Author: Greg Hatcher

Prior to his untimely passing in October of 2021, Greg Hatcher was a longtime columnist and author and the primary founder of Atomic Junk Shop; all of the other founding contributors were invited by him. His Author's bio at the time of his death follows. 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.

Greg Hatcher, The Schoolteacher Diaries

Turning Pro

By Greg Hatcher May 28, 2018 May 28, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"3

When I was first starting to write, back in my teens, I dreamed of turning pro. Now a couple of my students have done it and I could not be prouder.

Greg Hatcher

Grail Quests

By Greg Hatcher May 19, 2018 May 19, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"20

A question that came up several times after last week’s tale of stepping away from OCD collector mania was, “Yes, but clearly you still COLLECT things, right?”

Well… yes and no.

Comics Culture, Greg Hatcher

How Do You Jump Off A Moving Train?

By Greg Hatcher May 12, 2018 May 12, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"23

This is an internal conflict I’ve struggled with for years: the OCD collector versus the actual entertainment consumer.

Greg Hatcher, Science Fiction, TV

Another Timeless Plea….

By Greg Hatcher May 5, 2018 May 5, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"3

The showrunners of NBC’s Timeless are asking our help this Sunday, May 6th. I think we should give it to them.

Greg Hatcher

Hatcher’s Junk Drawer #7: A Book, a Movie, a TV Show, a Concert, and a Comic Book

By Greg Hatcher April 21, 2018 June 4, 2018 itemprop="discussionURL"12

Cool stuff that’s crossed my path the last few weeks, in no particular order, including: the latest from Hard Case Crime, a show I despised that’s been rebooted into something I rather like, and a guy who’s not a number.