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“It’s God’s Will . . .”

Man’s Excuse to Explain Away Bad Behavior

11 min readNov 23, 2022

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“It’s God’s Will . . .”

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Go Into the Arts . . . I’m Not Kidding

How the muses kill . . . and fulfill at the same time

8 min readAug 10, 2020

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Ferd Sebastian: A Life in Film

The ’70s exploitation filmmaker behind Rocktober Blood and ‘Gator Bait, passes

12 min readOct 29, 2022

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Ferd Sebastian: A Life in Film

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Arthur Pendragon’s 70th Birthday

Jim Morrison’s Doppelganger Behind Phantom’s Divine Comedy and more tales about Detroit’s ’60s and ’70s lost rockers

7 min readMay 15, 2021

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The Pendragons of Ocala, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois

Sidebars to Detroit’s Phantom’s Divine Comedy Mystery . . . and a Few Phantoms and Happy Dragons, too

22 min readSep 6, 2023

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The Pendragons of Ocala, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois

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Luminosity: A Journey to the Edge of the Solar System

The First Three Chapters of a Dream Suite

16 min readAug 10, 2020

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Luminosity: A Journey to the Edge of the Solar System

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The Small Hours

The first four chapters of a Gothic anthology

15 min readJul 7, 2020

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The Small Hours

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The Devil’s Anatomy

The first four chapters

20 min readJul 7, 2020

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The Devil’s Anatomy

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Just a Good Ol’ Boy Never Meanin’ No Harm: The Music, Life and Times of Jesse Lee Turner

A Film Review of 1978's Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (and other hicksploitation classics)

13 min readJul 14, 2019

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Just a Good Ol’ Boy Never Meanin’ No Harm: The Music, Life and Times of Jesse Lee Turner

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Arthur Pendragon: Jim Morrison’s Doppelganger

A Primer on the Wizard Behind Phantom’s Divine Comedy: Part 1

19 min readMay 26, 2019

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Arthur Pendragon: Jim Morrison’s Doppelganger

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R D Francis

R D Francis

Screenwriter, novelist, broadcaster, film critic, and music journalist. Visit at facebook.com/rdfranciswriter and linktr.ee/rdfrancis.

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