Joseph A. Pinto

barflypoet & author of dark fiction

I cannot believe that my grandmother passed away a year ago this month.  I think it’s true – the passage of time truly does speed up once you have a child.  It seems only yesterday that I was a kid myself, sitting in her kitchen during my lunches from school.  A child always needs consistency.  That …

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My grandmother passed yesterday.  She was 96 and still sharp as a tack.  I was blessed to see her one last time just the weekend before, & the only thing I could think of was grilled cheese & tomato soup. See, as a kid in grade school, I always walked to my grandmother’s house at lunch …

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  I’d like to share something that occurred last night… My father passed away from pancreatic cancer on June 28,2007.  His illness & subsequent fight forever changed my life .  I’d like to reserve that story for future posts, for as I’ve mentioned, I intend my blog to be not just about my horror fiction, but about my life, …

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