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Greg has been writing for one outlet or another since 1992. He was a contributing editor at WITH magazine for over a decade and during that time was a three-time winner of the Higher Goals Award for children's writing; once for fiction and twice for non-fiction. Following that, he did a weekly column for Comic Book Resources as one of the rotating features on the Comics Should Be Good! blog for eleven years, before moving on to this current gig at Atomic Junk Shop. He also teaches writing in the Young Authors classes offered as part of the YMCA's Afterschool Arts Program in west Seattle, for students in the 6th through the 12th grade. A fan of pulp fiction ever since he discovered the Doc Savage paperback reprints from Bantam Books in the 1970s, he has contributed a number of action-adventure stories to various 'new pulp' anthologies in recent years. Likewise a lifelong mystery fan, he has also written Nero Wolfe pastiches for the Wolfe Pack Gazette and several Sherlock Holmes adventures for the Airship 27 CONSULTING DETECTIVE series. He lives in Burien, Washington, with his wife Julie, their cat Magdalene, and ten thousand books and comics.
Missing the Point
Greg Hatcher

Missing the Point

By Greg Hatcher July 13, 2019 July 14, 2019 45

What does the audience owe the artist? And what does the artist owe them?

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Kicking It Old-School….No, Really. Kicking. And Punching. And General Mayhem.
Greg Hatcher, Mystery and Mayhem

Kicking It Old-School….No, Really. Kicking. And Punching. And General Mayhem.

By Greg Hatcher June 30, 2019 July 1, 2019 5

Today in action films, hand-to-hand is all about martial arts. But once upon a time… it was just brawlin’.

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The Puyallup Batcave
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The Puyallup Batcave

By Greg Hatcher June 23, 2019 June 23, 2019 10

That’s what Julie called it. “Off to the Puyallup Batcave!” she had said as we were getting into the car.

But most folks know it as the Washington Summer Con at the Puyallup Fairgrounds. And damn was it FUN. One of the best ones we’ve been to.

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Through the Looking Glass
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Through the Looking Glass

By Greg Hatcher June 9, 2019 August 17, 2019 10

Thinking about Jim’s column about generations and defining events, and measuring my own life experience against it, I realized that almost all of my memories that I think of as ‘defining events’ are about books, comics, and most especially, book STORES. There was one bookstore in particular… sadly, long gone now, but I’ve never forgotten it.

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Grail Quests, Part Two: Achievement (Partially) Unlocked
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Grail Quests, Part Two: Achievement (Partially) Unlocked

By Greg Hatcher May 26, 2019 July 3, 2019 13

In which I achieve a couple of minor bookscouting victories.

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Happy Belated, Miss Yvonne
Greg Hatcher

Happy Belated, Miss Yvonne

By Greg Hatcher May 19, 2019 May 20, 2019 13

This week, the internet remembered Yvonne Craig on what would have been her 82nd birthday. I’m no exception.

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Bootleggers and Killers and Spies and Other Hard Cases
Greg Hatcher, Mystery and Mayhem

Bootleggers and Killers and Spies and Other Hard Cases

By Greg Hatcher May 13, 2019 May 13, 2019 4

I have been getting a bunch of cool crime books in here lately, so let’s do a quick rundown of the ones I think are worth sharing.

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