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Stephen H. Provost is an author of paranormal adventures and historical non-fiction. “Memortality” is his debut novel on Pace Press, set for release Feb. 1, 2017.

An editor and columnist with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, he has written on subjects as diverse as history, religion, politics and language and has served as an editor for fiction and non-fiction projects. His book “Fresno Growing Up,” a history of Fresno, California, during the postwar years, is available on Craven Street Books. His next non-fiction work, “Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street,” is scheduled for release in June.

For the past two years, the editor has served as managing editor for an award-winning weekly, The Cambrian, and is also a columnist for The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.

He lives on the California coast with his wife, stepson and cats Tyrion Fluffybutt and Allie Twinkletail.

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Alternative Kiss history: 1978-1981

Stephen H. Provost

Somewhere after Alive II, KISS lost its way. For their first eight albums… the band had captured a perfect blend of street-tough rock, glam, and power pop that proved to be lightning in a bottle. But then, in very short order, they popped the cork and it all got lost in a haze of internal bickering, outsized egos, and cartoonish kitsch that sent the band spiraling downward for the next four years or so… (But) it didn’t have to be that way. In an alternate universe, KISS could have maintained their momentum.

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tags Kiss, Dynasty, Unmasked, Kiss Dynasty, Kiss Unmasked, Kiss solo albums, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Alive II, Kiss Alive II, Kiss Alive!