Chet Day

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About Chet Day
Sitting here at my computer and stunned to find myself in the 73nd year of my life (and now a widower to boot), I'm currently preparing Kindle editions of the various novels -- both New York published and unpublished -- that I've written over the decades.
My first novel, "Halo," is now available in Kindle format, as well as a used paperback that was originally published by Pocketbooks in the late 80's. If you purchase a used paperback, I won't see a dime for my efforts, which is okay because I want you to read my stuff, but given that I might starve without any Kindle sales... there, guilt trip attempt!
My second novel, "The Hacker" is also available in Kindle format, as well as a used paperback that was, again, published by Pocketbooks in the late 80's. One obviously delusional vendor is even selling a new copy of "The Hacker" for several hundred dollars. Whoa! Again, though, if you purchase a used paperback, I won't see a dime for my efforts, which is okay because I want you to read my stuff, but given that I might starve without any Kindle sales...
The Kindle edition of my third and quite creepy novel, "Cordova's Girl," was published on June 1, 2018.
Visit this page on occasion to find the latest work from this grizzled old writer because I'm burning up my keyboard cranking out Kindle editions of both new works as well as revising or updating novels, stories, and articles I wrote during my "job" years but never tried to publish.
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Blog postBack in 1977 when my beloved late wife Ellen and I were living in New Orleans my visiting uncle stayed at our house for the weekend after a long spell of fishing for tuna off the California coast. A deep sea fisherman his entire life, he was tired that day, but not so tired that he couldn't tell an interesting story.
Since I'll soon be older than dirt, I decided to share this tale rather than taking it to the grave with me. So, without further preamble, here we go...
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Blog postWell, today I'm happy because I still have all of my teeth.
You see, it dawned on me the other day when I was feeling sorry for myself that I should be happier than bacon snuggled up against an over easy egg because even at age 72 I continue to have a full set of choppers.
Now, any New Agers, yoga teachers, Zen Buddhists, Positive Thinkers, or Enlightened Baptists reading this might be tempted to tell me, "Chet, there's nothing unusual these days about having your tee2 years ago Read more -
Blog postI'm usually pretty good at finding answers on the internet to any questions I have, but I'm stumped with this one.
So, I received my Covid-19 stimulus check a week or two ago. Without going into a rant about government incompetence, I unhappily reveal here that the paper check for $2400 is made out payable to both me AND to my deceased wife.
This is a problem because the bank will not cash a check payable to two people without two signatures. I'm still wonderfully close2 years ago Read more -
Blog postWhen I was a kid a zillion years ago, I absolutely loved the Tarzan novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and plowed through all 24 of them multiple times. I even admit to having digital versions of these books sitting on my Kindle as I type these words, waiting for an old man re-read in his dotage to journey him back to fond memories of the past.
Anyway, I was absolutely thrilled when my eldest son and his wife delivered a boy-child in 2007 and hooked my wife and me up with3 years ago Read more -
Blog postHere it is the first day after the fourth day of July, 2019, and I find myself annoyed, very annoyed.
In fact, I suppose I'm verging on pissed off, if you'll excuse my French.
Speaking of France, I'm wondering what kind of asphalt they use on their streets since apparently the French military can drive tanks through Paris during a big parade that weigh something like 62 metric tons each without ripping the macadam into something that looks, but certainly doesn't smell,3 years ago Read more -
Blog postEllen Schoenberger Day and I stuffed everything we owned in my 1966 VW bug in the summer of 1973 when we began our move to New Orleans after attending graduate school in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Probing my old brain this afternoon here in rural North Carolina as I wander through my memory palace almost fifty years later, I happily report that I can still vividly recall driving into northern Louisiana in our un-air-conditioned Beetle in early July and remarking to my young wife, "3 years ago Read more -
Blog postYesterday the supermarket down the street from our house had five apples entombed in a styrofoam and cellophane container with a "Today's Special" sticker touting the nice price of $1.99.
Since the cheapest apples at this store usually go for a minimum of $1.89 a pound, my hand suctioned up this deal the way a hungry frog's tongue curls around a fly.
You're perhaps wondering if there was a catch to this nice price for five apples wrapped up tighter than a plas3 years ago Read more -
Blog postI have a confession to make.
I'll turn 71 in January, but I haven't had a decent chicken dinner since the late 50's when my dear old Mom used to fry up a batch for our Sunday meal. Man, that chicken tasted great... in fact, it tasted so good it tasted like... well, like chicken.
And now, here it is sixty some years later, and I'm actually drooling, thinking about how real chicken used to taste.
Today, shoot, an epicure like me can't even find a frog leg tha4 years ago Read more
Titles By Chet Day
Foreshadowing today’s world wild web of crazed and angry trolls on social media, The Hacker is set in 1988, a time when communication and war games on computers occurred anonymously via Bulletin Board Systems (BBSes) hosted by individuals with a second landline.
A character-rich and thought-provoking story, The Hacker mines many relevant themes, including loneliness, artificial intelligence, revenge, and religious mania.
Join Tunnel Rat, Meat Grinder, The Succubus, and many other fascinating characters – including a Japanese Zen Master whose teenage granddaughter is a computer genius – in this tale that’ll have you scrolling through pages as fast as you can push the forward button.
As one reviewer wrote when the novel was first published, “… see horror-writer Chet Day’s new book The Hacker for a deliciously schlocky tale of an elite hacker board infiltrated not by the feds but by a terrorizing demon handled ‘The Succubus.’
A more recent reviewer wrote, “I read this book for the first time many years ago. Chet Day is a great author and I wish he had more books out there. If you want to read a thriller about the world of computer hacking and the old dial-up BBSes, this is the book for you. I re-read my copy so many times I had to buy another to replace it!! :) They should release it on Kindle!!”
Well, The Hacker is now available on Kindle, so buy a copy because it'll give you many hours of fun reading and maybe even a few spooky moments.
A former Chicago homicide detective decides to vacation in the Big Easy, where he meets a divorced and cynical MD who has a seven-year old son, a prodigy.
A Manson-like family led by an ambitious and beautiful young woman kidnaps young boys for a brilliant master criminal who sells the children to a Mexican cartel leader.
During the course of seven days, you'll find yourself pulling for the detective and doctor as they - along with a fortune teller from Royal Street and a rich VietNam vet - do what has to be done to save the MD's kidnapped son.
From the wicked imagination of paperback writer Chet Day comes a story inhabited with characters so interesting, so good, and so awful that it's quite possible you'll have to finish this novel in a single long sitting.
Not since Red Dragon has a thriller engaged readers so intensely.
Grab your copy of this sexy and page-turning thriller today!