Dispatch from the Mountains of Bavaria

Tue Jun 9 2026

Blazing Reader,

After writing 1.9 novels with a German-Canadian protagonist from Bavaria, I'm finally here. My son and I took the train across the German border from our home in the Netherlands for a five day vacatian with a very Canadian objective...

John C.A. Manly in the mountains of Bavaria

Check out this four-minute video I took this morning outside our inn, where I make two special announcements about upcoming happenings you may not want to miss.

John C.A. Manley




John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona, All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of philosophical fiction that are "so completely engaging that you find yourself alternately laughing, gasping, hanging on for dear life." Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber.