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# Thrilling Tales

Publications and Projects from Tim Chapman

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- [It's Not Something, But It's Not Nothing](https://www.thrillingtales.com/its-not-something-but-its-not-nothing/)
- [Latest Painting Is ALMOST Finished](https://www.thrillingtales.com/latest-painting-is-almost-finished/) - Ellen and I recently participated in a show for the Arlington Heights Historical Society. The assignment was to depict/interpret either the oldest house in town or the old Vail Tavern.This is my contribution. An imagined night of Dancing at the Vail Tavern in 1944. The style I chose is an homage to Thomas Hart Benton,
- [Drumming Up Biz At The ALA Conference](https://www.thrillingtales.com/drumming-up-biz-at-the-ala-conference/)
- [Write City Review](https://www.thrillingtales.com/write-city-review/) - My story "Don't Tell" is in this anthology from the Chicago Writers Association.It's here: https://www.chicagowrites.org/write_city_review
- [Middle-Grade Novels Are Published!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/middle-grade-novels-are-published/)
- [Is Your New Proofreader Out To Destroy Humankind?](https://www.thrillingtales.com/is-your-new-proofreader-out-to-destroy-humankind/) - My latest contribution to the Blackbird Writers Stack— https://blackbirdwriters.substack.com/p/is-your-new-proofreader-out-to-destroy During the ten years I taught English for Chicago City Colleges, I graded thousands of papers. Despite that experience, I still miss plenty of errors when editing my own writing, so I recently asked ChatGPT to go over the two middle-grade novels I’d just completed and
- [Mark Your Calendar!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/mark-your-calendar/)
- [Interviewed By Award-Winning Author Valerie Biel](https://www.thrillingtales.com/interviewed-by-award-winning-author-valerie-biel/) - Got a half hour?* Check out my interview with Valerie Biel, author of "Haven" and The Circle of Nine series. We had a fun chat.*Okay, I know a half hour is a lot to ask. Just watch the middle. ;^) https://readingwritingandroaming.substack.com/p/the-aside-conversations-with-authors-891
- [We Have Readers!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/we-have-readers/) - We’re gearing up for the LitBop #5 release party! Join us on April 24th (Friday) to celebrate and hear readings from some of our writers: Rachel Robbins, Peggy Shinner, Mark Larson, Sandi Wisenberg, Carma Lynn Park, Kathy O’Neil, Randall Van Vynckt, Richard Engling, Snezana Zabic, Judy SooHoo, and Alaina Hammond. 6pm to 8pm at The
- [Litbop #5 Release Party!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-5-release-party/) - Join us on April 24th at The Book Cellar, 4736-38 N Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60625. Readers to be announced.
- [Kindle Edition of LitBop #5 Hits Number One!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/kindle-edition-of-litbop-5-hits-number-one/)
- ["Badges? We don't need no..."](https://www.thrillingtales.com/badges-we-dont-need-no/) - I'm currently doing the final edits on my two middle-grade novels: The Song of the Bees and The Outcasts. Plenty of books for children have little badges on them indicating an award or ranking by an organization. This is to let parents know that some body of experts(?) thinks the book might be a good
- [Joe Faust: A 10-Minute Play](https://www.thrillingtales.com/joe-faust-a-10-minute-play/) - Recently the GreenMan theatre troupe had a call for 10-minute play submissions. The call opened and closed on December 6th. I submitted on December 7th. Soooo, you won't see it performed, but you can read it here. SCENE 1An outdoor cafe in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Two men, Nick and Gabe, are talking over coffee
- [News Briefs From Chapmania HQ](https://www.thrillingtales.com/news-briefs-from-chapmania-hq/) - Submissions for LitBop #5 are closed. Editing and layout/design has started.Hoping for a late January or early February release. My two middle grade novels, "The Song of the Bees" and "The Outcasts" are finished.The publication date for both is probably early April. More info to come. Two other writing projects, a novel and a TV
- [Halloween Video Throwback #3](https://www.thrillingtales.com/halloween-video-throwback-day-3/)
- [Halloween Video Throwback #2](https://www.thrillingtales.com/halloween-video-throwback-2/) - Here's another homemade short featuring lovely poodle Mia!
- [Halloween Video Throwback #1](https://www.thrillingtales.com/halloween-video-throwback-1/) - A while back, Ellen and I decided to make a short video celebrating that spooktacular holiday, Halloween. It soon became an annual tradition and in total we made eleven videos. This is the first in the series from fourteen years ago featuring our former sweet dog, Mia. It's a Lovecraftian tale titled "Terror of Cthoodle."
- [Submissions Are Open For Litbop](https://www.thrillingtales.com/submissions-are-open-for-litbop/)
- [Trouble Is My Beeswax](https://www.thrillingtales.com/trouble-is-my-beeswax/) - Thanks to Valerie Biel for inviting me to guest blog about my VERY short stint asan operative for a private detective agency! Read about it here—https://readingwritingandroaming.substack.com/p/strange-but-true-tales-from-author-6d3
- [Printers Row 2025 Is Almost Here!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/printers-row-2025-is-almost-here/)
- [HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/happy-birthday-to-us/)
- [Handy Man](https://www.thrillingtales.com/handy-man/) - Here's the story that was inspired by my short stint working as an operative for a detective agency. ChapmanHandyManPDFDownload
- [Litbop Issue 4 Is Available!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-issue-4-is-available/) - Litbop volume 1 number 4 is now available from your local indie bookstore, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon (also available as a Kindle book)! B&N http://tiny.cc/6p9c001Amazon http://tiny.cc/9p9c001 Kindle http://tiny.cc/1p9c001
- [Litbop Issue 4 Launch Party](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-issue-4-launch-party/) - Save the date! https://www.bookcellarinc.com/litbop-literary-journal-launch-party-reading
- [Rudolph The Christmas Commando](https://www.thrillingtales.com/rudolph-the-christmas-commando/) - Rudolph was late. He drops in every year on his way back to the North Pole from his annual vacation, but it was already Christmas Eve, and he was still a no show. Last year, he loaned me a colorful knit tam some Rastafarian friends had given him on his trip to Jamaica. Rudolph is
- [Submit to Litbop: Art and Literature in the Groove](https://www.thrillingtales.com/submit-to-litbop-art-and-literature-in-the-groove/) - By submit, of course, I mean send us your stories, your poems, your art and photography, yearning to be published. Submissions for the fourth issue of Litbop are open through Duosuma. See the Submission Guidelines page for details. https://www.thrillingtales.com/submission-guidelines/ NOTE: submissions for fiction and poetry are now closed. Check back next year when we open
- [Printers Row Lit Fest 2024!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/printers-row-lit-fest-2024/) - I'll be hawking my wares at Printers Row Litfest again this year. Drop by the Chicago Writers Association table on Saturday, September 7th from 12:30 to 3:00. You don't have (snicker) to purchase a copy of "A Trace of Gold," "The Blue Silence," "Kiddieland," or all there issues of "Litbop: Art and Literature in the
- [Taking Flight!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/hot-as-aicheedoublehockeysticks-summer-sale/) - The Blackbird Writers (of which I am a member) have just published a short story anthology. Ten tantalizing tales to, um, tantalize, er, dammit...you get the idea.Go to here now! https://amzn.to/3YD0nFE
- [New Author Pic](https://www.thrillingtales.com/new-author-pic/) - Lots of lit stuff happening this summer, so it's time for a new author photo.
- [Don't Ask](https://www.thrillingtales.com/i-had-forgotten-about-this-story/) - Here it is in the Chicago Writers Association's online magazine, Write City. https://www.chicagowrites.org/write_city/1073
- [Litbop #3 Baby!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-3-baby/) - We had a standing-room-only turnout at the launch party for the third issue of Litbop. Sold some copies and sold books by Libby Hellmann, Tracey Phillips, Kathleen Rooney, and yours truly. Thanks to The Book Cellar for hosting!
- [My Audiobook Experiment](https://www.thrillingtales.com/my-audiobook-experiment/) - Both my in-print novels, "A Trace of Gold" and "The Blue Silence," are now available as audiobooks. I'm participating in Apple's AI audiobook experiment. Yeah, I know. Believe me; if I could afford to hire a narrator, I would. FYI—I can't. I've listened to the first few chapters of both books, and here's what I
- [The Gentle Grift](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-gentle-grift/) - Twelve years ago the Chicago Reader (backwards R) printed one of my stories in their fiction issue. It's one of the stories I started developing during a class with Tara Ison at Northwestern and finished several years later. Tara, by the way, has a great story in the latest issue of Litbop. litbop.com I love
- [Rudolph and Me 2023](https://www.thrillingtales.com/rudolph-and-me-2023/) - I was stretched out on the couch, watching my favorite Christmas movie (Come out to the coast. We’ll get together, have a few laughs.) and feeling sorry for myself, when Ellen shouted from the kitchen, “Your friend’s here. He’s in the backyard eating the last leaves off my redbud tree. There’s lettuce and, I think,
- [Litbop Number Three Is Here!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-number-three-is-almost-here/) - The print edition of Litbop #3 is out. It can be ordered from a bookstore or online at: https://www.amazon.com/Litbop-Literature-Groove-Number-Three/dp/0986286281/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=litbop&qid=1703001796&sr=8-5And https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book/1144504080?ean=9780986286285 More news in the new year as we prep for a launch party. Happy holidays everyone!
- [A Thanksgiving Fish Story](https://www.thrillingtales.com/a-thanksgiving-fish-story/) - In a time long ago and far away, my father, Walter Chapman, contracted ALS. It devastated him. And my mother. The progression was fairly long, and it took him several years to die. During the height of his debilitation, my dear friend Dave Hosteland and I took Dad fishing. We didn't catch anything, but we
- [Listen Up!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/listen-up/) - This bit originally appeared in the Blackbird Writers blog. The birds are a group of fiction fashioners whose books run the gamut from sweet to thrilling. Check 'em out. I’ve been thinking a lot about dialog lately. The project I’m working on is very dialog heavy, and as I write, I’m saying the lines in
- [Long and Winding Road](https://www.thrillingtales.com/long-and-winding-road/) - The amazing Valerie Biel invited me to write a little something for her blog. Advice for prepublished writers or some such thing. Anyway, here it is. When you,re done, head over to https://valeriebiel.com to check out her other content. Like many writers, I started as a reader. At some point I learned to be a
- [Is All Art Political?](https://www.thrillingtales.com/is-all-art-political/) - Ellen and I recently saw the Barbie movie (more on that another time), and some of the comments I've seen online reminded me of this piece I posted a year ago on the Blackbird Writers website. Do artists have a responsibility to speak to the human condition? Lin-Manuel Miranda thinks so. In his December 2019
- [This Isn't A Sale. It's A Five-Finger Discount!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/this-isnt-a-sale-its-a-five-finger-discount/) - Now is your chance to get my entire ebook collection for FREE at @Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! Find my books and many more athttps://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TimChapmanall month!
- [A Brief Look Back](https://www.thrillingtales.com/a-brief-look-back/) - “Law is man’s attempt to civilize society. Science is man’s attempt to reveal truth. Forensic science, then, is the intersection of civilization and truth.” —Sean McKinney: “A Trace of Gold” A lofty sentiment from my fictional forensic scientist, but the reality in both fiction and life is closer to the philosophy of Heraclitus (or Patti Smith)
- [Palette & Chisel Sale!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/palette-chisel-sale/) - I have four paintings in this sale at Palette & Chisel. Stop by the awesome 1012 N. Dearborn mansion next Saturday, to support a Chicago arts institution.
- [Katerine Ace](https://www.thrillingtales.com/katerine-ace/) - I just learned that my friend (and high school prom date) Katherine Ace passed away. She was a brilliant artist. I featured her work in the first issue of Litbop. More importantly, she was a compassionate, intelligent woman with a quirky sense of humor, a feminist, and a fighter who told stories through her art.
- [Rudolph's 2022 Visit](https://www.thrillingtales.com/rudolphs-2022-visit/) - Ellen and I were in the kitchen putting anchovies and cheese on a pizza when I got the text. It was my little red-nosed friend, and he was on his way. ETA about an hour. He tries to stop for a quick visit every year on his way back to the North Pole from whatever
- [Kindle Edition Of Litbop Number Two Now Available](https://www.thrillingtales.com/kindle-edition-of-litbop-number-two-now-available/) - Go to here now: https://www.amazon.com/Litbop-Art-Literature-Groove-Number-ebook/dp/B0BNZCZLLG?ref_=ast_sto_dp
- [Litbop Number Two Is Available Now!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-number-two-is-available-now/) - The print edition of Litbop: Art and Literature in the Groove is up! Find it at Amazon, Barnes and Noble online (links below), or have your favorite indy bookstore order a copy. The eBook edition will will available soon. Amazon Barnes & Noble Tim Chapman
- [Litbop Issue Two Almost Ready To Go To Press!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-issue-two-almost-ready-to-go-to-press/)
- [New Blackbird Writers Post](https://www.thrillingtales.com/new-blackbird-writers-post/) - I have a new post on the Blackbird Writers blog this week: ”Is All Art Political?”https://blackbirdwriters.com/tim-chapman-asks-is-all-art-political/
- [Litbop Is Still Open For Submissions](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-is-still-open-for-submissions/) - INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORSLitbop is published once a year both as a Kindle ebook and as a print-on-demand paperback.There is currently no money to pay contributors. If your work is accepted, you will receive a PDF copy of the issue in which it appears.There is no fee to submit, however tips to help with production costs
- [Meet The Fire Quokka](https://www.thrillingtales.com/meet-the-fire-quokka/) - Meet Fire Quokka: Steve Turtle on bass, Freddie Frog on drums, and Quincy Quokka on guitar. Quokkas are often referred to as the happiest animals on Earth, but when a meteor struck close to Quincy the radiation caused his head to burst into flames.https://www.firequokka.com
- [Litbop Issue 2 Is Open For Submissions](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-issue-2-is-open-for-submissions/) - Go to the Litbop page for details!
- [Litbop Number One Is Here!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-number-one-is-here/) - Litbop is a literary journal publishing unique fiction, art, poetry, and photography.
- [Tai Chi Classes At Evolution Dance Experience In Elmhurst](https://www.thrillingtales.com/tai-chi-classes-at-evolution-dance-experience-in-elmhurst/) - Evolution Dance Experience
- [Rudolph In The Vieux Carré](https://www.thrillingtales.com/rudolph-in-the-vieux-carre/) - When I learned that deer could contract the covid-19 virus, I figured my buddy, Rudolph, wouldn’t be stopping in Chicago to visit on his way north this year, so I was pleasantly surprised when he called and offered to meet me on the lakefront. As usual, I brought along a little something to warm us
- [Litbop Is In The Newberry](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-is-in-the-newberry/) - One of our amazing poets, Lani Montreal, recently received this email from Chicago's prestigious Newberry library. "Thank you very much for your donation of your book Fanboys as well as the first issue of Litbop, which includes your poetry. We will be happy to add these volumes to the Newberry's rich collections of materials on
- [HOUSE](https://www.thrillingtales.com/house/)
- [Litbop Launch](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-launch/) - Join us on November 18th at 6:30 for the launch of our literary journal, Litbop.We'll be meeting at City Lit Books in Logan Square2523 North Kedzie Blvd. Chicago, IL 60647FREE PARKING IN BACK! There will be readings by Litbop writers.Artists and writers in attendance will be available to sign copies of Litbop or any other
- [The Litbop Cover Painting](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-litbop-cover-painting/) - Check out the process our brilliant cover artist, Katherine Ace, used to create "Girls' Brunch."
- [Litbop Is Almost Here!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop-is-almost-here/) - Editors Note from Volume One Number One Several months ago I submitted a story to a journal that advertised for previously published stories. This is a rare occurrence in publishing. Most editors refuse to look at work that’s appeared elsewhere. A ten-year-old blog, a now-defunct magazine—it makes no difference; if it’s been published before, it’s
- [Write Drunk, Edit Sober?](https://www.thrillingtales.com/write-drunk-edit-sober/) - My latest blog post for Blackbird Writers is here:https://blackbirdwriters.com/tim-chapman-says-dont-write-drunk/
- [My Friend Rob](https://www.thrillingtales.com/my-friend-rob/) - A dear friend, Rob Sokolick, recently passed away. We worked together at the CPD and ISP Crime Labs. I left to pursue careers in teaching and writing. He left to join the circus! Eventually, he organized his own circus troupe, Forms In Motion. He hired me to choreograph stage fights for several of his shows.
- [Ancient Wisdom](https://www.thrillingtales.com/ancient-wisdom/) - People are always yakking about ancient wisdom, but what about ancient silliness? And why were the Grimm's so grim? Could stories about witches and faeries predate recorded history? Was the story of your favorite film or TV show originally told by nomadic peoples sitting around a fire under a starlit sky? Did Darth Krugnok say,
- [Puppy Trance](https://www.thrillingtales.com/puppy-trance/)
- [It’s Out!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/its-out/) - Just released! I’m thrilled to to be a contributor to this thrilling collection of thrillers by some of the thrillingest thriller writers around: Edwin Dasso, Judith Lucci, Kevin Tumlinson, Chris Patchell, Casi McLean, Mark David Abbott, Inge-Lise Goss, Eric J. Gates, Tim Chapman, Tanya R. Taylor, Lucinda E. Clarke, Eric Blumenson, and Suzanne Jenkins. Apple:
- [Let’s Have Sex](https://www.thrillingtales.com/lets-have-sex/) - I have a blog post about sex scenes in mystery fiction up at Blackbird Writers this week. If you’re so inclined, you can read it here- https://blackbirdwriters.com/tim-chapman-says-lets-have-sex-fictionally/
- [Squawkin' With The Blackbirds](https://www.thrillingtales.com/squawkin-with-the-blackbirds/) - The multitalented Tracey Phillips interviews me for the Blackbird Writers website.Go to here> Blackbird Writers
- [Her Silent Shadow](https://www.thrillingtales.com/her-silent-shadow/) - This gripping suspense collection is available for preorder. Thirteen authors, including yours truly, will have you on the edge of your seat.Savor the sinister stories from these skillful scribes: Edwin Dasso, Judith Lucci, Kevin Tumlinson, Chris Patchell, Casi McLean, Mark David Abbott, Inge-Lise Goss, Eric J. Gates, Tim Chapman, Tanya R. Taylor, Lucinda E. Clarke,
- [2020 Visit From Rudolph](https://www.thrillingtales.com/2020-visit-from-rudolph/) - For the past couple of years, my little red-schnozzed pal has paid me a visit on his way back to the North Pole for the big event. We usually meet at a local watering hole for a few cocktails while we catch up, but with everything shut down, I thought he might bypass Chicago this
- [Proserpine](https://www.thrillingtales.com/proserpine/)
- [A New Novella Is On The Way](https://www.thrillingtales.com/a-new-novella-is-on-the-way/)
- [The Masking](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-masking/) - Our annual Halloween video for 2020.
- [Does Your Favorite Fictional Detective Need A Scientific Overhaul?](https://www.thrillingtales.com/does-your-favorite-fictional-detective-need-a-scientific-overhaul/) - New blog post this week for the Blackbird Writers.
- [Salome: Finished!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/salome-finished/)
- [Social Isolation Funnies #3](https://www.thrillingtales.com/social-isolation-funnies-3/) - Surprise your spouse with a homemade meal!
- [Social Isolation Funnies #2](https://www.thrillingtales.com/social-isolation-funnies-2/)
- [Free Books!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/free-books/) - Two of my books are now available in electronic format for free through a library org called Biblioboard.
- [Social Isolation Funnies #1](https://www.thrillingtales.com/social-isolation-funnies-1/) - cartoons for the covid era.
- [How Much Description Is Enough?](https://www.thrillingtales.com/how-much-description-is-enough/) - I have a blog (blarg?, blurg?) about writing on Blackbird Writers today. https://blackbirdwriters.com/how-much-description-is-enough/
- [Ah, Salome](https://www.thrillingtales.com/ah-salome/)
- [Salome continued](https://www.thrillingtales.com/salome-continued/)
- [What Can I Quarantine Today?](https://www.thrillingtales.com/what-can-i-quarantine-today/) - The third installment of The Poetry Corner
- [More Salome](https://www.thrillingtales.com/more-salome/) - The first background layer
- [Salome](https://www.thrillingtales.com/salome/) - Starting a new painting. Gonna post step-by-step progress.
- [Be My Hero](https://www.thrillingtales.com/be-my-hero/) - Readers are writers’ heroes. Want to be my hero? I’ve dropped the price of my eBooks to 99 cents during our period of isolation. You can get them from Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, or Amazon.
- [New Painting On An Old Canvas](https://www.thrillingtales.com/new-painting-on-an-old-canvas/)
- [New Painting: A Diptych](https://www.thrillingtales.com/new-painting-a-diptych/)
- [The Poetry Corner: Episode 2](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-poetry-corner-episode-2/) - For National Poetry month: "I See You"
- [More Trepidation On Canvas](https://www.thrillingtales.com/more-trepidation-on-canvas/) - A New Painting
- [The Poetry Corner](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-poetry-corner/) - Fledgling episode of The Poetry Corner
- [Picnic](https://www.thrillingtales.com/picnic/) - People with intellectual disabilities were viewed differently in the early 1960s than they are today. Lack of understanding engendered fear. I wrote a short story, Picnic, about this a few years ago. It’s based very loosely (as is so much of my fiction) on real events. I’ve tried to get it published, but the magazines
- [Ya Big Palooka!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/ya-big-palooka/) - I have a short story in the latest issue of Palooka Magazine. Check it out- http://palookamag.com/issue11
- [Happy Birthday Master Guo!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/happy-birthday-master-guo/)
- [A Little Christmas Cheer](https://www.thrillingtales.com/a-little-christmas-cheer/) - My little red-nosed buddy stopped off for a visit on his way back up to the North Pole. I was glad to see him again. We had a few cocktails, told a few stories. I asked where he’d been. “Down in old Mexico,“ he said. “Catchin’ some rays and resting up for the big night.
- [New Painting, Currently on Exhibit at Wildrose Brewing in Griffith, Indiana](https://www.thrillingtales.com/new-painting-currently-on-exhibit-at-wildrose-brewing-in-griffith-indiana/) - New Painting, Currently on Exhibit at Wildrose Brewing in Griffith, Indiana
- [The Mummy's Curse](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-mummys-curse/) - Tim Chapman's annual Halloween video for 2019. Thanks to the lovely Ellen for her contributions!
- [Finally Finished (whew)](https://www.thrillingtales.com/finally-finished-whew/) - Still Life Deconstructing
- [Time to Reread Vonnegut](https://www.thrillingtales.com/time-to-reread-vonnegut/) - Check out this article on Vonnegut by Salman Rushdie.
- [Meanwhile, At A Small Town In Central Illinois](https://www.thrillingtales.com/meanwhile-at-a-small-town-in-central-illinois/) - First pics with a new pocket camera.
- [Palooka](https://www.thrillingtales.com/palooka/) - Check out Palooka at palookamag.com. A different kind of literary magazine. I'll have a new story in an upcoming issue.
- [Defend Yourself](https://www.thrillingtales.com/defend-yourself/) - I'll be teaching another self-defense workshop series in January. Join us!
- [2018's Halloween Video](https://www.thrillingtales.com/2018s-halloween-video/) - Halloween video for 2018. This is my take on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story of Dr. Jekyll and his alter ego, Mr. Hyde.
- [Stan Lee: One Of My Heroes](https://www.thrillingtales.com/stan-lee-one-of-my-heroes/) - Thank you, Stan. Excelsior!
- [Another Rejected New Yorker Cartoon](https://www.thrillingtales.com/another-rejected-new-yorker-cartoon/) - Another Rejected New Yorker Cartoon
- [Novel Finished—Screenplay Started—More Free Stuff](https://www.thrillingtales.com/new-news-novel-finished-screenplay-started-more-free-stuff/) - I finally finished the novel, "Hades," I've been working on for the last two years. An earthquake collapses a twelve-story office building, trapping three people in the underground parking garage. Weirdness ensues.
- [Even MORE Free Stuff](https://www.thrillingtales.com/even-more-free-stuff/) - In a blatant attempt to get people interested in The Blue Silence: Murder New Orleans Style, I’m posting forensic scientist Sean McKinney’s first adventure, A Trace of Gold, on Wattpad. And, to sweeten the deal, I’m putting the audiobook version of Kiddieland and other misfortunes up on Soundcloud.
- [More Free Stuff](https://www.thrillingtales.com/more-free-stuff/) - In a blatant attempt to get people interested in The Blue Silence: Murder New Orleans Style, I'm posting forensic scientist Sean McKinney's first adventure, A Trace of Gold, on Wattpad. And, to sweeten the deal, I'm putting the audiobook version of Kiddieland and other misfortunes up on Soundcloud.
- [I'll be Teaching a Tai Chi Workshop in April](https://www.thrillingtales.com/ill-be-teaching-a-tai-chi-workshop-in-april/) - Sign up for my tai chi workshop at One Key Yoga. Learn the simplified Yang form in four sessions. Fridays at 6:00 pm in April.
- [A One-armed Security Guard Outsmarts a Thief](https://www.thrillingtales.com/a-one-armed-security-guard-outsmarts-a-thief/) - My story, "Handy Man," appears in the latest issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.
- [Free Stuff!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/free-stuff/) - In a blatant attempt to get people interested in "The Blue Silence: Murder New Orleans Style," I'm posting forensic scientist Sean McKinney's first adventure, "A Trace of Gold," on Wattpad. And, to sweeten the deal, I'm putting the audiobook version of "Kiddieland and other misfortunes" up on Soundcloud.
- [Help Me Keep My New Year's Resolution](https://www.thrillingtales.com/help-me-keep-my-new-years-resolution/) - I hate marketing, so one of my new year’s resolutions is to do more marketing. I’m asking you for help me promote “The Blue Silence.”
- [Scrooge's Moment of Satori](https://www.thrillingtales.com/scrooges-moment-of-satori/) - "I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy."
- [Book Release Party for "The Blue Silence" (woo hoo)](https://www.thrillingtales.com/book-release-party-for-the-blue-silence-woo-hoo/) - Join authors TIM CHAPMAN and DIANE PIRON-GELMAN (D.M. Pirrone) in discussing Writing Historical Crime Fiction. This event celebrates release of The Blue Silence.
- [Practical Self-Defense Workshop For Women](https://www.thrillingtales.com/practical-self-defense-workshop-for-women/) - To sign up for this class please contact Gina Fitzpatrick at: One Key Yoga 4845 N Damen Ave Chicago, IL 60625 773-230-7805 • onekeyyoga@gmail.com
- [Marketing Sucks](https://www.thrillingtales.com/marketing-sucks/) - I sent ARCs of The Blue Silence to the publications that gave good reviews to Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold (NOTE: soon to be reissued as A Trace of Gold).
- [Stand Up To Hate!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/stand-up-to-hate/) - My father was in the Army Air Corps. He fought Nazis in North Africa during World War II. My mother was a civil rights advocate. She fought against racism and bigotry in the turbulent 1960s.
- [Throwback Thursday](https://www.thrillingtales.com/throwback-thursday/) - Here's a 2013 piece from Janet Rudolph's "Mystery Readers Journal"
- [Proof Of Concept](https://www.thrillingtales.com/proof-of-concept/) - After converting both the interior and cover files to PDF format I uploaded the files. Spark sent e-proofs by email. The first thing I noticed, I missed a HUGE error.
- [So...This Is A Thing](https://www.thrillingtales.com/so-this-is-a-thing/) - Selling some of my paintings on DailyPaintworks.com
- [Will Self-Publishing Give Me Hairy Palms?](https://www.thrillingtales.com/will-self-publishing-give-me-hairy-palms/) - I've decided to self-publish (sounds dirty) the sequel to my crime novel, which by-the-way is called “The Blue Silence” and is set, mostly, in New Orleans.
- [Hot Off The Virtual Presses](https://www.thrillingtales.com/hot-off-the-virtual-presses/) - My story "Don't Tell" just came out in the Norwegian American Weekly.
- [Hawking My Wares (yet again)](https://www.thrillingtales.com/hawking-my-wares-yet-again/) - I’ll be at the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago this weekend signing books. This year I’m at the Society of Midland Authors booth on Saturday from noon to 2.
- [Summer Art Exhibit At Perkolator](https://www.thrillingtales.com/summer-art-exhibit-at-perkolator/) - Another hanging.
- [Finally, Another "Daily" Painting](https://www.thrillingtales.com/finally-another-daily-painting/) - Painting of orange slices
- [What We Do For Love](https://www.thrillingtales.com/what-we-do-for-love-2/) - One of my short stories is up on The Norwegian-American Weekly's site. Check it out. http://www.norwegianamerican.com/featured/what-we-do-for-love/
- [Good Stuff for your Earholes! (and a special offer)](https://www.thrillingtales.com/good-stuff-for-your-earholes-and-a-special-offer/) - Listen to short stories while you drive! Amazon is giving "Kiddieland and other misfortunes" away FREE (hah!) when you sign up for Audible.
- [New Name, Same Great Taste](https://www.thrillingtales.com/new-name-same-great-taste/) - Chang's Academy in Elmhurst is now Elmhurst Martial Arts. We even have an attractive new logo signifying the concept of wu wei (not doing).
- [Merry Christmas from the Art Institute of Chicago!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/merry-christmas-from-the-art-institute-of-chicago/) - Merry Christmas from the Art Institute of Chicago!
- [Help Fight Diabetes!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/help-fight-diabetes/) - Try a martial art and help a worthy cause on December 10th. All money collected goes directly to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
- [Tai Chi At One Key Yoga](https://www.thrillingtales.com/tai-chi-at-one-key-yoga/) - Tai Chi At One Key Yoga
- [Twilight of the Children of the Village of the Corn](https://www.thrillingtales.com/twilight-of-the-children-of-the-village-of-the-corn/) - My annual Halloween video for 2016 is up!
- [Book Signing This Saturday!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/book-signing-this-saturday/) - Yep. This is a thing. Join me Saturday at the Village Crossing Barnes & Noble. It's located on Touhy, just west of the Edens Expwy.
- [15 Years Ago](https://www.thrillingtales.com/15-years-ago/) - Staff form at 2001 Zhengzhou Wushu Festival
- [Tai Chi Videos](https://www.thrillingtales.com/tai-chi-videos/) - The Flowing Dragon Fan form video is up. More videos to come!
- [Jazz Fest 2016](https://www.thrillingtales.com/jazz-fest-2016/) - Chicago Jazz
- [Orlando](https://www.thrillingtales.com/orlando/) - Orlando
- [Printers Row Lit Fest Is This Weekend!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/printers-row-lit-fest-is-this-weekend/) - I’ll be book-signing Saturday at Printers Row Fest. 10-12 am at the Society of Midland Authors tent and 2:30-4 pm at the Mystery Writers of America tent.
- [New Day And Time For Tai Chi Classes](https://www.thrillingtales.com/new-day-and-time-for-tai-chi-classes/) - Beginning on June 1st, tai chi classes at Chang's Academy in Elmhurst will be held Monday and Wednesday mornings at 9 am.
- [Meet Nero Wolfe Writer, Robert Goldsborough](https://www.thrillingtales.com/meet-nero-wolfe-writer-robert-goldsborough/) - Here's a subtle reminder—this Saturday at 1:00 I'll be signing copies of my novel and short story collection at the Village Crossing Barnes & Noble.
- [An Interview With My Publisher](https://www.thrillingtales.com/an-interview-with-my-publisher/) - Allium Press
- [Barnes & Noble Author Open House](https://www.thrillingtales.com/barnes-noble-author-open-house/) - Join me (I'm coming apart) Saturday, April 9th, at the Village Crossing Barnes and Noble on Touhy.
- [Hey look! I'm an upcoming event.](https://www.thrillingtales.com/hey-look-im-an-upcoming-event/) - Tim Chapman will sign his books at the Village Crossing Barnes and Noble on April 9th.
- [St. Patrick's Day Limerick](https://www.thrillingtales.com/st-patricks-day-limerick/) - I write about mayhem and killing. Subjects both nasty and chilling. But I'm not a bad guy. I would 't harm a fly. I just like a tale that's thrilling.
- ["Daily" Painting Number 3](https://www.thrillingtales.com/daily-painting-number-3/) - It's a pear.
- [Merry Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and Boxing Day (whew)!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/merry-christmas-chanukah-kwanzaa-and-boxing-day-whew/) - The new year is a time when people take stock of their routines.
- [Happy Thanksgiving](https://www.thrillingtales.com/happy-thanksgiving/) - I'm thankful for YOU! (and also, this guy) #responsiblemartialarts http://www.mma.tv/mma/the-most-surprizing-tapout-eva-and-the-most-beautiful/
- [Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold (again)!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/bright-and-yellow-hard-and-cold-again/) - My novel's on sale at Kobo! You want to go to here.
- [Deadly Doll Of The Damned](https://www.thrillingtales.com/deadly-doll-of-the-damned/) - Better late than never (I guess) 2015's Halloween video offers my take on the classic creepy doll theme.
- [The Chap On The Flying Trapeze](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-chap-on-the-flying-trapeze/) - Walking along the lakefront on a nice fall day, I saw the TSNY Chicago school at Belmont Harbor and couldn't resist. High-flyin' fun!
- [The Story of a Story (The Untold Story)](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-story-of-a-story-the-untold-story/) - You want to go to there!
- [Daily Painting #2](https://www.thrillingtales.com/daily-painting-2/) - Daily Painting #2
- [Bards and Sages](https://www.thrillingtales.com/bards-and-sages/) - Bards and Sages
- [Daily Painting](https://www.thrillingtales.com/daily-painting/) - A painting by Tim Chapman inspired by the book "Daily Painting" by Carol Marine.
- [Tai Chi Class](https://www.thrillingtales.com/tai-chi-class/) - Flowing Dragon Tai Chi Class Photo
- [Plenty Artsy. (a little bit fartsy)](https://www.thrillingtales.com/plenty-artsy-a-little-bit-fartsy/) - I have a painting in this exhibition. If you're near Crystal Lake tomorrow night stop in and say hi.
- [Creek Gallery Exhibition](https://www.thrillingtales.com/creek-gallery-exhibition/) - Creek Gallery Exhibition
- [Writing Sex Scenes At Printers Row Lit Fest](https://www.thrillingtales.com/writing-sex-scenes/) - Writing Sex Scenes
- [Writing Another Gender](https://www.thrillingtales.com/writing-another-gender/) - Tuesday, June 30th, I'll be at City Lit Books in Logan Square. At 6:30pm Patricia Skalka and I discuss Hero or Heroine?
- [An Eruption Of Events! (sorry about the word eruption)](https://www.thrillingtales.com/an-eruption-of-events-sorry-about-the-word-eruption/) - Printers Row, Chicago, Clare O'Donohue, Sex Scenes, Mystery Writers of America, Allium Press, City Lit Books, Logan Square, Patricia Skalka, mystery fiction
- [Social Climber](https://www.thrillingtales.com/social-climber/) - Tim Chapman's winning poem
- [PBS Yackety-yak](https://www.thrillingtales.com/pbs-yackety-yak/) - WYCC interview with Tim Chapman
- [Stewards of the Earth?](https://www.thrillingtales.com/stewards-of-the-earth/) - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/GlobalWarming/
- [Poirot and Me](https://www.thrillingtales.com/poirot-and-me/) - Tune in to broadcast channel 20 on Sunday, April 5th at 6:30 pm Central time for WYCC’s Mystery Marathon. They’re showing the final episode of Poirot, and interviewing your’s truly during the breaks!
- [George's Ghost](https://www.thrillingtales.com/georges-ghost/) - Warren Davis, Melissa Culverwell, Debra Rich, Lyndee Yamshon, and Dave Hosteland all give stellar performances in this short meditation on values. Another of my rather heavy-handed efforts from twenty years ago.
- [Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/sunday-sunday-sunday/) - Local authors Tim Chapman, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Diane Piron-Gelman, and J. Michael Major will read and discuss the short story form. They will also be available to sign their latest books. Sunday, March 8th at 3:00 pm Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore 7419 Madison Street, Forest Park, IL 60130
- [Second Sunday Crime](https://www.thrillingtales.com/second-sunday-crime/) - The always amazing Libby Hellmann interviews me, Amy Alessio and Patricia Skalka.
- [March 8th Reading On Poets & Writers Calendar](https://www.thrillingtales.com/march-8th-reading-on-poets-writers-calendar/) - Their listing includes a map! https://www.pw.org/literary_events/chicago_mystery_writers_celebrate_short_stories
- [Chicago Mystery Writers Celebrate Short Stories](https://www.thrillingtales.com/chicago-mystery-writers-celebrate-short-stories/) - Local authors Tim Chapman, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Diane Piron-Gelman, and J. Michael Major will read and discuss the short story form. They will also be available to sign their latest books. Sunday, March 8th at 3:00 pm Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore 7419 Madison Street, Forest Park, IL 60130 (708) 771-7243 www.centuriesandsleuths.com
- [Love Is Murder (ain't it da trooth)](https://www.thrillingtales.com/love-is-murder-aint-it-da-trooth/) - Lovey Award
- [Zoom!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/zoom/) - Wow! The Amazon giveaway went like lightning. Congrats to the winners and thanks to all who entered.
- [Valentine's Day Book Giveaway](https://www.thrillingtales.com/valentines-day-book-giveaway/) - So, I'm trying this odd marketing idea. Check out this #AmazonGiveaway for a chance to win a copy of "Kiddieland and other misfortunes." https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/ab561f95b2ffd25aHey, some folks like getting a free book. ;^)
- [An Interview With Old What's His Name](https://www.thrillingtales.com/an-interview-with-old-whats-his-name/) - Here's an interview by a blogger in Scotland, land of the Scots. http://wp.me/p3uv2y-2Iz
- [Flash Fiction From Fine Friend, Jennifer Worrell](https://www.thrillingtales.com/flash-fiction-from-fine-friend-jennifer-worrell/) - Tell It Again
- [New Gallery Images](https://www.thrillingtales.com/new-gallery-images/) - I just put several new images in the gallery.
- [Montmartre Vendor](https://www.thrillingtales.com/montmartre-vendor/)
- [More Randi Russo!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/more-randi-russo/) - Artist/musician Randi Russo's new work at T. Masters Gallery 245 W. North Ave. Chicago tomorrow night at 6 pm. Music and art, check it out!
- ["Kiddieland and other misfortunes" Update](https://www.thrillingtales.com/kiddieland-and-other-misfortunes-update/) - For those of you interested in what goes into the "sausage" of the self-published book.
- [Happy Holidays!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/happy-holidays/) - Teach Peace
- [A Christmas Poem by Tim Chapman](https://www.thrillingtales.com/a-christmas-poem-by-tim-chapman/) - Red versus Blue, Arab versus Jew, Black versus White, Silent Night.
- [Kiddieland Is Here!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/kiddieland-is-here/) - My first short story collection, Kiddieland and other misfortunes, is finally out. It's not exactly a stocking stuffer, but I hope some of you will pick it up for your own reading pleasure. I'm pretty proud of it. It's available (of course) wherever fine books are sold, but if you live in Chicagoland there will be signing parties at bookstores in late January and early February, so you might want to hold off (I know, it'll be tough) until then.
- [Tai Chi Chuan In The New Year!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/tai-chi-chuan-in-the-new-year/) - Beginning January 6th I will begin teaching tai chi classes at Chang's Martial Arts, 681 N. York Rd., Elmhurst, IL 60126. We will meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 8 pm. Tuition is $80 per month, but for those who can't make class twice a week there is a per class option.
- [Short Story Collection—Soon!](https://www.thrillingtales.com/short-story-collection-soon/) - So close. I'm almost done with the final edits to "Kiddieland and other misfortunes." It should be out in just a week or two.
- [Literary Fun At A Local Noshery](https://www.thrillingtales.com/literary-fun-at-a-local-noshery/) - Next Tuesday, 12/9, a bunch of us writer types are appearing at the Panera Bread, 1140 Plaza Drive, Schaumburg, IL 60173, for a fundraiser to benefit the Love Is Murder mystery convention. We'll be there from 4 to 8 pm. A good time will be had by all.
- [La Jolla Bike Ride](https://www.thrillingtales.com/la-jolla-bike-ride/) - Three weeks ago. Now that winter's here, this seems like just a pleasant dream. http://youtu.be/S2Kv15Cddjw
- [Then The Living](https://www.thrillingtales.com/then-the-living/) - Read this story by friend and fellow author Molly Dumbleton. Now! http://bit.ly/1tFefKL
- [Deadly Invitation](https://www.thrillingtales.com/deadly-invitation/) - A few years ago I started a tradition of producing a short video for Halloween. Here's this year's offering.
- [Kiddieland Cover Question](https://www.thrillingtales.com/kiddieland-cover-question/) - Here's the possible cover for a short story collection I plan on putting out this year. Any feedback? If you saw it on a shelf in the bookstore would you pick it up to thumb through or pass it by?
- [Portage Park Tree](https://www.thrillingtales.com/portage-park-tree/) - In case you hadn't guessed, I'm fond of trees.
- [Gentlemen Bootleggers](https://www.thrillingtales.com/gentlemen-bootleggers/) - Gentlemen Bootleggers
- [The Fisherman's Daughter](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-fishermans-daughter/) - The Fisherman's Daughter
- [ALS Ice Bucket Challenge](https://www.thrillingtales.com/als-ice-bucket-challenge/) - Better late than never.
- [Video Archeology](https://www.thrillingtales.com/video-archeology/) - I uploaded a couple of old video projects to my YouTube channel.
- [Latest Painting](https://www.thrillingtales.com/latest-painting/) - Looking up through the branches.
- [Tourist at the Musee Rodin (the sculptor, not the monster)](https://www.thrillingtales.com/tourist-at-the-musee-rodin-the-sculptor-not-the-monster/) - Tourist at the Musee Rodin
- [Shall We Not Revenge](https://www.thrillingtales.com/shall-we-not-revenge/) - Diane Piron-Gelman (alias D.M. Pirrone) has a new novel out, Shall We Not Revenge.
- [Sunday Salon](https://www.thrillingtales.com/sunday-salon/) - Great readings last night from Peggy Shinner and Diane Piron-Gelman at Sunday Salon.
- [C2H5OH](https://www.thrillingtales.com/c2h5oh/) - City Lit Books
- [The Start of a Photo Project](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-start-of-a-photo-project/) - Street Cellist
- [CCLaP Reading Series](https://www.thrillingtales.com/cclap-reading-series/) - I’ll be reading at City Lit Books (2523 N. Kedzie) Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30 pm.
- [Molia Dumbleton](https://www.thrillingtales.com/molia-dumbleton/) - Molia Dumbleton
- [New Review of BYHC](https://www.thrillingtales.com/new-review-of-byhc/) - There’s a really thoughtful review of “Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold” at Cold hill Review.
- [Chicago Crime Fiction Night](https://www.thrillingtales.com/chicago-crime-fiction-night/) - This coming Thursday at 7:00 pm I'll be at Prairie Path Books, 303 E. Front St. in Wheaton, for a reading and discussion of crime fiction.
- [Stuart Dybek at City Lit Books](https://www.thrillingtales.com/stuart-dybek-at-city-lit-books/) - Stuart Dybek at City Lit Books
- [Good Advice From Kurt Vonnegut](https://www.thrillingtales.com/good-advice-from-kurt-vonnegut/) - http://youtu.be/nmVcIhnvSx8
- [At Danny's Tavern](https://www.thrillingtales.com/at-dannys-tavern/) - Had a great time, met some great people, heard some great writing Sunday night at Danny's Tavern.
- [A Quick Reminder](https://www.thrillingtales.com/a-quick-reminder/) - I'll be reading at Danny’s Bar, Sunday, 6pm.
- [Summer Grad Reading Series](https://www.thrillingtales.com/summer-grad-reading-series/) - What's more fun than listening to writers read their work? Well, lots of things...
- [Molly Dumbleton in the Kenyon Review](https://www.thrillingtales.com/molly-dumbleton-in-the-kenyon-review/) - Friend and fellow author, Molly Dumbleton, has a story in the latest Kenyon Review. Check it out here- http://www.kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2014-summer/selections/molia-dumbleton-342846/
- [Printers Row Lit Fest](https://www.thrillingtales.com/printers-row-lit-fest/) - Tim Chapman at Printers Row on Saturday, June 7th.
- [The Buzzzzzzzzzz](https://www.thrillingtales.com/the-buzzzzzzzzzz/) - The Buzz Cafe in Oak Park has three of my paintings on display, so next time you're looking for a cup of coffee in Oak Park...
- [Norbert Sellers R.I.P.](https://www.thrillingtales.com/norbert-sellers-r-i-p/) - Norbert Sellers was a good friend and a good person. The world is a little poorer without him.
- [More Local Music](https://www.thrillingtales.com/more-local-music/) - Randi Russo at Uncommon Ground (DEVON) with The Oarsman + durmiendo http://rvrb.fm/1rdGKPL
- [Tim's Tattoo](https://www.thrillingtales.com/tims-tattoo/) - A little something about my ink at TNBBC blog
- [What We Do for Love](https://www.thrillingtales.com/what-we-do-for-love/) - Lori, the gracious host of The Next Best Book Club blog posted an audio of me reading my story "What We Do for Love." This is the story I read at the MWAMW Noir at the Bar meeting. I slapped some music on to try and class it up a little, but now I know
- [Randi Russo](https://www.thrillingtales.com/randi-russo/) - Check out these thought-provoking lyrics, cool tunes, and samples of her visual art at randirusso.com.
- [John Temmerman](https://www.thrillingtales.com/john-temmerman/) - John Temmerman is an amazing and versatile sax man. His jazz solos will blow you away. And he gives lessons! Visit him at jazzobsession.com.
- [Saint Catherine](https://www.thrillingtales.com/saint-catherine/) - Have you heard of Wattpad? I read about it in last week's Printers Row. It's a free web site for a "community" of online writers who post work and read other people's work. An awful lot of it is. It's an interesting idea, though, so I posted one of my older short stories. It's called
- [Irene Westcott](https://www.thrillingtales.com/irene-westcott/) - My friend, Irene Westcott, writes the kind of fiction that sticks with you. You'll find yourself thinking about her characters long after you've finished one of her stories. Links to some of her published pieces are on her website at irenewestcott.wix.com/writer
- [Bradley Materewicz](https://www.thrillingtales.com/bradley-materewicz/) - Another of my super-talented pals is Bradley Materewicz. He is both a painter and a sculptor. I love his Giacometti-esque paintings. You will, too. www.bradleymaterewicz.com
- [Katherine Ace](https://www.thrillingtales.com/katherine-ace/) - My high school prom date, Katherine Ace, is a professional artist. I've followed her career over the years and her work just gets better and better. She is a staple of some of the best galleries in San Francisco and Portland. You can view her work at www.katherineace.com.
- [Talking Fast On The Radio](https://www.thrillingtales.com/talking-fast-on-the-radio/) - The radio interview I did with Sandy Colbert on In Print Radio is now available as a podcast at http://inprintwriters.com/2014/03/31/in-print-radio-episode-29-2/ I shouldn’t have had those eighteen cups of coffee that morning. Yow!
- [ BYHC Chosen By Book Club ](https://www.thrillingtales.com/byhc-chosen-by-book-club/) - My publisher just informed me that a book club in New Jersey has selected Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold for their April read! I’m thrilled by this news. Knowing that someone is reading my humble scribblings really makes me happy.
- [Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold Recognized by Shelf Unbound! ](https://www.thrillingtales.com/bright-and-yellow-hard-and-cold-recognized-by-shelf-unbound/) - Shelf Unbound magazine selected Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold as one of five finalists in its annual Indie Best Writing Competition. Refering to the novel as a "riveting page turner," the magazine goes on to summarize the book and also prints an interview with your's truly. In her introduction, publisher Margaret Brown mentions that
- [Tree-01](https://www.thrillingtales.com/tree-01/) - This is one of my paintings. Okay, I know it's not as interesting as Katherine's or Bradley's work (lousy show offs), but I love to paint. I'll keep posting my new canvases here from time to time, so let me know if you see any improvement.

## Pages

- [ART](https://www.thrillingtales.com/art-gallery/) - Examples of Tim Chapman's art.
- [Review PDFs For Librarians, Teachers, Etc.](https://www.thrillingtales.com/review-pdfs-for-librarians-teachers-etc/) - Here are PDFs of my two current middle-grade novels to help you decide if they're a good fit for your library or classroom. They can be downloaded or read on this page.Thank you for taking the time to read them.Tim Chapman_Bees_9798993636511_ReviewPDFDownload Chapman_Outcasts_9780986286261_ReviewPDFDownload
- [BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE](https://www.thrillingtales.com/books-for-young-people/) - The books on this page can be ordered by your favorite local bookstoreor though the world wide web at:BOOKSHOP.ORGBLACKBIRD WRITERSBARNES & NOBLEAMAZON The Song of the Bees After his older brother is arrested, James is sent away from Chicago to rural Wisconsin to live with a grandmother he barely remembers—a reclusive old lady who keeps
- [BOOKS FOR GROWNUPS](https://www.thrillingtales.com/bright-and-yellow-hard-and-cold/) - Books And Publications From Tim Chapman
- [LITBOP](https://www.thrillingtales.com/litbop/) - Litbop is a literary journal publishing unique fiction, art, poetry, and photography.
- [ABOUT](https://www.thrillingtales.com/about/) - Bio of author and artist Tim Chapman.
- [FOOC (friends of ol' Chapman)](https://www.thrillingtales.com/fooc-friends-of-ol-chapman/) - While you're here, check out this Official List of Tim Chapman Approved Websites. John Temmerman—Jazzman, Sax and Clarinet TeacherSD RehabEvolution Dance ExperienceMusician Caroline DavisBlackbird WritersMark Larson, AuthorRichard Engling, Author A FEW SITE CREDITS:HOME page photo by Warren PearlsteinABOUT page photo by Ellen Chapman
- [TAI CHI](https://www.thrillingtales.com/taichi/) - Strengthen your core, improve balance and flexibility, and burn calories with this popular form of moving meditation. Improve your mind/body connection.
- [PHOTOGRAPHY](https://www.thrillingtales.com/gallery/) - Examples of Tim Chapman's photography.
- [Archives](https://www.thrillingtales.com/1q1/)

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