The 21st Century Absurdist - Samuel A. McAdams
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I stumbled upon a notecard I made for my last major edit of the BarnYard Heroes: The Havarti Travel Bureau Conspiracy or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cow Zombie Apocalypse novel. It’s improperly labeled. I should have titled...
My Last Day of "Real" Work
On Nov 6th, 1989, I walked through these doors for the first time.
On August 5th, 2026, I walked through for the last.
The name above the door changed several from AT&T to Lucent Technologies to Alcatel-Lucent and finally Nokia. This was...
Surprise! I won honorable mention at the Great Midwest Book Festival
Surprise! I won honorable mention at the Great Midwest Book Festival
From the perspective of the event’s organizers, “Book Festival” is a euphemism for “Book Contest”
Even though I had sworn off entering book contests, I submitted Ba...
The BarnYard Heroes are just like The Princess Bride and Galaxy Quest
The Princess Bride and Galaxy Quest rank as two of my favorite movies of all time. I can only dream of others comparing my BarnYard Heroes novels to these two cinematic icons, so I’m going to have to do the comparing myself.
It’s a stretch...
Top Three Author Fair Stories of 2026 (so far)
My Spring/Summer 2026 Author Fair Tour, or “The BarnYard Heroes Book 3 Procrastination Tour,” continues Saturday morning at:
· The Book Bar at 19060 Everett Blvd in Mokena, IL
· Date: June 13, 2026
· Time: 9am-1pm
I enjoy these author f...
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Samuel anointed himself the 21st Century Absurdist. The fact his writings do not match the traditional absurdist definition matters not to him, for he insists the term “traditional absurdist” is an oxymoron.
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