Author Archives: michaelstephendaigle

About michaelstephendaigle

I have been writing most of my life. I am the author of the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. "The Swamps of Jersey (2014); "A Game Called Dead" (2016) -- a Runner-Up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Indie Author Contest; and "The Weight of Living" (2017) -- First Place winner for Mysteries in the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards Contest.

From New Nagler: ‘Romeo’s a-travelling to Mantua. Fetch him.’

Posted on September 29, 2018

Some scenes are hard to write. This was one. “He walked. Past the old mills, past the stoops, past the troubles that weren’t his own; out of the light of downtown into the darkness of the worker’s ghetto, along … Continue reading →

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New Nagler: Where he comes from

Posted on September 23, 2018

It’s what you do in a poor town, he learned. Have hope; everything else is darkness. The Baker Hills section of Ironton was developed by one of the city’s rich bankers more than a century ago as a swanky … Continue reading →

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New Providence (NJ) Book Festival, set for Saturday

Posted on September 18, 2018

The second New Providence Book Festival has been scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at the grounds of the Salt Box Museum at 1350 Springfield Avenue in New Providence. The rain date is September 29th. Scheduled … Continue reading →

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9/11 memorial: The power of silence

Posted on September 11, 2018

A couple of years after 9/11, I was assigned by my Daily Record editor to write a piece for our annual Living Guide on Morris County’s 9/11 Memorial which had been built out in West Hanover Avenue, in the county … Continue reading →

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A sore shoulder, surgery and Frank Nagler

Posted on September 7, 2018

Well, found I need surgery on my left shoulder that has been bugging me since spring. The real downside, of course, that is while I have one of those magical sports injuries – a torn rotator cuff – I won’t … Continue reading →

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Elephants, the golfer and the compound: ‘The Weight of Living’

Posted on September 3, 2018

There was some dispute about George Dickinson’s ancestral claims, but Nagler didn’t care. He had lived in the area for eighty-five years and his family settled in these hills before the Revolution, whether it was the right Dickinson family or … Continue reading →

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Join me and other authors at events in September and October

Posted on September 1, 2018

I’ll be at some events in September and October. Sept. 7 and 8: Belvidere (NJ) Victorian Days. This is a celebration of the Victorian Era in one of Warren County’s delightful towns. Events include tours of local homes and … Continue reading →

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You dance

Posted on August 29, 2018

Dance To only that sound you can hear, To the finger snap of yourself. Dance to the taste of kisses sweet, Not their absence; Dance to the touch of fingers on skin, To the light in your eyes. Dance away … Continue reading →

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More new Nagler: Introducing Leonard

Posted on August 24, 2018

One of the heroes of the Frank Nagler Mystery series is Leonard, Detective Frank Nagler’s blind, bookstore owning friend. In the WIP prequel, Leonard is a street kid. After being rescued from a gang attack, Leonard comes to live at … Continue reading →

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chrysalis

Posted on August 22, 2018

rising again first knees, then to hands; pushing then upright; the weight of things shed. such wreckage left; kisses, touches, silence, desertion, return, aching wonder; drama, blame, wounded hearts, cobbled love without instruction. walking away. shedding brushing … Continue reading →