Slightly Off the Mark

Why, Spotify?

The Easily Distracted Cemetery podcast on Spotify I mentioned earlier seems to have a very short blurb at the beginning for "Hoosier Hysterical: How the West Became the Midwest Without Moving At All".

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0o0tytjO4lGjzIllNxkiCr

But the podcast wasn't about "Hoosier Hysterical". It was about "Haunted Noble County, Indiana". I didn't see it the last time I was on Spotify.

Or ... maybe it just happened to be there when I looked at the podcast? Like I said, it's short, but who put it there? who is FYP Book? Or is it only there because it connected my account name with my author name? Why would Spotify even care, since I don't have an audiobook version of that particular book?

Or is this a sign that I should start working on that audiobook version? It's not like I'm strapped for time (I said sarcastically).

I will never understand how the internet works.

Podcasts, Interviews, Ghosts, and Books

I did a podcast interview on "Fishers History Chat" almost a year ago, but didn't find out when it was released and so didn't do any promotion for it. So here, at the right time of year but in the wrong year, is a link to my interview with the Fishers, Indiana Historical Society:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=529dPp3Usr8&t=35s

Now, that one was for Hoosier Hysterical. (You can occasionally see Emily in the background!)

I also wanted to give everyone another chance to hear a fun Podcast Emily and I did last year while promoting the release of Haunted Noble County, Indiana. It was featured on "Easily Distracted by Cemeteries", by a group of Noble County locals who like to talk about ... well, you know. They split it into two parts:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ignH4zkUieJJ2gsCnXJhj

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pqVDUBBjzTr6tedKsMeSD

By the way, it turns out I signed up for Spotify at some point, for some reason. Probably to listen to movie scores, ABBA, Boston, or Fleetwood Mac:

https://open.spotify.com/user/31s6tejnbqq7xgnqbovocrfn2niy I have no clue what my actual username is.

Also, our TV interview about the haunted book is still up here:

https://www.21alivenews.com/2025/09/11/albion-couple-releases-book-about-haunted-noble-county-locations/

Here's an even older one, which aired before I even wrote the book:

https://www.21alivenews.com/2023/10/26/21country-haunted-noble-county/

As I write this I'm on for another podcast interview, which would be the third. I wonder if we should start a podcast of our own? Even a video podcast. I suspect it would be a time and money suck, but it might be fun.

Some of our books are available in audio, but it’s a computer generated speaker (not AI), so listen to a sample first..

· Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0058CL6OO

· Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/search?attributes.contributorId=13727646

· Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4898846.Mark_R_Hunter

· Blog: https://markrhunter.blogspot.com/

· Website: http://www.markrhunter.com/

· Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozma914/

· Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkRHunter914

· Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrhunter/

· Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkRHunter

· Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkRHunter

· Substack: https://substack.com/@markrhunter

· Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/ozma914

· Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/ozma914

· Audible: https://www.audible.com/search?searchAuthor=Mark+R.+Hunter&ref_pageloadid=4C1TS2KZGoOjloaJ&pf

Remember: It’s not true that any publicity is good publicity, but it usually can’t hurt.

Emily's Funky Clouds

First a commercial, because coming up in a few days is the Albion Fire Department block party, and I'd hate anyone to miss it. I wrote all about it here:

https://markrhunter.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-fire-department-block-party-and-block.html

(Although I just learned there's not going to be a "touch the truck" opportunity for the kids there, after all.)

Now on to the show, and in this case the show features mostly photos not by me, but by my wife Emily. She was working at the Pokagon State Park Saddle Barn, on a morning when storms were predicted--in Michigan. Pokagon is close to, but not in, Michigan.

From further south, I was pointing my camera north and taking photos like this:

Those storms, I thought, were in Michigan.

Emily, from her position at a place where no rain was forecast, got a slightly more interesting photo:

Not a funnel cloud, but you can be forgiven for thinking it is. If I have my directions right, she was also facing north. That's the Saddle Barn in the foreground. It could have been a roll cloud, but I've only seen a couple of those, and they're generally not connected to other cloud systems.

Personally, I think some of these photos would make a great cover for a novel; maybe a Storm Chaser sequel, or some kind of thriller.

Michigan had been having severe storms all week, including some tornado touchdowns. Indiana recently had the same activity, and we wouldn't wish it on anyone. As for Emily, I did an extra load of laundry last week because she came home soaked all the way through. Anyone who works outdoors has probably had that experience.

You don’t have to look to the sky to find us and our books: