Suspense Magazine
by John Raab
on Tour June 2015
Suspense Magazine is an all digital magazine that was founded in 2007. We publish short stories, interviews, exclusive excerpts, articles and more. We have also in the past published alternate endings to very popular books, IE: Sara Paretsky's book "Critical Mass".
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John Raab founded Suspense Magazine in 2007. Also the host of three radio shows on Suspense Radio Network (Inside Edition, One on One and Beyond The Cover) also the producer for two more shows, Crime and Science Radio and The Story Blender.The CEO / Publisher of Suspense Publishing a book publisher that publishes #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Paul Kemprecos, along with several other authors.
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Guest Post;
The world is moving at light speed.
Mobile phones, social media, and tablets, have put us instantly into a new
world. The iPhone that you are holding right now, because you are holding it or
it is in range to pick up, is more powerful than the computers that we spent
thousands on twenty years ago.
People don’t know how to stop and
unplug to really take a look around them and see the beauty of the ocean, the
snow-capped mountains, the fall foliage, and the smell of the spring rain.
Everything has to be at lighting speed.
Remember when you made a phone call
and got a busy signal? You left the house and had to find a pay phone to call
back home and say you would be late or left the house so you didn’t have to
talk on the phone. Finding twenty cents wasn’t that easy either. And you better
be home before the streetlights came on or you were grounded, which meant staying
in your room, because that was actually a punishment. Now it’s where kids live,
so telling them to go to there is like telling me to just go home.
Remember when you had to be careful
to place the needle on the right part of the album to hear that song you
wanted? How about fast-forwarding that cassette tape to find song four, because
that was the best song on the album. How many times did you place that cassette
tape next to the radio and tape it so you had a play list, even with commercials?
Yeah, the quality sucked, but that wasn’t the point.
Remember when cars just drove you
from A to B? If you wanted to navigate to a destination, you had to pull out
that map, which was probably screwed up from the last time you pulled it out
because you couldn’t fold it right. Stopping for directions? Still hard for a
man to do, even with his wife or girlfriend screaming in his ear, because no
matter how much screaming you heard, you still knew the correct turn was just
up ahead.
Remember when food was something
you just ate? I still don’t understand gluten free, fat-free ice cream, vegan
chocolate, or kale. What the hell is MSG, really? It made my Chinese food taste
awesome, but I guess it’s bad for you. Remember when peanut butter and jelly
was found in 80 percent of every kid’s lunch? When I was growing up I didn’t know
one person allergic to peanut butter, but now we have peanut-free zones.
Remember when people talked face to
face? I don’t think my kids know any language but LOL, OMG, TMI, LMFAO, WTF,
and IDK, what the hell did I just say? Think about it: Is Facebook really
accurate? All I see are pictures of food and read posts that make me think half
of the world’s population needs to be in a mental hospital.
Remember when you only had four
channels to watch on TV and at midnight when the news was over, the National
Anthem played showing the flag, except for Friday and Saturday, then it would
come on at two a.m. Now we have so many TV channels—Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu
etc.—that when I hear someone say, “This sucks, there is nothing on TV to
watch,” I really just want to hit them over the head with a tack hammer. When
my family first got cable I thought my head would explode. Not just because we
had twelve channels, but we had the Playboy Channel and I could rig the box to
get it for free, and for a 13-year-old boy, that was the greatest day of my
life.
Yes, life was simpler. Our
imagination was our friend. We had to think of new games to play outside. We
had to grab our gloves and hit the sandlot. Girls would play house with their
dolls, and boys wouldn’t be invited because we would take the dolls and put
them in the positions we saw on the Playboy Channel. But there is still one-way
to walk away and unplug our lives from the rat race we call life now. Inside
the magazine we have more than ten pages of reviews. Simply pick up a book and
read it—because no matter how fast life is moving, reading is done at your own
pace.
John Raab
CEO / Publisher
Suspense Magazine
www.suspensemagazine.com
26500 Agoura Rd.
#102-474
Calabasas, CA 91302
Check out Suspense Radio: www.blogtalkradio.com/suspensemagazine
CEO / Publisher
Suspense Magazine
www.suspensemagazine.com
26500 Agoura Rd.
#102-474
Calabasas, CA 91302
Check out Suspense Radio: www.blogtalkradio.com/suspensemagazine
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I remember those days, too, John! And I agree, a book is a great way to step back from today's hectic lifestyle (with all those acronyms that I don't get, either!).
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite location for setting up a good mystery--city or rural?
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