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Tue. June 25, 2013 at 9:50 a.m. | By Teddy Renois/Staff Writer
BERWICK — The Terrebonne High-based Diamondbacks needed a walk-off hit to beat Reeco Rental and advance in the Swampland Summer Baseball League playoffs on Monday.
The Diamondbacks led for most of the game until the Thibodaux High-based Reeco Rental scored two runs in the top of the sixth to take a 2-1 lead. After tying the game in the bottom of the sixth, the Diamondbacks scored the game-winning run on Jalen Williams' walk-off single for a 3-2 victory at Berwick High School.
The Diamondbacks, the No. 3 seed, will play the Berwick-based Taco Bell, the No. 2 seed, at 5 today at Berwick High School in a semifinal game.
Diamondbacks coach Gus Brown said his team never lost focus and that is why they rallied for the win.
"Both sides were patient, and when we got behind, we got the big double from a pinch-hitter in the top of the sixth inning. Then we were able to scratch back in the seventh and get the win," Brown said. "The guys stayed focused late in the game, and our pitcher (Luke Bergeron) did a great job all the way through. His pitch count was low, but I think the heat got to him. We came out with a fresh arm in the seventh inning and got it done."
The game was scoreless for three innings until the Diamondbacks got a run in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Bergeron beat out an infield single, but he went all the way to third base on the play thanks to a throwing error. Two batters later, Bergeron scored on Devin Malbrough's fielder's choice for a 1-0 lead.
While Bergeron (2-for-2, double) was doing damage at the plate, he was also tough on the mound.
Bergeron held Reeco Rental, the No. 4 seed, hitless through four innings and the first base runner he allowed came in the top of the fifth inning when hit Chase Naquin in the batter's box.
Bergeron got out of the fifth inning without giving up a run, but he wasn't so lucky in the top of the sixth inning.
Reeco Rental loaded the bases against Bergeron thanks to a hit batsman, an error and an intentional walk. With two outs, Garrett Molaison stepped in and connected on Reeco Rental's first hit of the game. The single scored a run, and while the outfielder bobbled the ball, another run scored giving Reeco Rental a 2-1 lead.
Bergeron got the next batter to line out to end the inning.
The Diamondbacks got the run back in the bottom of the sixth inning when Devin Malbrough singled and later scored on pinch-hitter Brett Bergeron's double tying the game at 2.
Reeco Rental did get a lead-off single by Naquin in the top of the seventh inning, but he was erased on a caught stealing as Quinn Malbrough held Reeco Rental scoreless in the inning working in relief.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Jeffery DeRoche coaxed a walk and Austin Bollinger bunting him over to second base. Williams stepped to the plate and drilled a single to centerfield that eventually scored DeRoche and gave the Diamondbacks the 3-2 win.
Williams said he was just trying to make contact and when the outfielder misplayed his single that allowed DeRoche to score.
"I was just trying to do what they taught us, to make contact and move the runner over. But, when he missed the ball it gave him a chance to keep running the bases," Williams said. "It was the most intense game we've played all summer. We just had to keep our heads up when they went up 2-1, but we came back and that is another good thing for us to do."
Even though Reeco Rental had just two hits in the game, the Thibodaux-based team hit several balls hard, but the Diamondbacks came up with a few outstanding defensive plays.
Williams robbed Peyton Bonvillain of extra bases when he dove to catch a sinking line drive in left field in the second inning. Also in the fourth inning, Wesley Lassere crushed a pitch to deep centerfield, but Derrick DeHart made a running catch just a few feet from the wall.
Reeco Rental coach Darrell Hebert said his team didn't play well even though it had a chance to win at the end.
"Our pitchers didn't do well (Monday). We had to use three, and we finally hit the ball a little bit at the end. (Bergeron) was good and he was working fast, but what we hit 11 balls right at their defense," Hebert said. "The ball against the wall in centerfield, great catch. We hit several ground balls to their shortstop, and they made the plays. We just didn't pitch well."
Bergeron got a no decision by giving up the two runs on a hit with a walk, a hit batsman and four strikeouts. Quinn Malbrough got the win in relief.
Jake Murry started for Reeco Rental but got a no decision after pitching 4 1/3 innings and giving up a run on three hits with two walks, a hit batsman and a strikeout. Also for Reeco Rental, Logan Thibodaux and Lassere pitched in relief with Lassere taking the loss.
At Berwick, Jester's Court starting pitcher Bryce Guidry wasn't perfect, but he was unhittable in a 5-3 win over Trinity Tools in Monday's Swampland Summer Baseball League playoff game.
Guidry and Chandler Richard combined to no-hit Trinty Tools, the No. 5 seed, to help Jester's Court, the No. 4 seed, advance to today's semifinal game against Synergy Bank, the No. 1 seed.
Today's game is slated for 7 p.m. at Berwick High school.
Guidry got the win by pitching 5 2/3 innings and giving up three unearned runs on no hits with three walks, a hit batsman and nine strikeouts. Richard pitched the final 1 1/3 innings giving up no runs and no hits with four strikeouts.
"It was the ugliest no-hitter I've ever seen. It ends 5-3 and it was close at the end," Jester's Court coach Scott Duplantis said. "Bryce did a great job and this was his longest outing of the summer. He did a good job, but he did get into trouble in the sixth inning, and he was shaky in walking some guys. Thankfully, they never got the big hit. Thankfully, when they scored it was on an error or a mental mistake. We also took a lead early and that hasn't happened for us all summer. We've been a slow starting team and it was strange for us to score runs early."
The Central Lafourche-based Jester's Court did get off to a fast start with a run in the first inning and two more in the second for a 3-0 lead. Justin Cenac had a RBI-single in the first inning, and Guidry and Seth Dufrene had back-to-back RBI-singles in the second inning for the three-run lead.
After a scoreless third inning, Jester's Court added a run in the fourth inning on Dufrene's bases-loaded walk and one more in the fifth inning on Josh Hebert's solo home run for a 5-0 lead.
While Jester's Court was scoring runs, the Covenant Christian Academy-based Trinity Tools team was having trouble just getting base runners in the game.
Trinity Tools had a runner reach base on errors in the second and third innings, but each time, the runners were left stranded. However, in the top of the sixth inning, Trinity Tools took advantage of three errors, four wild pitches and three walks to score three times and make it a 5-3 game. Zac Folmar, Caleb Ledet and Conner Bates all scored in the sixth inning for Trinity Tools.
Trinity Tools could've scored more in the sixth inning with two runners on and one out, but Guidry struck out the next batter, then Richard came in and ended the threat and inning with a strikeout.
Richard didn't give Trinity Tools any chance for a rally in the top of the seventh inning as he struck out the side to end the game.
"You got to tip your hat to their pitchers. They threw strikes and competed, but we did get some things going in the sixth inning. We did scratch for a few runs, but credit to their pitching for getting it done," Trinity Tools coach Tristan Rogers said. "Offensively, they hit some balls hard. I think we will be alright. We are a young team, and it is all about competing and giving guys a lot of innings in the summer to get better for next year."
Bates took the loss for Trinity Tools pitching 3 2/3 innings, giving up four runs on seven hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Cullen Ledet pitched the final 2 1/3 innings giving up a run on a hit, a walk and a strikeout.


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3.45/5 rDev +10.9%
Sampled on tap 2/5/05 at Cedar Brewing. Arrives with a deep amber caramel color with a small bubbly head on top. Leaves some nice lacing on the way down. Smooth caramel tones with some light fruitiness..a bit subdued in the nose overall.
First sip brings a nice sweet caramel upfront with hints of grapefruit, citric hoppiness. Slightly astringent with nutty, butterscotch and toasy notes thrown in as well. Not bad overall..but it seems to be missing something.
Smooth, slightly creamy mouthfeel with small bubbly carbonation. A nice amber ale that was worth a try, but it doesn't have me running back for more.
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2.7/5 rDev -13.2%
Served: in a pint glass from the bar tap.
Appearance: rich, copper color with a low off-white head; what you'd expect a good amber to look like!
Scent: distinguishable strong hoppy aroma; no malty overtones. Not what I expected.
Taste: is this an amber? It has IPA screaming at my taste buds. bold and bitter, but not invasive. A surprise for your mouth on the first sip. You know it when you take a pull!
Feel: peppery carbonation, and light.
Finish: it's light on presence but leaves a bold, hoppy finish. You know, like an IPA!
Overall: a decent selection if you're in the mood for an IPA, but not one of the best. I was looking for a smooth amber when I approached the bar. I wanted the balance between bitterness and maltiness that a true amber should have. I doubt that I'll ever order another one.
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On tap 9/15/04 at Cedar Brewing Co.
Copper colored with a low off-white head. Prominent unpleasant buttery diacytyl aroma and flavor dominates over everything else. Light bodied with a biting finish.
A very poor Red Ale; American, Irish or otherwise... way too buttery and one you should ask to taste before buying... maybe this was a bad batch because I don't remeber it being this bad during prior visits...
Per beer menu: "Irish Red" & per CB website "Malted barley and Crystal malt"
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4/5 rDev +28.6%
A solid rust color with a nice head that doesn't fade away and great lacing. Nice.
Complex and wonderful odor. Nice buttery diactyl blends with ripe fruit esters and a sweet, dry malt smell.
Tastes very much like it smells. Diactyl pervades a mix of dry citrus, burnt toffee malt and a hop finish that's just bitter enough. No single flavor is so prominent as to override another--they all coexist is harmony.
Easily the best beer I've ever had at the Cedar Brewing Company. A fine example of its style.
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The Most Valuable Day
I slept in until eleven thirty today. Three months ago that would qualify as an early morning, but I"ve shifted to becoming an early riser, and now that feels late. Usually I have my writing done by twelve, but it's one thirty now, and I'm still working on the second sentence. Okay, third now. I don't feel particularly motivated. Maybe it's that I just finished some big SETT things yesterday so there's nothing pressing there. Maybe I'm a bit disappointed that I slept late. I brewed a new tea for my morning pot this morning, and it's not very good. Maybe that has to do with it.
Today is the most important day, I remind myself. Actually, yesterday was the most important day, but it's over. Today is the next most important day, making it the most important day I have left in my life.
What makes today so important? Well, I'm as young as I'll ever be again. I work every day to sharpen my mind, but I'm fighting nature, I think. I have the most time ahead of me as I'll ever have, making today an excellent day to start new habits, and an important day to keep old habits. Writing every day is one of those habits, so I have to write this. It would be an insult to those even-more-important days in my past where I started this habit, if I didn't.
Every day I'm alive, I risk death. Not in a great measure, but I live in a big city, I drive a motorcycle, and weird stuff happens. If I lost my legs tomorrow, how would I think about today? Wouldn't I think about I should have used them when I had that chance? It's sort of like, after you break up with a girl, you think about the last time you were together, and you think that maybe you should have made it a bit more special. It was your last chance, after all. Today's probably not my last day with my legs or my brain or my eyes, but you never know. Weird stuff happens.
I'm not the only one living today. If I slack on my work, my competition will inch closer to me from behind, or away from me in front. Am I so cocky that I can give them this day?
Everyone I know is moving one day closer to death today; what can I do to make the most of the time I have left with them?
I don't really panic in real life, probably as a function of being a professional gambler so long. The only time I panic is when I do it on purpose to try to scare myself. When I go skydiving I try to impress upon myself how my only connection to life are those little strings extending upwards from my shoulders. When I scuba dive, try to focus on how I'm in a hostile environment, full of liquid I can't breathe. I have a little tank on my back, and without that, I would be dead. These things aren't really dangerous, but they're a good opportunity to remember how fragile and valuable life is. In the same way, when I have a day where I feel sluggish or unmotivated, I try to make myself freak out about how important today is and how only a fool could consider not making the most of it.
Usually I just think all this stuff in my head, but today I figured I'd write it out. Already, just a handful of paragraphs later, I feel motivated. Time to wrap up the daily writing habit and move on to crushing out some programming. Today's your most important day, too... what will you do with it?
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It's the music industry's biggest night out – the Grammy Awards – and the red carpet preceding the show on Sunday (January 26) was packed with A-list musicians young and old.
And while the Grammy carpet usually features adventurous fashion, this year's celebrities chose more modest gowns and outfits.
Madonna was escorted by her son, David Banda. The pop star was decked out in a Ralph Lauren black suit with a matching hat and walking cane.
Katy Perry literally came dressed in music. The singer wore a white Valentino gown, accented with musical notes.
And Taylor Swift looked like a silver statue, in a body-hugging metallic Gucci gown.
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This week, we celebrate our independence. Our independence from boring get-togethers that end in sunburn. Our independence from that weird uncle that won't stop hassling you to update his computer from Windows XP. Our independence to be independent.
Just because you're not in the mood to deal with traffic, heat stroke, and overcooked meat-stuff doesn't make you a bad person. You're an individual. America is great because of awesome individuals. Ben Franklin, Kurt Vonnegut, that guy that screams Annie lyrics at the 7-11, are all American individuals. So if you're feeling like skipping all the BBQ, that only makes you a realer American.
And you shouldn't have to be bored.
Here's 23 hours, 58 minutes and 47 seconds of streaming media that'll get you through the day (Plus, one minute and 13 seconds leftover for quiet personal reflection and switching from one piece of media to another).
Good morning! It's America's birthday! While everyone else is asleep, let's groove ourselves awake. Then, right when we're about to doze off, a quick jolt of satire to keep the red, white and blue juices flowing.
Stevie Wonder – "Songs in the Key of Life": Stevie Wonder is a national treasure. Many of you may have been conceived to one of his songs. If that's not patriotic, I'm not sure what is.
Spotify Rdio (1:44:54)
Cabin in the Woods – The satirical horror film that deconstructs the genre is not only good fun, it's got just enough scares to keep you from falling asleep.
Netflix & Amazon (1:34:59)
Bruce Springsteen: "Born in the USA" – It's right there in the name. The title track to one of the most misunderstood songs to come out of a pop album in the '80s (overtaken by Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax). Whatever your politics, this is a great rock album. Spotify Rdio (46:18)
Top Gear: "Vietnam Special" (Season 12 Episode 8) – The best episode of the best car show on TV has nothing to do with cars. It's a motorcycle/scooter episode. The British hosts fumble their way through Vietnam on inexpensive two-wheeled vehicles that threaten to breakdown every few miles. Hilarity ensues. (Bonus points for connection to previous streaming media pick.)
Netflix (73:32)
They Might Be Giants: "Flood" – The third album from the Johns. Flood is one of the funnest albums ever released. If you don't smile while listening to this album, you might be dead.
Rdio Spotify (43:00)
The birds are chirping. The sun is up. Oh wow, that thing is really bright. Quick, back inside.
Archer: "Training Day" (Season 1 Episode 2) – The quintessential Archer episode. The greatest and worst super-spy of all time decides to show his ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend a lesson. And everything goes downhill from there.
Netflix (21:32)
This American Life: "Breakup" – Breakups are tough. But you can dull the pain if you write a song about it. With a little help from Phil Collins.
WTF Podcast: Louis CK – Podcast host and comedian Marc Maron used to be friends with Louis CK. Then Louis got famous. Marc confronts his former friend and together they navigate the mine field known as friendship.
Star Trek – The Next Generation: "Sins of the Father" (Season 3 Episode 17) – No streaming list can be complete without a nod to Star Trek. This episode deals with family. You know, those people you're avoiding. Fortunately, you're not Klingon.
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Cooking Issues: "Get to Know Your Knife" – Learn how to properly sharpen your knives. Yes, that sounds boring. But it's not. Plus, there's nothing more dangerous in a kitchen then a dull knife.
Doctor Who: "The Pirate Planet" (Collection 11) – Written by Douglas Adams (Yeah, that Douglas Adams), this series of episodes is a great introduction to classic episodes of Doctor Who.
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Just because you don't want to partake in the Independence day insanity, doesn't mean you can't enjoy the summer weather. Why not pull a chair up to a window and watch all the people get sunburns while you enjoy a refreshing lemonade.
Beach Boys: "The Very Best of the Beach Boys: Sounds of Summer" – It's musical sunshine. If you're not going to enjoy actual sunshine, this is a fine replacement.
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Amadou & Mariam: "Dimanche a Bamako" – A married musical duo from Mali. Amadou & Mariam create amazing music that's perfect for staring out the window or just chillin' on the couch pretending you can't hear your cousin knocking on the door trying to get you a party in a park somewhere.
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Talking Heads: "Stop Making Sense" – The album from the concert film of the same name. All your favorite Talking Heads songs are there. Plus a bonus Tom Tom Club song. You know which one.
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OutKast: "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" – Hey ya!
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The Firesign Theatre: "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All" – A surrealistic comedy troupe known for its comedy albums. Enjoy the audio adventures of Nick Danger.
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RadioLab: "Colors" – The best produced podcast/radio show explains color with sound. It will blow your Cheetos-eating mind.
Right about now, families are gathering up their young'ns for the trip to the nearby field or high school to watch fireworks. You can probably see the exact same fireworks from your window without the risk of being burned or sitting in traffic. Throw a few Hot Pockets in the microwave and let's finish out the day.
"Slow Motion Chemistry": YouTube Science is cool. Science captured in slow motion is amazing. Watch scientists react to seeing their experiments in slow motion. Who needs explosions in the sky when you can see them in slow motion on your computer. And if you're lucky, at some point you'll learn something.
Hot Chip: "In Our Heads" – The fireworks are going off somewhere at this point. Why not create your own fireworks with an impromptu dance routine. Light up the night moving to Hot Chip's danceable tracks.
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The Conversation – Concerned about being eavesdropped upon by the government? Or anyone else for that matter? Check out this physiological thriller starring Gene Hackman. It's a quaint look at how we used to bug people before the Internet.
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LCD Soundsystem: "45:33″ – Nike commissioned a song to workout to. LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy initially said this track was built around the various stages of jogging. He later revealed that he was lying and that he doesn't even jog. He just wanted to make a really long song. Kind of like the lie you told your family about being sick today. You just wanted to do something else.
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Jimi Hendrix: "The Star-Spangled Banner" – Because AMERICA!
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Obama concedes victory to ISIS in Round One of the new great war
Obama has no trouble coming up with strategies when he WANTS to get something done.
Would it kill you to hire more black cops? (Yes)
Violent crime increased by a minimum of 3.3 percent every year after affirmative action policies went into effect — and the spike in crime was highest in black neighborhoods.
ISIS threatens another American hostage, and this time it's a woman
Also taken hostage: Syrian soldiers, American foreign policy.
Burger King to escape U.S. corporate tax system
And Obama's pal Warren Buffett is helping them do it.
How much of a threat is ISIS to the West?
Is the Islamic State mostly a threat to its neighbors, or does it already have "external operations" under way?
Obama expresses grief by golfing, or something
Playing for time has helped Obama escape from many scandals before, but ISIS probably isn't going to fade away after the next round of Sunday shows.
No facts, no peace
Stirring up racial hatred is how journalists make up for sending their own kids to lily-white private schools.
ISIS beheads captured journalist
Another life is threatened if the United States does not comply with the terror state's demands.
Ferguson update: Police under 'heavy gunfire'
The facts of the case become minor background details against the tides of mighty Narrative.
Governor Perry still looks strong
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Abilene police seek help in identifying attempted bank robber (2 photos)
Abilene police are seeking help in identifying a man who attempted to rob the Compass bank in the 1000 block of North 3rd Street last week.
Police released surveillance imagery, along with a news release Monday, as part of an effort to locate the man who left the scene with no money.
The attempted robbery happened about 1 p.m. last Thursday.
The white male suspect – described as being about age 50 with a short grey beard – was reportedly wearing a blue wind breaker and white baseball hat at the time of the attempted robbery. He left the bank and got into a silver vehicle that was parked near the bank building.
The vehicle was believed to have fled east on North 3rd Street (a one-way street) towards Pine Street, police said.
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T. E. D. Klein
Theodore "Eibon" Donald Klein (born July 15, 1947) is an American horror writer and editor.
Klein has published very few works, but they have all achieved positive notice for their meticulous construction and subtle use of horror: critic S. T. Joshi writes, "In close to 25 years of writing Klein has only two books and a handful of scattered tales to his credit, and yet his achievement towers gigantically over that of his more prolific contemporaries."[1]
Klein was born and lives in New York City and attended Brown University where he wrote his honors thesis on H. P. Lovecraft, edited The Brown Daily Herald and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1969. In the 1970s, he studied film history at Columbia University, wrote short fiction and non-fiction and worked as a movie script reader for Paramount Pictures.[2]
He was the editor of Twilight Zone magazine from its inception in 1981 until 1985,[2] and served as editor of the short-lived true crime magazine CrimeBeat from 1991 to 1993. He has also taught English at New York's John Jay College and been a longtime supporter of animal rights.
He added "Eibon" to his name – a reference to Clark Ashton Smith's Hyperborean wizard – so that when he used his initials in his byline, ala H. P. Lovecraft or M. R. James, they would spell out his nickname "Ted".
Klein has blamed his limited output of fiction on writer's block. He revealed in the book Faces of Fear (1985) that he had struggled with The Ceremonies for more than five years before finally finishing it, adding: "I'm one of those people who will do anything to avoid writing. Anything!" [2]
He first attracted notice with the novella "The Events at Poroth Farm" (1972), in which a college lecturer, isolated in the countryside and reading horror literature for teaching in the next semester, gradually realises that genuine supernatural horror is taking place around him. The story is notable for the insidious way in which the narrator's responses to the works he is reading (including those of Charles Robert Maturin, Ann Radcliffe, Monk Lewis, Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Aleister Crowley, and Shirley Jackson) are conflated with his impressions of the supernatural threat.[3] [4]
In 1984 Klein published the novel The Ceremonies, which uses the same basic plot as the novella to more expansive ends; the threat this time is not to one man or one community, but to the entire world. The Ceremonies takes up and elaborates upon some of the mysteries of Arthur Machen's story "The White People" and is called "a modern classic" in an essay by Thomas F. Monteleone in the book Horror: 100 Best Books. A second novel, Nighttown, was announced by Klein soon afterwards and described by him in Faces of Fear as "a paranoid horror novel set entirely in New York City", but has not appeared.
In 1985 Klein published the collection Dark Gods, which includes four novellas:
- "Children of the Kingdom", set in part during the New York City blackout of 1977, and which dealt with hollow earth lore and hostile creatures hiding in the shadows of New York; first published in the anthology Dark Forces;
- "Petey", about a madman's monstrous "pet" which brings a well-to-do, middle-class housewarming to an unpleasant conclusion;
- "Black Man with a Horn", a tale in the vein of Lovecraft which treats of an elderly horror writer (modelled on Frank Belknap Long) and his discoveries about the dreaded Tcho-Tcho people;
- and "Nadelman's God", about a man who finds that an overwrought poem he wrote as an adolescent has been used as an incantation to bring a monstrous deity to life.
Klein also wrote the screenplay for Dario Argento's 1993 film Trauma, which starred Asia Argento and Piper Laurie.
Klein has written two critical essays on weird fiction: Dr Van Helsing's Handy Guide to Ghost Stories (1981), a series of articles for Twilight Zone magazine; and Raising Goosebumps for Fun and Profit (1988), originally written for Writer's Digest.
As a critic, Klein was influential in encouraging the early career of Ramsey Campbell via an extensive review of his work up to the time of Demons by Daylight which was published in Nyctalops magazine.
- The Ceremonies (Viking 1984, Bantam 1985, Pan (UK) 1985)
- Excerpt in A Fantasy Reader: The Seventh World Fantasy Convention Book, ed. Jeff Frane & Jack Rems, 1981
- Excerpt in The Bantam Sampler: Summer '85, Bantam 1985
- German-language reprint, MorgenGraun, Goldmann Verlag 1986
- Outtake in Dagon #18/19, 1987
- Dark Gods (Viking 1985, Bantam 1986, Pan (UK) 1987)
- "Children of the Kingdom"
- "Petey"
- "Black Man with a Horn"
- "Nadelman's God"
- German-language reprint, Verschwörung der Götter, Goldmann Verlag 1987
- Reassuring Tales Subterranean Press, 2006
- "Introduction"
- "Camera Shy"
- "Growing Things"
- "Curtains for Nat Crumley"
- "Magic Carpet"
- "One Size Eat All"
- "Ladder"
- "Well-Connected"
- "They Don't Write 'Em Like This Anymore"
- "The Events at Poroth Farm"
- Raising Goosebumps for Fun and Profit (Footsteps Press 1989)
- Nonfiction expansion of "Horrors!: An Introduction to Writing Horror Fiction", which first appeared in The Secrets of Writing Popular Fiction, Writer's Digest 1986.
- The Events at Poroth Farm (Necronomicon Press 1990)
- Revised version of 1972 novella with an introduction by the author.
Short fiction[edit]
- "The Events at Poroth Farm" (From Beyond the Dark Gateway #2, December 1972)
- Reprinted (revised) in The Year's Best Horror Stories, No. 3, ed. Richard Davis, Sphere (UK) 1973
- Reprinted (revised again) in The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series II, ed. Richard Davis, DAW 1974
- Reprinted (revised yet again) in First World Fantasy Awards, ed. Gahan Wilson, Doubleday 1977
- Reprinted (revised a final time) as a Necronomicon Press chapbook, 1990
- Reprinted in A Century of Horror 1970–1979, ed. David Drake & Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1996
- Reprinted in Return to Lovecraft Country, ed. Scott David Aniolowski, Triad Entertainments 1997
- Reprinted in Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of H.P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture, ed. Jim Turner, Golden Gryphon Press 1998
- Reprinted in Reassuring Tales, Subterranean Press 2006
- Reprinted in American Supernatural Tales, ed. S. T. Joshi, Penguin Books 2007
- "Renaissance Man" (Space 2, ed. Richard Davis, Abelard-Schumann (UK) 1974)
- Reprinted in Microcosmic Tales, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander, Taplinger 1980)
- "S.F." (The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series III, ed. Richard Davis, DAW 1975)
- Reprinted in The First Orbit Book of Horror Stories, ed. Richard Davis, Futura (UK) 1976
- Reprinted in Reassuring Tales, Subterranean Press 2006
- "Magic Carpet" (Myrddin #3, 1976)
- Reprinted in Spectre 4, ed. Richard Davis, Abelard-Schumann (UK) 1977
- Reprinted in Reassuring Tales, Subterranean Press 2006
- "Petey" (Shadows 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday 1979, Berkley 1984)
- Reprinted in The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror, ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd Mead 1983
- Reprinted in Dark Gods, Viking 1985
- Reprinted in Meddling with Ghosts, ed. Ramsey Campbell, The British Library 2001
- "Black Man with a Horn" (New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, ed. Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House 1980)
- Reprinted in The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IX, ed. Karl Edward Wagner, DAW 1981
- Reprinted in Dark Gods, Viking 1985
- Reprinted in Horrorstory Volume Three, ed. Karl Edward Wagner, Underwood-Miller 1992
- Reprinted in Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology, ed. Jim Turner, Arkham House 1995
- Reprinted in The Book of Cthulhu, ed. Ross E. Lockhart, Night Shade Books 2011
- "Children of the Kingdom" (Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking 1980, Bantam 1981, Macdonald Futura (UK) 1980, Futura (UK) 1981)
- Reprinted in Dark Gods, Viking 1985
- Reprinted in 13 Short Horror Novels, ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Crown/Bonanza 1987
- "Camera Shy" (sold to Close-Up Polaroid Corp., 1980, but was not published at that time)
- First published in Crypt of Cthulhu #56, 1988
- Reprinted in 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1995
- Reprinted in Reassuring Tales, Subterranean Press 2006
- "Nadelman's God" (Dark Gods, Viking 1985)
- Reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 1988
- "Well-Connected" (as "Hagendorn's House") (Country Inns, Spring 1987)
- Reprinted in Dagon #18/19, 1987
- Reprinted in Weird Tales, Spring 1988
- Reprinted in Best of Weird Tales, ed. John Betancourt, Barnes & Noble 1995
- Reprinted in Reassuring Tales, Subterranean Press 2006
- "They Don't Write 'em Like This Anymore" (screen treatment) (Pulp Magazine, March 1989)
- Reprinted in Reassuring Tales, Subterranean Press 2006
- "Ladder" (Borderlands, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon 1990)
- Reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, St. Martin's 1991
- Reprinted in The Best of Borderlands, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone & Elizabeth E. Monteleone, Borderlands Press 2005
- Reprinted in Reassuring Tales, Subterranean Press 2006
- "One Size Eats All" (Outside Kids, Summer 1993)
- Reprinted in The Best New Horror: Volume Five, ed. Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell, Raven 1994
- Reprinted in The Year's Best Horror Stories: XXII, ed. Karl Edward Wagner, DAW 1994
- Reprinted in 100 Tiny Tales of Terror, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble 1996
- Reprinted in Reassuring Tales, Subterranean Press 2006
- "Curtains for Nat Crumley" (Gahan Wilson's The Ultimate Haunted House, ed. Gahan Wilson, HarperPrism 1996)
- Reprinted in Reassuring Tales, Subterranean Press 2006
- "Growing Things" (999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon 1999)
- Reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Eleven, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 2000
- Reprinted in Reassuring Tales, Subterranean Press 2006
- "Lament of an Aging English Instructor" (Bardic Echoes, Vol. XIII, No. 1, March 1972)
- "The Paintings of Hieronymous Bosch" (Nyctalops #8, April 1973)
- "The Father of the Witch" (Nyctalops #8, April 1973)
- "The Book of Hieronymous Bosch" (Twilight Zone, February 1988)
Nonfiction (incomplete)[edit]
- "Summer Reading" (Scrutinize, Vol. II, No. 2, Summer 1964)
- Material in The Brown Daily Herald, Brown University, 1966–1969 (film reviewer, arts editor, editor in chief)
- Material in The Brown Jug, Brown Review, Taliesin and other college publications, 1966–1969
- "The Liberal Arts Syndrome" (New York Daily Column, May 8, 1968)
- Chapter on Brown University in The Ivy League Guidebook by Andrew Tobias, Arnold Bortz, and Caspar Weinberger, Jr. (Collier 1969)
- Film reviews in Columbia Spectator, Columbia University, 1970–1971
- "Charles Manson, B.M.O.C." (New York Times, March 28, 1972)
- "They Kill Animals and They Call It Art" (New York Times, January 13, 1974)
- "The Festival" (The First World Fantasy Convention, bound with essays by Robert Bloch and Fritz Leiber in a special hardcover edition of Science-Fantasy Correspondent: One, ed. Willis Conover, Carrollton-Clark 1975)
- Reprinted in The First World Fantasy Convention: Three Authors Remember, Necronomicon Press 1976
- "Animals in Movies – The Abuse Gets Worse" (New York Times, June 8, 1975)
- "How I Flopped as a Paramount Scriptreader" (New York Times, October 26, 1975)
- Foreword to Writings in The United Amateur by H. P. Lovecraft (Necronomicon Press 1976)
- Story notes for Beyond Midnight, ed. Kirby McCauley (Berkley 1976)
- Foreword to The Old Gent by Willis Conover (Conover 1977)
- "Ramsey Campbell: An Appreciation" (Nyctalops #13, May 1977)
- Reprinted in Fantasy Reader's Guide to Ramsey Campbell, ed. Mike Ashley (Cosmos Literary Agency 1980)
- Review of Legion by William Peter Blatty (Washington Post, July 4, 1983)
- Review of The Face That Must Die and Incarnate by Ramsey Campbell (Washington Post Book World, November 20, 1983)
- Contribution to "First Novelists" symposium in Library Journal, March 15, 1984
- Reprinted in Contemporary Literary Criticism
- Review of The Suburbs of Hell by Randolph Stow (Washington Post Book World, August 19, 1984)
- Biographical introduction to The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Readers Digest 1984)
- Afterword to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (Readers Digest 1984)
- "Star Wares" (sic) (New York Daily News, December 2, 1984)
- "Master of a Lost Art" (New York Daily News, June 30, 1985)
- Review of The Glamour by Christopher Priest (Washington Post Book World, July 7, 1985)
- "Living Room Chills" (New York Daily News, September 22, 1985)
- Introduction to Slow by Ramsey Campbell (Footsteps Press 1986)
- Introduction to Stories from the Twilight Zone by Rod Serling (Bantam 1986)
- Introduction ("A Dreamer's Tales") to Dagon and Other Macabre Tales by H. P. Lovecraft (Arkham House 1986)
- "Horrors!: An Introduction to Writing Horror Fiction" (The Secrets of Writing Popular Fiction, Writer's Digest 1986)
- Expanded as Raising Goosebumps for Fun and Profit (Footsteps Press 1989)
- Essay "The House of Souls" by Arthur Machen Horror: 100 Best Books (Xanadu Publications 1988)
- "Minor Details: H. P. Lovecraft" (New England Monthly, August 1986)
- Twenty-five articles in The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, edited by Jack Sullivan (Viking 1986): "Arkham House", "Charles Birkin", "William Peter Blatty", "Anthony Boucher", "Fredric Brown", "Robert W. Chambers", "John Collier", "Basil Copper", "W. F. Harvey", "Robert S. Hichens", "William Hope Hodgson", "Jerome K. Jerome", "Henry Kuttner", "Jack London", "Kirby McCauley", "Arthur Machen", "John Metcalfe", "Saki (H. H. Munro)", "Steven Spielberg", "The Supernatural: Belief and the Writer", "The Twilight Zone", "Edward Lucas White", "Henry S. Whitehead", "Colin Wilson"
- Introduction to Reassuring Tales (Subterranean Press 2006)
- Trauma (1993), with Dario Argento, based on a story by Argento, Franco Ferrini, and Gianni Romoli
Awards and recognition[edit]
The novella "Nadelman's God" won the 1986 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella.[5]
- ^ S.T. Joshi, The Modern Weird Tale, 2001, (p. 114)
- ^ a b c Douglas E. Winter, "T. E. D. Klein" in: D. E. Winter, Faces of Fear. New York: Berkley, 1985. (pp.122–135). ISBN 0-425-07670-9
- ^ Steven J. Mariconda, "The Hints and Portents of T. E. D. Klein", in Studies in Weird Fiction No. 1: 19–28. Summer 1986.
- ^ Robert M. Price, "T. E. D. Klein", in Darrell Schweitzer, ed. Discovering Modern Horror Fiction I. Mercer Island: Starmont, 1985. (pp. 68–85).
- ^ World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Retrieved February 4, 2011.
Further reading[edit]
- Joshi, S. T., The Modern Weird Tale (2001)
- Steven J. Mariconda. "The Hints and Portents of T.E.D Klein". Studies in Weird Fiction, No 1 (Summer 1986), 19–28.
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GIVING back by getting muddy is the aim for one Frances family - plus a "ring-in" from Adelaide.
The Naylors - Shantell, Tim and Cody - and their friend Alicia are tackling the challenging "The Stampede" obstacle course in Adelaide on April 5.
The Stampede is similar to the infamous Tough Mudder - putting participants through a dirty challenge over 5km or 10km.
"It's like a muddy army course," Shantell said. "It looked like fun to start off with."
But then they found out they could use it as a fundraiser, which they are doing to raise funds for the Flinders Medical Centre Neoanatal Intensive Care Unit - something close to the Naylors' heart after a tough time for the family back in 2009.
"They helped out Levi (Shantell and Tim's son and Cody's brother) when he was born," Shantell said. "Without them he probably wouldn't be here."
Levi was diagnosed with HMD - Hyaline Membrane Disease.
Some premature babies, more often boys, are born with not enough sefactant on their lungs to help them breath and Levi was one of them.
So now the family and their friend are up for the fresh challenge of taking part in the Stampede in the name of charity.
All funds raised go to the Flinders Medical Centre.


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Cyprus bailout deal slammed as 'legalised theft'
The proposed bailout tax on bank accounts in Cyprus amounts to "legalised theft" according to Yury Pyanykh, president of the Association of Russian Businessmen in Cyprus.
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Oh what a feeling!!! (Cue the old '70's Toyota commercials) From the first snap to the last sack of Ben - just a wonderful game. Lockout? What lockout? Kind of so-so preseason? Pshaw...
I tell the kids on my lacrosse team that nine times out of ten, the game is won even before the first face-off. Blank stares back at me as they are ten and eleven year olds... The point is that many times the team that is more prepared, practiced harder and knows their roles, will win. And yesterday's game was a prime example of that. The game was won before the coin flip. The Baltimore Ravens were obviously so much better prepared, so better coached leading up to the game that the matter was settled before anybody went to bed Saturday night.
It was obvious that the Pittsburgh Steelers were, at best, confused, and at worse ill-prepared to handle us when Ray Rice takes the first snap, a very basic dive play over left tackle, and almost takes it to the house. Reminded me of the playoff game against the New England Patriots, except with a healthy QB...
The Good
Could fill eight pages with this portion alone. The O-Line- fantastic! Everything we could have hoped for and more. They have the opportunity this season to be a really special unit. Joe Flacco had plenty of time to throw, solid run blocking for Rice & Ricky Wlliams -what more could be asked for? Vonta Leach, WOW, what an acquisition! Just blowing people up left and right. I think I saw at least three Steelers in fetal positions when Leach was about to light them up. Rice, picking up right where he left off from preseason. Anquan Boldin was outstanding. He was creating separation and when he couldn't separate, he would out muscle his opponent for the ball. Ed Dickson and DennisPitta- ya like NE's two-headed TE monster? I like ours better. Who knew a two-headed TE monster would be so... ...monstrous?
Gushing, just gushing about our defense. The "old" guys, the young guys -they all contributed. Terrell Suggs was DPOY -like; Haloti Ngata more so, if that is even possible. Ed Reed & Ray Lewis were flying around making big plays -in a Pittsburgh game! Pass rush constant. The only reprieve Ben Roethlisberger got was when DC Chuck Pagano called the dogs off occasionally. Note to self: three man rush *still* not working... Jarret Johnson "trucking" Hines Ward -how sweet was that play? Cary Williams had a couple of good plays early which quickly stymied the Steeler offense.
The Fourth-and-one -loved it!!! And here is the reason why: Harbs had to go for it. No hesitation. Would do it again in a heartbeat, no matter the outcome. If we had "laid up" and kicked the field goal, we would be accused of playing ultra-conservative. And if Pittsburgh had by some miracle gotten back in the game, we would have never heard the end of it. Harbs did it for two reasons 1) he had faith (rightly so, as proven out) that his defense would hold if we failed in the 4th-and-1 attempt; 2) more importantly, it sent a message: it sent a message to both Pittsburgh and the league: we are going for the jugular. None of this "turtling" when we get a lead. We are going to step on your neck until you are beyond crying "Uncle!". Same thing with the two-point conversion. Same thing with going for the TD with Boldin that was called back. Those were not running up the score, those were statements that we are going to smack you in the face, and if you get up, we are to hit you harder and keep hitting you harder until you do not get up anymore. No quarter given or expected.
The two-point conversion: not so much rubbing the Steelers face in it, but more that the Special Teams Coordinator saw something and thought he could exploit it. Gives him confidence going forward to try stuff like that in the future -in other words, he confirmed for himself that he is reading the game properly -something some of the other Ravens' coordinators have not been accused of in the past... It may also slow other team's field goal blocking down a bit, especially on a short fourth down. Gotta give credit to Musket Arm- gets it done with his legs this time.
Lastly, Flacco. Joe said it best in a post-game interview when he said "I don't play against Ben, we play against the Steelers". The media loves to create non-existent issues, when there are none! So for their sake, Joe made big throws, he made smart "small" throws. He threw it away when nothing was available and lived to fight another day. Made great decisions, showed good pocket presence - it is really coming together for him. I think you can say the game is "slowing down" for him. And let us give Cam credit- he designed some nice roll-out and fakes to help out the O-line and buy Joe a little extra time. Can we finally put the Joe vs. the
VolcanoBen stuff to bed? Oh wait, he didn't do it *in Pittsburgh* or in a playoff game against Ben... (you know that is coming)
The Bad
Kind of nit-picking here. Our third-and- & fourth-and- short offense was not very effective. Seemed like Pittsburgh was waiting for Rice or Ricky whenever we tried that. And when Leach catches the ball at the two yard line and can only advance it 18 more inches, something is wrong. He has to get into the end zone on that play. Need to disguise what we are trying to do in short yardage situations better.
Not anybody's fault on this one, but the injury bug is having a field day with our CB's. Domonique Foxworth not 100% -and it showed. Chris Carr apparently re-tweaked his injury; and now Jimmy Smithmay be down a couple of weeks with a high ankle sprain. That leaves Cary Williamsand Lardarius Webb as the guys to mitigate Kenny Brittnext week. Given the way our front seven and safeties are playing, I am okay with that. But it does make us a little shallow in CB depth. Chykie Brown, you're next man up!
"Ugly" gets a reprieve this week. Too many good vibes to go ugly. I could rant about the refs (two games in a row counting preseason, worrisome pattern developing), but I am on too much of a positive high right now for that downer.
Next week, the Tennessee Titans and Chris Johnson - who has given us fits in the past. If we can take away Britt by double teaming him and contain CJ2K by putting a spy on him, I do not believe the Titans have enough other weapons to cause us concern. But if CJ2K rips off a couple of big runs, and/or Britt hauls in some deep bombs, could be an issue. The silver lining is that it appears the lockout and then holdout by CJ2K has not been kind to him. Let us hope he is still two weeks away from being his old self.