Haunted Summer Inspirations: Before We Move On to Haunted Autumn…

As part of my “Three Weeks of Halloween” theme, I’ve been writing about inspirations and experiences surrounding my novel, Haunted Summer.  The inspirations have been many, of course. You might see elements of The Haunting, Agatha Christie, and even a wink at Scooby Doo. It Read More …

Haunted Summer Inspirations: The First Flying Saucers

In one of the scenes I ended up cutting from the final manuscript of Haunted Summer (I had to tighten up the flow.), Todd and Lindsey interview a UFO abductee. The man’s poignant story and disturbing experiences made a strong enough story to keep for Read More …

Haunted Summer Inspirations: Dinner With Bigfoot

In Haunted Summer, Lindsay, my main character, meets a young documentary filmmaker named Todd who is producing a film about people’s belief in the paranormal and the role those beliefs play in life. Their friendship really begins when she helps him film the interview of Read More …

Haunted Summer Inspirations: Japan Bombed Oregon?

In Haunted Summer, one of the characters sees a spectral World War II-era Japanese plane flying along the cost near the Washington-Oregon border. One of the accidental discoveries I made when I was doing research for the novel is that the Japanese really did launch Read More …

July Update

Dear Wisewirx Media Friends: This is Tim Wise. I haven’t posted any updates for a while, but that doesn’t mean nothing has been happening. I’ve been working on a degree in my spare time for about ten years. I tried to write and study at Read More …

A New Vision

Welcome, Guests! Some of you might still remember my old Emporia USA website with the image of the village. Because the company was called Professor Theophilus’ Emporium of Imagination, Inc., I named my fictitious town Emporia USA (No, I’ve never been to Emporia, Kansas.) and Read More …