![]() He has had articles published in crime fiction magazines such as The Armchair Detective and he is a lifelong reader of comic books! Among other things he intends to educate the world to the joys of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and (with Peter) DC War and Horror comics. Jack Seabrook is the author of two books on popular fiction: Martians and Misplaced Clues: The Life and Work of Fredric Brown (1993) and Stealing Through Time: On the Writings of Jack Finney (2003). They're now expending their energies on the bare They took the world by storm with their blogs, A Thriller A Day, We Are Controlling Transmission, To the Batpoles! and It Couldn't Happen Here. Much of his free time is spent scheduling programming in his home theater, The Slaughtered Lamb Cinema.įor more than ten years, John and Peter were co-editors of The Scream Factory: The Magazine of Horrors Past, Present and Future and bare John Scoleri is the author of several books on artist Ralph McQuarrie, the producer of a feature length interview DVD with actress Caroline Munro, and is the self-appointed curator of the I Am Legend Archive. He has written for all the major channels on the topics, including Paperback Parade, Mystery Scene, The Digest Enthusiast, Paperback Fanatic, Men of Violence, Mystery File, Comic Effect, and Peter Normanton's From the Tomb. Peter Enfantino is an obsessive collector of Mystery, Crime and Horror digests including Alfred Hitchcock, Manhunt, Mike Shayne, as well as the entire stable of Warren Magazines. He was a member of the American Legion, VFW, and Elks. Aaron, in magazines such as Ellery Queen's and Alfred Hitchcock and in hardcover in a compilation of best short stories. He also authored several short stories, published under his pen name, J.W. He coached his sons for many years in youth baseball and developed a passion for golf, which he continued to play several times each week, until two months before his death. John was an agent and telegrapher for the Milwaukee Road in various towns in South Dakota from 1950 until his retirement in 1984. Upon his return from the War, John attended South Dakota State College in Brookings. He participated in the North African campaign, the Sicilian campaign, and four amphibious landings on the Italian coast, including Anzio Beach, serving with a valor he never acknowledged in life, but for which he was awarded numerous medals, including the Bronze Star. After high school, in 1942, he enlisted in the United States Army, where he served as a combat infantryman and later as a military policeman. Bjorkman was born on in Minneapolis, to Alfred and Grace Bjorkman. Bjorkman, 80, died at his home on Wednesday, October 13, 2004. Which is about when he wrote the last of his short stories for the crime magazines.įollowing are excerpts from his obituary: He was about 35 in the picture I attach, which would have been about 1960. He became an agent/ telegrapher on the Milwaukee Railroad and spent his career in small South Dakota towns along the railroad from Sioux Falls to Rapid City, while raising a family, finally retiring in 1984. After WWII he attended South Dakota State for a couple of years, then married my mother. ![]() Coincidentally, James Arness, also from Minneapolis, and Audie Murphy were in the same division. He was in the 3rd Infantry division in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. After high school, he enlisted in the army. I queried further and received more information:ĭad was born and raised in Minneapolis. publications and my father for "Death of a Tramp," which was published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Bjorkman, who wrote several short stories during the 1950s. Aaron was a pseudonym for my father, John D. There was some discussion about who the author was. Aaron and made into a 30-minute Alfred Hitchcock television segment. ![]() The blog topic that day was "Golden Opportunity," written by J.W. Regarding your blog, bare-bones e-zine, Thursday, September 4, 2014.
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