Yeah see, I did it all wrong. I said I was going to post them here and then just flooded the place, leaving the announcement in the dust.
So, here it is again.
A few years ago, I wrote a column for the lamented Dark, But Shining, entitled Conversation Fear. Horror-focused, sometimes wandering a bit. I’ve brought [...]
As originally posted at Dark, But Shining some seven months after it had officially closed its doors. Old ghosts and all.
Oh, you didn’t think I’d let Halloween pass unnoticed, did you? And after all, horror is where it finds you, where you’re not expecting it. And where better than the abandoned field, the neglected site [...]
As originally posted on Dark, But Shining.
One of the great things about entertainment in the internet age is that getting feedback to creators is a lot more…direct than it used to be. After reading and enjoying Monster Island and Monster Nation, I got in touch with the author, David Wellington and let him know what I thought [...]
As originally posted during All Hallow’s Month, 2006 at Dark, But Shining.
If you believe that horror film must be dictated by the splash of scarlet, the hockey mask, the primordial monster or the glimmering of a machete, you should stop reading right now. Because I’m here to talk about horror film and I’m here to [...]
As originally posted on Dark, But Shining
Greetings, programs!
Yes, I’ve dared to show my face again after letting another deadline not only woosh past, but actually break the sound barrier in the process. There’s no excuse. But there is a harsh reality. That being that I’m not in possession of the time or energy required to [...]
As published originally on Dark, But Shining.
This will likely be a short one. The process of buying a new home has grown, shoggoth-like to expand all available space and energy. It is my hope, my hope, that things will settle back into something resembling the new normal in the next several weeks (but there’s all [...]
As originally posted on Dark, But Shining.
And neither will I. Though I came pretty damn close this holiday season. Three birthdays for children between the ages of three and eight, all in the space of a week. All no more than two weeks before Christmas. You remember Christmas, that joyous season of love and happiness [...]
As published originally on Dark, But Shining
What’s your shameful confession? Oh, come on. Everyone’s got one. Whether it’s their indulgence in bonbons and weepy old movies or perhaps more…unsavory predilections that one keeps closeted.
You don’t want to share? Not even a little?
Oh then, let me. And this one’s a shocker. Particularly for someone who writes [...]
As posted originally on Dark, But Shining
I should admit, that I am indeed a big, fat, chicken.
After all my talk about “horror being where you find it” and telling folks not to get hung up on genre, I’ve done it to myself. I’ve spent more time overthinking EATERS than I’ve spent writing the damn thing [...]
As originally posted on Dark, But Shining.
Yeah, I’ve heard the song. I nicked the title. Sue me.
Here we are, the end of All Hallow’s Month, darkest of darkest nights (though really that’s the Winter Solstice, ennit?) where the gates to the land of the dead are laid open and the dearly (and not so dearly) [...]
