of coverage area, and can live up to two-hundred and fifty years.  The largest one alive today is in India—it spans 4.7 acres (1.9 hectares) and can shelter twenty-thousand people! The Banyan begins as an epiphyte which (after a Google search) means that its seed germinates inside of a host tree and then takes it over, often killing the poor sap.  If the host tree dies, it decomposes, and leaves a hollow, cylindrical core that's perfect for many forest dwelling creatures to burrow safely in. These pictures are from June of 2019 near Manoa Falls.  I'm not in Hawaii while writing this post, unfortunately, because it's a lot cooler being in Hawaii than not being in Hawaii. ↓↓↓↓↓↓ Purchase books by author  S.O.Bailey  on Amazon  HERE

I've always been a bit of a contrarian, and I suppose this is why I've never before made a New Year's resolution.  My first New Year's resolution (the year is 2020 future [wo]man) is to run a marathon. My wife Ashley and I have already begun the training (is that cheating?).  We are more than halfway there actually.  Both of us have always enjoyed running, long before we met each other (probably one reason we get along so well), but marathon training isn't a casual three to five mile trot in the park admiring flowers and butterflies. Marathon training is early mornings. Marathon training is early nights. Marathon training is sacrifice. Marathon training is suffering. Marathon training is knee pain, foot pain, back pain, blisters, chafing, cramps, all the pains. Marathon training is bloody nipples. Marathon training is knee braces, compression socks, Body Glide, nipple bandages. Marathon training is recovery. Marathon training is diet. Maratho...

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Recently, I was invited into  #AstraDaemonsLair  for an interview. I was apprehensive at first, because once my eyes adjusted to the darkness of the chamber, I saw unknown stains on the walls. There were metal objects that I didn’t dare examine long enough to determine their purpose—if I had, the interview might have ended abruptly, and how embarrassing that would have been. The title might have read: Short Interview With S.O.Bailey Before He Scurried Away Like a Scared Rabbit. But I stayed, and Ursula was kind, her questions sincere, and I was kind right back, because I suspected the metallic objects on display weren’t merely decor. How did you get into writing? Did you deliberately choose the horror genre, or is that just the natural direction of your stories?                      I consumed many books--mostly science fiction--as an adolescent, but I didn’t realize that I wanted, and would become a...

Do you see any ghosts in the windows?      In my hometown that I call Esel in some of my stories (mostly upcoming stories), everyone knows about the Baker Hotel in neighboring Mineral Wells, TX, and everyone knows that it’s haunted.  Even those who don’t believe have heard the stories.  They say it’s the most haunted location in Texas.  The most famous and most reported ghost story is that of the Woman of the Seventh Floor.  The rumor is, a lady had an affair with the hotel manager (or was it the owner?) and when it went awry, she flung herself from the rooftop, and there’s only one way that decision ends.  Those who enter the hotel (mostly illegally) catch a whiff of women’s perfume on the seventh floor, where the lady always stayed, and her flirtatious spirit gets gropey with any man it fancies.   There is now a sixty-five million dollar restoration plan for the hotel, and when you read the articles about the upcoming...