Posted on September 28, 2018
Self Publishing
I’ve never wanted to be self-published. Nothing against it, but personally my goal has been to do it the old fashioned way: get an agent, sell a book, get a contract. I know I’m a good writer, I’ve… Read More
Posted on September 27, 2018
Escapism Is Not A Bad Word
As someone who suffers from bouts of deep depression and spent years on anti-depressants, I can testify to the healing power of distraction. I remember being in high school, suffering from the usual teen insecurity with a dark… Read More
Posted on September 27, 2018
The Five Scariest King Novels
That graphic is from a Twitter ad put out by Simon & Schuster. I can only figure that those are the five they sell because they definitely are not the five scariest King novels. Pet Sematary is scary… Read More
Posted on September 26, 2018
Castle Rock
When I heard this new series wasn’t written by Stephen King or based on one of his stories but was rather a tribute to his work, I was really worried. Remember when they turned Lawnmower Man into an… Read More
Posted on September 24, 2018
Since everyone else is jumping off a bridge…
I, too, shall rank the Castle Rock books. Spoilers and another dumb list follow after the jump.
Posted on September 23, 2018
Horror In Four Flavors
In the pre-Blockbuster days we had to take our horror movies as we found them. They really weren’t putting horror films into wide release so our options were limited to TV, usually on that fourth channel, the UHF… Read More
Posted on September 22, 2018
Horror In The Modern Age
Stephen King made the point in The Danse Macabre that horror seems to flourish during horrible times. Universal’s monsters exploded onto the screen during the Great Depression and big bug movies made a splash during the offing of… Read More
Posted on September 21, 2018
Horror Vs. Adventure
How do you know if you’re in a horror movie or an adventure film? Are you Ripley or are you Indy? Or, for that matter, are you the first Ripley or the second? After the jump, some easy… Read More
Posted on September 20, 2018
A List! A List!
I’m in a horror mood lately, probably because of Castle Rock, so I’m going to make a list of my favorite horror movies ranked by how scary they were to me at the time I saw them (in… Read More
Posted on September 19, 2018
Marvel vs. DC
I once lost half a day arguing Astronauts vs. Roman Centurions, an argument that descended into friendship-ending shouts, and then lost another four hours the next day when someone asked what we had been arguing about the day… Read More