Tag: Routine Apparitions
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18/53 Book of Songs
Read More →: 18/53 Book of SongsA promo card for Mordecai of Monterey, 1985 Excerpt from Mordecai of Monterey by Keith Kumasen Abbott: An hour later Mordecai was standing at the foot of Rita’s stairs. He did not want to be standing there. Mordecai was having his first crisis with his mental disease. He could not believe that his melanoia had…
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Routine Apparitions:
Read More →: Routine Apparitions:A fictional novel in blog form Keith Abbott’s important notebooks and manuscripts have gone missing. But so is Keith because he died years ago. This doesn’t stop the ghost of the Zen monk from wandering around Longmont Colorado looking for his stuff while busy solving crimes with his zany buddies. Of course he has the…
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Persephone Introduces Rhino Ritz, An American Mystery
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Read More →: Persephone Introduces Rhino Ritz, An American Mystery“A satirical novel that manages to combine both mystery and sci-fi genres….Action aplenty …and fast dialogue.” — L.A. Times Book Review, Dec. 30, 1979 “Keith Abbott is a brilliant, virtuoso writer….He fascinates. He creates and maintains a climate of everyday perfection, and does it by destroying consistency. — Die Zeit, March 11, 1994 “This is…
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Keith Kumasen Abbott Reads of Tales of Oakland and Cocaine
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Read More →: Keith Kumasen Abbott Reads of Tales of Oakland and CocaineKeith Kumasen Abbott reads an excerpt from the novel: “This Music Can Be Heard in Your Area Only”. This fantastic story from the (missing) novel is a reference to Keith’s experiences in the mid 1980’s with his friend, the poet John Veglia (aka Nestor Marzipan). Graphic novelist Mimi Pond produced two books ‘Over Easy” and…
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What About the New Cover to the Mordecai of Monterey?
Read More →: What About the New Cover to the Mordecai of Monterey?It’s coming up to the fifth year anniversary of Keith Kumasen Abbott’s death. In honor of my father I have re-released his comic novel Mordecai of Monterey. Working with a friend, the new cover is a reflection of the original cover. Water was a significant theme in my father’s later art work. His ashes were…