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J.W. Ocker's Odd Things I've Seen

Notes from my weird life of visiting odd sites and artifacts, writing strange books, and finding meaning. Or not.

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Issue 513: OTIS Club Newsletter Thing

The many sites I saw in Los Angeles this week, what happened when we visited Marty McFly's house, a few photos, updates to the OTIS Map, and lots of oddity news items.

Issue 511: OTIS Club Newsletter Thing

A "From the Road" edition because, well, I'm on the road. I've seen more oddity in the past few days than I have in the past two months. Here, lemme show you.

Issue 510: OTIS Club Newsletter Thing

In this issue, all the spooky stuff we did for F13 in Salem, some great book recs, an update on my writing and travels, and lots of oddity news items.

Issue 509: OTIS Club Newsletter Thing

We head to a witch trials memorial and then to a tavern and tombstone that tell the story of a mysterious pregnant woman, whose death would inspire an eighteenth-century bestseller.

Issue 508: OTIS Club Newsletter Thing

Updates on my writing world, a visit to an ice giant, NYC ruins under glass, a capsule review of Scream 7, and lots of oddity news items.

Issue 507: OTIS Club Newsletter Thing

The new title of my next novel, an accidental oddity road trip in Maine, a re-opened horror pub in New York, how to inadvertently make Jack Snow Lanterns, and lots of oddity news.

Issue 506: OTIS Club Newsletter Thing

In this issue, a cover unveil and backstory for my upcoming book "Chasing the Headless Horseman," a Los Angeles trip update, an Indiana oddity on the OTIS Map, and lots of oddity news items.

Issue 505: OTIS Club Newsletter Thing

In this ish, I catch you up on the week, show you ice sculptures in Salem, put some Christa McAuliffe statues on the OTIS Map, post some random photos, and link to lots of wildly strange oddity news.

OTIS Club Newsletter: Issue 504

The demise of the West Point reliefs, my recent library appearance and latest international version of one of my books, a Costa Rican stone sphere to the OTIS Map, a book rec, and lots of oddity news.

Issue 503: OTIS Club Newsletter Thing

In this issue, new videos, new TV appearances, a from-the-cutting-room-floor bit of Chasing the Headless Horseman, a spooky rock, a book rec by a club member, and lots of oddity news.