FACT: Three people die each year testing if a 9V battery works on their tongue.

FACT: Total asphyxiations attributed to rice cake eating since 1965: 1,601.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: Since 2001, 987 children have been killed while buying ice cream.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

FACT: One of the largest carriers of hepatitis B is dinner mints.

FACT: A group of unicorns is called a blessing.

FACT: Halogen floor lamps caused approximately 270 fires and 19 deaths per year.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: Deaths attributed to “loud sounds” since 1970: 34,831.
- FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

FACT: More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

FACT: 99% of all "mazes" can be solved if you walk to the right every time you have to choose between left and right.

FACT: In 2003, 24 people died from inhaling popcorn fumes.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

FACT: Poets have a life span fifteen years below average.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo

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Recent Events

Diana Abu-Jaber and I share the stage at Wordstock in Portland. Diana is a great friend and the author of the fantastic literary thriller Origin, among other books.

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Recent Events

At my weekly writing group. From left, Lidia Yuknavitch, moi, Monica Drake, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Frost, Diana Jordan and Chuck Palahniuk. Suzy Vitello is taking the picture.

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At the fancy televised thriller awards in London. I lost to Stuart MacBride, but got to meet Robson Green and hung out in the green room five feet away from Ricky Gervais. I also learned to walk in four-and-a-half-inch heels.

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